Weekly COVID-19 Cases At Schools Being Released By Polk District

Lakeland FL

18 August, 2021

1:59 PM

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POLK COUNTY, FL — Parents of students enrolled at Polk County Public Schools can check the district's online portal throughout the 2021-2022 school year to access the number of students and staff that have tested positive for COVID-19. PCPS is working closely with the Florida Department of Health in Polk County to provide accurate information on positive COVID-19 cases, school officials staff. Information will be updated weekly at Polk County Public Schools COVID-19 cases. The most recent data, which includes preliminary figures from Aug. 2 through Aug. 15, said that a total of 59 students have tested COVID-19 positive and 101 staff members have tested COVID-19 positive. Two other columns shown on the webpage show the number of unverified staff cases and the amount of unverified student cases. Unverified cases are people who reported having COVID-19, but the cases haven't been confirmed yet by the health department.