6 COVID-19 Cases Reported In Iredell Schools In The Past Week

IREDELL COUNTY, NC — Six cases of COVID-19 were confirmed at five Iredell County schools last week, according to Iredell-Statesville Schools. The news comes as county health officials said the number of know COVID-19 cases in the county totaled more than 2,956 cases as of Monday afternoon.

At least 99 school district employees — about 4 percent — of Iredell-Statesville Schools have been quarantined for COVID-19 since Aug. 10, the school district said Friday. As of Friday, 32 positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed among school district faculty or staff.

During the week of Sept. 14, five schools reported positive COVID-19 cases, ISS said. Here is the listing of schools reporting positive COVID-19 cases in the past week:

Sept. 14

• Coddle Creek Elementary — positive case, no close contacts

Sept. 15

• Cloverleaf Elementary — positive case, no close contacts
• North Iredell Middle — positive case, no close contacts
• Troutman Elementary — positive case, no close contacts
• Statesville High School — positive case, close contacts have been notified

Sept. 17

• Cloverleaf Elementary — 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 Sept. 21, the number of COVID-19 cases in Iredell County rose to 2,956, an increase of 48 cases recorded over the weekend. At least 35 coronavirus deaths have been reported in Iredell County since late March.

ICHD said 17 county residents remained hospitalized for COVID-19 illness as of Monday afternoon. Out of the total tally of known cases in the county, 292 residents remained isolated in their homes and an estimated 2,612 cases were assumed recovered.

North Carolina reported 194,381 confirmed coronavirus cases in the state Monday, which included 800 newly confirmed cases, according to data released Sept. 21 by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

Iredell County health officials are grouping cases into three regions of the county: North, Central and South. Here's a breakdown of where cases have been confirmed as of 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21:

North Region (zip codes 27020, 27028, 27055, 28625, 28634, 28636, 28660, 28689 and 28678)

• 611 cases (up from 602 cases reported Sept. 18)

Central Region (zip codes 27013, 28166, 28677)

• 1,211 cases (up from 1,195 cases reported Sept. 18)

South Region (zip codes 28036, 28115, 28117, 28125)

• 1,134 cases (up from 1,111 cases reported Sept. 18)

Globally, more than 31 million people have been infected by COVID-19, and more than 961,000 people have died, Johns Hopkins University reported Monday. In the United States, more than 6.8 million people have been infected and more than 199,000 people have died from COVID-19.

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