Uptick In Branford Schools Coronavirus Cases Not Unexpected

BRANFORD, CT — Previously, a letter would go home to families announcing the latest positive coronavirus case.

Now, Branford Public Schools has an interactive chart that shows in which school a case is reported and, the last time that person was in the school. It does not provide quarantine information or other contact tracing data.

Since the return to classes this fall, there have been 40 positive cases reported across the district.

In his last letter to families sent Nov. 25, schools superintendent Hamlet Hernandez said, "While we can expect additional positive cases this week, we have no known school transmission of the virus. If the public health department determines the virus is being transmitted in school, all appropriate measures, up to and including school closure, will be instituted."

Click here to see the school district's interactive COVID-19 case summary chart.

BPS COVID (+) Summary by Ellyn Santiago

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