BY: STAFF REPORT | BocaNewsNow.com
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2021 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — One year after COVID-19 officially began in the Palm Beach County School District, and just six months after the district started reporting infection numbers, there are 2,952 confirmed COVID-19 cases among students and employees.
At least 1,684 of those cases have been recorded since school ended for the calendar year in December. That means more than half of the school district’s case count is from the past 10 weeks.
By the numbers: 1,733 students and 1,219 employees have officially reported a COVID-19 positive test.
Boca Raton Community High School is one of the district’s hot spots with 54 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Don Estridge High Tech Middle — also in Boca — is another hot spot with 53 confirmed cases.
The Palm Beach County School District began reporting numbers on September 16th. There is no official record of cases from the previous school year. The school district shut down as Spring Break started last year on March 13th, 2020. It then initiated distance learning a few weeks later.
