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4 Students, 1 Staff member test COVID Positive in the past week

March 26th, 2021 by WCBC Radio

For the week of March 22-26 ACPS reports 1 case of COVID-19 in a staff member, and 4 cases of COVID-19 in students who were within an Allegany County Public School. These individuals will complete the required isolation period before returning to their school buildings. Contact tracing revealed no close contacts at school in any of these cases and no need to quarantine students or staff as a result of these cases. Parents were notified through the ACPS Blackboard notification system if there was a positive case in their child's school building. ACPS has an additional 3 students who are completing an isolation period due to a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. ACPS had 2 staff members who were reported as quarantined this week due to either a close contact with a positive person, or Covid Like Illness (CLI). ACPS had 54 students reported as quarantined this week due to either a close contact with a positive person, or Covid Like Illness (CLI).