13 COVID-19 Cases Reported In Iredell County Schools: List

IREDELL COUNTY, NC — At least 13 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were associated with 10 schools and one school district administrative office in Iredell County last week, according to Iredell-Statesville school district.

As of Friday, at least 371 employees of the school district — or about 15 percent — have been quarantined for COVID-19 since Aug. 10, the school district said. As of Nov. 13, at least 81 positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed among school district faculty or staff.

During the week of Nov. 9, at least 13 positive COVID-19 cases were reported throughout the district, ISS said.

SEE ALSO: 129 New COVID-19 Cases Reported In Iredell County In One Day

Nov. 9

• Celeste Henkel Elementary: positive case, close contacts have been notified
• North Iredell Middle School: positive case, no close contacts identified

Nov. 10

• Troutman Elementary School: positive case, close contacts have been notified
• Troutman Middle School: positive case, no close contacts identified

Nov. 12

• South Iredell High School: positive case, close contacts have been notified
• Harmony Elementary: positive case, no close contacts
• Lake Norman High School: positive case, close contacts have been notified
• East Iredell Elementary School: positive case, close contacts have been notified
• West Iredell Middle School: positive case, no close contacts
• Facilities and Planning (Old Murdock Road): positive case, close contacts have been notified
• North Iredell Middle School: positive case, close contacts have been notified
• Troutman Elementary School: positive case, close contacts have been notified

Nov. 13

• Sharon Elementary School: positive case, close contacts have been notified

The school district reports weekly the number of COVID-19 cases present in its schools, however, does not indicate if the cases are of students, teachers or staff.

As of Friday, the number of COVID-19 cases in Iredell County rose to 4,730, which included an increase of 129 cases reported in the county in the span of one day. At least 52 deaths have been attributed to coronavirus in Iredell County since late March.

As of Friday, ICHD said 23 county residents remained hospitalized for COVID-19 illness.

North Carolina reported 314,207 confirmed coronavirus cases in the state Monday, which included 1,972 newly confirmed cases in the state since Sunday, according to data released Nov. 16 by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

SEE ALSO:

• Iredell Schools Launch New Bus Route Tracking App
• COVID-19 Testing In Iredell: Where To Get A Free Test In November