The Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) is providing quarantine numbers every Wednesday by 11 AM. Here is the latest information reported:

As of Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, there are 728 students and 27 staff members in quarantine due to a positive COVID-19 test or as a close contact. These numbers will be updated every Wednesday by 11 AM.

Please note that close contact or quarantine does not indicate those students or staff have tested positive for COVID-19. See below for daily and 7-day totals of positive case numbers.

Here are the numbers reported last week (762 students and 38 staff members in quarantine)

Here is a look at the current HCPSS COVID-19 dashboard:

The 52 cases reported this past week is more than what was reported last week (36 cases reported).

Here is a look at the past few weeks:

Quarantined (Students / Staff):

• 9/14/21: 952 / 29
• 9/21/21: 957 / 38
• 9/28/21: 958 / 35
• 10/5/21: 1,401 / 36
• 10/12/21: 845 / 23
• 10/19/21: 726 / 30
• 10/26/21: 762 / 38
• 11/02/21: 728 / 27

COVID-19 cases:

• 9/14/21: 68 cases
• 9/21/21: 51 cases
• 9/28/21: 60 cases
• 10/5/21: 72 cases
• 10/12/21: 38 cases
• 10/19/21: 33 cases
• 10/26/21: 36 cases
• 11/02/21: 52 cases

Keep track of the daily / weekly numbers from HCPSS here:   https://covid.hcpss.org/

Here are some updates from HCPSS Superintendent at the last HoCoBOE meeting (November 2nd): 11 02 2021 Superintendent Remarks

 

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