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More Schools in Tri-County Area Added to COVID Outbreak List
ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Department of Health has updated its weekly list of school buildings with an outbreak of COVID-19.
Local schools on the list this week include Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School and High School, Sartell Middle School, High School, and Riverview Intermediate in Sartell, St. Cloud Tech High School, Oak Hill Community School in St. Cloud, and Prince of Peace Lutheran School in St. Cloud, Becker Middle School, ROCORI High School, Zimmerman Middle School and High School, Spectrum High School in Elk River, Avon Elementary, Eden Valley Elementary, and Sauk Centre Secondary.
MDH includes buildings pre-K through 12th grade that have five or more confirmed cases of COVID-19 among staff or students.
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The list is updated every Thursday.
The total number of schools on the list has jumped from just under 100 last week to about 225 this week.
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