Muscogee County Schools Release Weekly COVID Data
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The Muscogee County School District has released its weekly COVID-19 data for cases reported in the school system for the week of August 16- August 20, 2021.
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The latest data does show an slight increase in some numbers of data released on August 13, 2021, following the first week of in-person classes for the 2021-2022 school year.
According to the latest data the Muscogee County School District has a total of 30,375 enrolled students, which is up from 30,122 in the previous weeks data. Within the enrolled students data shows there 164 in-person positive cases. The August 13 data reported 65 positive cases. MCSD reports there a currently 1,307 in-person students in self quarantine or isolation-cases. The previous weeks data showed there were 551 cases.
Data released also shows the number of employees who have been impacted by COVID-19. MCSD reports there are a total of 5,175 employees within the district. That number includes 4,233 school based employees. The latest data shows there are 32 employees of MCSD who have positive cases of COVID-19. In addition, there are 40 school-based employees that are in self quarantine or isolation.
The data released by MCSD relates to cases between the dates of August 16- August 20, 2021. The Muscogee County School District releases the information in an effort to remain transparent. The district maintains a COVID-19 website, which can be viewed here.
In-person classes remain in place in Muscogee County. Several districts or individual schools across the state have announced plans to return to virtual learning or temporary virtual learning over the past week as COVID-19 cases have spiked in some districts. The Muscogee County School District should release its updated COVID-19 data for the upcoming week on Friday, August 27, 2021.
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