7 Schools In Harford County Have COVID-19 Outbreaks: Officials

HARFORD COUNTY, MD — Coronavirus outbreaks have been reported in seven schools in Harford County, the Maryland Department of Health reported this week.

Every Wednesday, the state health department releases a list of K-12 schools with outbreaks of COVID-19. The data does not include child care facilities or higher education institutions.

To be reported in the list, a school must have a classroom/cohort outbreak or a school-wide outbreak, according to the Maryland Department of Health.

A classroom/cohort outbreak is defined as at least two confirmed cases of COVID-19 within 14 days that are epidemiologically linked, and are not household contacts.

A schoolwide outbreak is defined as at least three classrooms or cohorts with cases from separate households in 14 days; or 5 percent of unrelated students, teachers or staff (at least 10 who are unrelated) having tested positive for COVID-19 within a two-week period.

Schools will be removed from the list maintained by the Maryland Department of Health when 14 days have passed without any new cases or tests pending.

Here is the latest on coronavirus outbreaks in Harford schools from the state:

Harford County Public Schools

• Deerfield Elementary School — 2
• Harford Technical High School — 4
• Havre de Grace Elementary School — 2
• Joppatowne Elementary School — 2
• Joppatowne High School — 2

Harford County Private Schools

• Harford Day School — 2
• St. Margaret School — 5

Coronavirus metrics in Harford County Public Schools are also updated on a rolling basis on the HCPS COVID-19 dashboard.

A total of 208 students and 52 staff have tested positive for the virus as of Thursday, Sept. 23, according to Harford County Public Schools.

Nearly 1,070 students and staff have been quarantined and nearly 650 have been placed in isolation since Aug. 25, school officials say.

While the school district has been in session since Sept. 8, it reports information since Aug. 25 because that is when staff members returned to school buildings.

Here is the latest data as of Sept. 23 from Harford County Public Schools:

One of the data points people can access is whether people were vaccinated.

As of Thursday, eight students of the 208 who tested positive for COVID-19 were vaccinated, and 23 of the 52 staff who tested positive were vaccinated, according to school data.

See Also:

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