Schools
COVID Case At Middletown's Thorne Middle School
Thorne will stay open; the person sick with COVID has not been in school since exposure occurred. Middletown's school case count is now:
MIDDLETOWN, NJ — Someone at Thorne Middle School has tested positive for COVID-19, the Middletown school district announced Monday.
Thorne will however stay open, said Middletown schools superintendent Mary Ellen Walker.
This most recent case is linked to a previously reported case in the building, and the person sick with COVID has not been in the school building since exposure occurred.
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Thorne is being cleaned and disinfected. Contact tracing has been done, and all close contacts have been notified.
As of Oct. 13, Middletown's public school COVID case count is now:
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- Middletown High School North (1 case)
- Thorne Middle School (2 cases)
- New Monmouth Elementary (2 cases)
- River Plaza Elementary (1 case)
- Nut Swamp (several cases)
- Middletown High School South football team (1 case) The case originated off school grounds; the team kept practicing.
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