Giani Clarke,18, a senior at Wilson High School, takes a test in her AP Statistics class. The desks are doubled as a way to provide more social distancing.
Massachusetts schools saw 812 new COVID-19 cases among students and staff over the past two weeks.
The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 718 students and 94 employees with district building access within seven days of the report tested positive between April 15 and April 28.
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The case report marks a decrease of 467 total cases from the previous report. The last report said 1095 students and 184 district staff tested positive, for a total of 1,279 cases.
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While the number of positive cases in schools has fluctuated, the estimated number of students and staff in public school buildings has remained the same over the past month.
