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Frankfort Middle School will be closed after employee tests COVID positive

October 14th, 2020 by WCBC Radio

Frankfort Middle School will be closed Thursday after an employee reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, Mineral County Schools Superintendent Troy Ravenscroft said in a news release Wednesday.  Per the release, contact tracing is currently underway. Thursday will be a distance learning day for all students. 

County health Administrator A. Jay Root told the Times-News by email Wednesday afternoon that the case is a newly-reported one, and not among the 14 new cases reported Tuesday.

The county has seen at least 192 confirmed cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.