Here are how many COVID-19 cases are in SC K-12 schools as of Sept. 11
Almost 60 more SC students statewide had been diagnosed with COVID-19 at the end of the first week when all school districts across the state were back in class.
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control released the latest twice-weekly coronavirus case numbers for K-12 schools on Friday. The department is releasing updated numbers every Tuesday and Friday throughout the school year.
There are 296 total COVID-19 cases in S.C. schools, 195 of which are students and 101 are teachers, according to DHEC data.
On Tuesday, DHEC reported 233 total cases, 138 of them students and 95 teachers.
The latest numbers are current as of the end of the day Thursday.
DHEC began publicly tracking data from all of the state’s public and private schools on its website last week.
This was the first week that all school districts in the state resumed classes for the falls semester, although many students are not traveling to a school building every day for in-person classes. Many districts have adopted hybrid plans that alternate students between on-campus instruction and virtual learning.
Even schools that have not begun in-person instruction could report a COVID-19 case. Those cases could arise when a teacher is conducting a remote class from their classroom, or if a student is involved in extracurricular activities on campus, a DHEC spokesperson earlier told The State.
Midlands school districts
A number of new cases were identified in local school districts at the end of the week as well.
In Richland 2, Spring Valley High School reported at least one case each among students and faculty. Windsor Elementary also reported less than five cases among faculty, and L.B. Nelson Elementary has fewer than five cases among its students. Schools with fewer than five cases do not report a specific number.
Catawba Trail Elementary and Muller Road Middle both previously reported fewer than five faculty members each coming down with the disease. Richland Northeast High School also has fewer than 5 student cases.
In Lexington 1, Meadow Glen Elementary, Carolina Springs Middle and Pelion High all reported at least one student case as well, after previously reporting faculty cases at Centerville Elementary, Lexington Elementary and River Bluff High School.
In Lexington-Richland 5, faculty cases were identified at Dutch Fork Middle and Seven Oaks Elementary, less than five at each school.
In Richland 1, numbers remained the same as Tuesday, with schools that had previously reported at least one case not reporting any higher figures. A.C. Flora High School had less than five cases among students. Hand Middle and Hopkins Elementary reported fewer than five cases among staff members.
Private schools reported similar numbers. Ben Lippen, Cardinal Newman, Hammond and St. Peter’s all reported fewer than five students with COVID-19 symptoms.
In Lexington 3, there remained less than five student cases at Batesburg-Leesville Middle School, reported Tuesday.
Lexington 2 and Lexington 4 had reported no student or faculty cases.
This story was originally published September 11, 2020 at 4:51 PM.
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