523 students, 407 staffers positive for COVID in Massachusetts schools in last week
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
A total of 930 COVID-19 cases, split between 523 students and 407 staff members, have been reported at Massachusetts schools from Jan. 7 to 13, education officials said Thursday.
Those cases do not include students who are learning remotely. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education each Thursday issues a COVID case report, detailing the number of students and staff members who reported a positive test for the coronavirus within seven days of being inside school buildings.
This week’s report details 505 student cases and 355 staff cases at local school districts. There were six student cases and 10 staff cases at education collaboratives. And there were 12 student cases and 42 staff cases at approved special education schools.
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January 7, 2021
Gladys Blinn, a long-time crossing guard for students attending the Wilson Middle School directs students to cross as school gets out in Natick on Dec. 14, 2020. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)
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Massachusetts officials are reporting 178 new positive coronavirus cases among students and 253 new cases among staff at public school districts across the Bay state.
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released its weekly report Thursday on COVID-19 in schools, which only reflects confirmed coronavirus cases reported by districts to state officials between Dec. 24 and Jan. 6.
The state announced that it would not post its usual weekly reports from Dec. 31 through Jan. 6, and that case counts reported during that week would be included in this report.