(Atlantic) Atlantic School’s Superintendent Steve Barber released the school district’s latest COVID-19 data from December 24 to January 21.
Barber says throughout the holiday break; they keep the district’s weekly COVID numbers. The district’s positive cases are down along with the number required to quarantine. He says the last few days, Cass County has seen lower positivity rates, and he hopes that continues as we continue to fight COVID in the community.
According to the data, on December 24, three staff members and five students tested positive for COVID 19, and two staff members and 21 students were quarantined, and the 14-day positivity rate was 14-percent.
On December 31, no students or staff tested positive for the virus. No staff members and six students were under quarantine, and the 14-day positivity rate stood at 13-percent.
On January 7, three students tested positive, and no staff. Twelve students and one staff member were in quarantine, and the 14-day positivity rate was 15.60-percent.
On January 14, two staff members and three students tested positive for COVID-19. One staff member and 14 students were in quarantine, and the 14-day positivity rate was at 13-percent.
On January 21, one student and no staff members tested positive for COVID-19, one staff member and 12 students were in quarantine, and the 14-day positivity rate was at 11-percent.
Atlantic Schools Superintendent Steve Barbers says the district received great news last week that all individuals working with the children would be eligible for vaccinations in the Phase 1B rollout, which begins on February 1, 2021. Four health service providers were eligible in the 1A rollout phase in Atlantic schools. Some employees, volunteer firefighters, and paramedics had had the chance at being one of the first groups to get vaccinated. Barber says this will add to the district’s already effective mitigation efforts and get one step closer to the new normal.
“I hope that we continue to see small numbers affecting staff and students and that they all experience a fast recovery,” said Steve Barber.
