Return to classrooms delayed at least 2 weeks
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The school board Wednesday night voted, 4-1, to delay resumption of hybrid instruction until at least Tuesday, Jan. 19. The semester will begin Wednesday, Jan. 6, with all-virtual classes. Weâre tired and weâre sad that the community is not taking our recommendations. Our job is to protect the community health, and thatâs why weâre coming on so strong. April Achter, Virginia Department of Health epidemiologist
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Editor Fauquier public schools will delay studentsâ return to classrooms at least two weeks when the spring semester begins Wednesday, Jan. 6.
DOH: 190 new cases of COVID-19, 9 additional deaths for Cumberland County in Wednesday s report
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DOH: 68 new cases of COVID-19 reported for Cumberland County Tuesday on another day of low total test results
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With the latest COVID-19 numbers from Sunday and Monday, Cumberland County has now surpassed 10,000 cases of the disease since the start of the pandemic in March.
Though there were low numbers of total reported tests over the last two days, likely due to the Christmas holiday, Cumberland County reported a relatively high number of positives, growing by 76 new cases Sunday and 74 new cases Monday. The county now has 10,047 total COVID-19 cases.
The increase comes with only about 200 tests were reported each day. Judging by just the number of reported confirmed positive tests and number of reported negative tests, the county saw about 34.2% of its tests come back positive in Sunday s report and 32.7% of its tests come back positive in Monday s report.