Prairie Creek Community School Added To MDH's COVID Outbreak List

Northfield MN

03 February, 2022

2:53 PM

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NORTHFIELD, MN — Prairie Creek Community School was added to the Minnesota Department of Health's list of schools that have had recent outbreaks of COVID-19. This is the fifth Northfield school on the list. Here are the Northfield schools that have had recent outbreaks of COVID-19: Greenvale Park Elementary SchoolReported 5-9 cases from Dec. 12-25.The school remains on the list and MDH said it will update with more recent data when it is available.Sibley Elementary SchoolReported 5-9 cases from Dec. 26-Jan. 8. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will update with more recent data when it is available.Northfield Middle SchoolReported between 5-9 cases from Oct. 31-Nov. 13, 5-9 cases Nov. 28-Dec. 11 and 5-9 cases from Dec. 12-25. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will update with more recent data when it is available.Northfield Senior High SchoolReported between 5-9 cases from Oct. 17-30, 10-19 cases from Oct. 31-Nov. 13, 5-9 cases Nov. 28-Dec. 11 and 5-9 cases Dec. 12-25. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will update with more recent data when it is available.Prairie Creek Community SchoolDec. 26-Jan. 8: 5-9 casesThe school remains on the list and MDH said it will update with more recent data when it is available. The list is updated every Thursday. Editor's note: This information came from the Minnesota Department of Health. To view the list of schools on the current list, click here and search for "Cases in Pre-K through Grade 12 School Buildings." A school has an outbreak when it reports five or more confirmed cases of the virus in students or staff who were in the building while infectious during the most recent two-week reporting period. "School buildings listed may not have ongoing transmission," MDH noted. "School buildings that have not reported a new case for 28 days will be removed. If five or more cases are reported in a school building in a subsequent 2-week period, they will once again be listed."