9 COVID-19 Cases Reported In Iredell County Schools

IREDELL COUNTY, NC — At least nine people associated with eight schools and one person at a school administrative facility in Iredell County tested positive for COVID-19 last week, according to Iredell-Statesville school district.

At least 326 employees of the school district — or about 13 percent — have been quarantined for COVID-19 since Aug. 10, the school district said Friday. As of Nov. 6, at least 72 positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed among school district faculty or staff.

During the week of Nov. 2, nine positive COVID-19 cases were reported throughout the district, ISS said.

Nov. 2

• Woodland Heights Elementary: positive case, close contacts have been notified
• Celeste Henkel Elementary: positive case, no close contacts identified
• Alan D. Rutherfordton Center: positive case, no close contacts identified

Nov. 5

• Lakeshore Middle School: positive case, close contacts have been notified
• Troutman Middle School: positive case, close contacts have been notified
• Central Elementary School: positive case, close contacts have been notified
• Cloverleaf Elementary School: positive case, close contacts have been notified
• Coddle Creek Elementary: positive case, close contacts have been notified

Nov. 6

• West Iredell Middle 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 Nov. 6, the number of COVID-19 cases in Iredell County rose to 4,353, an increase of 312 cases reported in the county in the span of a week. At least 46 deaths have been attributed to coronavirus in Iredell County since late March.

As of Friday, ICHD said 30 county residents remained hospitalized for COVID-19 illness.

North Carolina reported 294,860 confirmed coronavirus cases in the state Monday, which included 1,521 newly confirmed cases in the state since Saturday, according to data released Nov. 9 by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

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