The Alamance County Health Department reported two new COVID-19 clusters at two childcare facilities and an outbreak at a long-term care facility on Tuesday.
MUMS Childcare in Mebane and Little Thinkers Daycare in Burlington have each identified staff and children sick. MUMS reported three staff members and five children have tested positive, while three staff and three children have tested positive at Little Thinkers.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services defines a cluster as five or more cases with illness onset or initial positive results in a 14-day period.
“On Sunday, Dec. 14, MUMS The Kitty Hupman Weekday School closed its preschool program due to a possible case of COVID 19,” director Laura Andrews said. “We then followed the deep cleaning guidelines set forth by the Department of Health and Human Services of NC. After learning of more cases, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, out of caution, we closed our afterschool virtual learning classes and continued o