Just as it did last school year, the Mississippi State Department of Health is releasing weekly data on coronavirus infections in schools.
These reports contain data about how many students, teachers and staff tested positive for the virus. The reports also show how many people are in quarantine in a given week, as well as how many outbreaks occurred at a school.
Though both public and private schools in all 82 counties are required to submit weekly reports to MSDH, many do not. Because this data is self-reported and not every school or district participates, the figures are variable from week to week.
This past week 2,156 students, teachers and staff tested positive for the coronavirus, according to MSDH. A total of 10,209 students and 350 teachers were in quarantine.
The week of Aug. 23-27 saw a dip in the total number of schools submitting information, as well as a lower number of infections. School reporting for that week was impacted by Hurricane Ida, according to MSDH.
Mississippi Today will update this page regularly with the weekly data provided by the health department.
-- Article credit to Kayleigh Skinner of Mississippi Today --
