MCSD Reports Updated Weekly District COVID-19 Cases

COLUMBUS-The Muscogee County School District has provided its updated COVID-19 data for the week ending on August 27, 2021. The data released shows Muscogee County Schools saw only a small uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases in students over the past week.

Data released on Friday, August 27, shows the Muscogee County School District reported 174 confirmed COVID-19 cases for students who are enrolled in in-person learning. That number is up by 10 from the previous week when the district reported 164 positive cases.

The district also released the number of students that are presently in isolation or quarantine due to COVID-19. MCSD reports 1.197 in-person students are in isolation or quarantine. The previous week MCSD reported there were 1,307 in-person students in quarantine. The number dropped by 110 students over the past week.

Faculty has not been immune from COVID-19 infection. MCSD reports there are 27 school based employees that are positive for COVID-19. The district has 48 school based employees that are in quarantine or isolation during the week of August 23 to August 27. The previous week there were 32 positive cases and 40 isolations for school based employees.

The Muscogee County School District releases its COVID-19 data weekly on Friday's.

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