3,084 At Massachusetts Schools Test Positive For COVID-19 Over Last 2 Weeks
BOSTON (CBS) – There were 3,084 coronavirus cases among students and staff in Massachusetts schools over the last two weeks, according to the latest data from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
The DESE normally puts out weekly reports on COVID cases, but last week was school vacation week across the state.
Once again, the number of cases have dropped across Massachusetts schools.
Here were the case numbers in the previous weeks between students and staff across the Commonwealth over the last several months:
- February 10-16: 3,921 (3,251 kids, 670 staff)
- February 3-February 9: 6,723 (5,634 kids, 1,089 staff)
- January 27-February 2: 11,986 cases (10,068 kids, 1,918 staff)
- January 20-26: 21,686 cases (18,536 kids, 3,150 staff)
- January 13-19: 32,909 cases (28,151 kids, 3,758 staff)
- January 6-12: 48,414 cases (41,063 kids, 7,351 staff)
- December 23-January 5: 51,110 cases (38,887 kids, 12,213 staff)
- December 16-22: 10,120 cases (8,576 kids, 1,544 staff)
- December 9-15: 8,376 cases (7,223 kids, 1,153 staff)
- December 2-8: 7.984 cases (6,879 kids, 1,105 staff)
- November 18-December 1: 9,909 cases (8,513 kids, 1,396 staff)
- November 11-17: 3,815 cases (3,257 kids, 558 staff)
- November 4-10: 3,021 cases (2,640 kids, 381 staff)
Districts, collaboratives, and special education schools reported 2,395 cases among students and 689 among staff between February 17 and March 2.
The state estimates there are about 920,000 students in classrooms in Massachusetts public schools and 140,000 staff working in-person this school year. This means the percent of students that reported having COVID is 0.26% and the percent of staff is 0.49%.
For the district breakdown on coronavirus cases, visit the DESE website.