Iredell-Statesville Schools See Decrease In New COVID-19 Cases

MOORESVILLE, NC – Iredell-Statesville Schools saw a drop in new confirmed cases of the coronavirus over the past week as well as a significant decrease in the number of students who are being quarantined due to being in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, the district announced Friday.

School officials unveiled the new numbers on Friday as part of the district’s COVID-19 dashboard. The cases represent those reported through midnight on Thursday, school officials said.

Over the past week, 193 confirmed student cases were reported along with 19 new staff cases, officials said. Both the student and staff tallies represent less than 1 percent of the district’s student and staff population.

School officials saw the decrease in both new confirmed cases as a positive as the district is striving to continue to offer in-person learning as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

In addition to the new cases that were reported Friday, 937 students were quarantined from school contact, which represents 5 percent of the student population. An additional 207 students who had contact with someone who tested positive but are not required to quarantine because they have been vaccinated.

The number of students requiring to be quarantined dropped by 50 percent from last week's totals, the district said.

A total of 17 staff members have been quarantined due to contact while 16 staff members were quarantined due to community contact not related to the district, officials said. There were 26 staff members who had contacted to someone with COVID-19 but are not required to quarantine because they are vaccinated. An additional 55 staff members in the district have been isolated because they show symptoms of COVID-19.

A total of 917 students in the district were isolated because they exhibited symptoms of COVID-19 and 25 of the cases that were reported over the past week are related to secondary spread within the district, officials said.