Updated 5/27/2021 7:20 PM School-related outbreaks of COVID-19 in the suburbs totaled 11 in the last 30 days, an increase from earlier tallies this spring, Illinois Department of Public Health records showed Thursday. Of those outbreaks, defined as five or more COVID-19 cases, the state listed sports as the source of five and classrooms as the source of six.
Suburban Cook County had three outbreaks, DuPage County had four, and McHenry and Will counties both had two outbreaks. Kane and Lake counties had no outbreaks in the last 30 days. Schools where outbreaks occurred included: Beecher Junior High School, Benet Academy in Lisle, Calvary Christian School in Naperville, Glenbard North High School, Homewood Flossmoor High School, Huntley High School, Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Timothy Christian Middle School in Elmhurst, and Valley View Elementary School in McHenry.