The Alamance County Health Department is reporting coronavirus outbreaks or clusters at two schools and a long-term care facility.
At Southern Alamance High School in Graham, three students and three staff members tested positive. Eight cases have been confirmed at Positive Attitudes Youth Center in Burlington, including six children and two staff members.
Brookdale Senior Living-Memory Care in Burlington is reporting 13 cases among residents and two among staff members.
Superintendent Bruce Benson said staff and families have been notified about the cluster at Southern Alamance High School. The school is disinfecting the areas of the school where those who tested positive had been.
Dog dies after exposure to rabies
A dog was euthanized after being bitten by a skunk that tested positive for rabies.
On Jan. 7, the skunk bit the dog on Fernway Drive in Burlington. Alamance County Animal Control sent the skunk to be tested, and on Jan. 11, it tested positive for rabies.
The dog was originally quarantined because it wasn t up-to-date on vaccinations. It was later euthanized, according to a press release.
The Alamance County Health Department doesn t believe any humans were exposed to the skunk.
This is the first identified rabies case of the year in Alamance County. Last year, the county had three confirmed rabies cases.
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