COVID-19 HEALTH DATA
Posted March 02, 2022
Currently, Southwestern CUSD #9 is experiencing extremely few to no COVID-19 cases. As a result, future updates to this page will only be made if numbers increase.
| Positive Students | Positive Staff | EXcluded Students | Excluded Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Close Contact is defined by the CDC as someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person (laboratory confirmed or a clinically compatible illness) for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes). An infected person can spread SARS-CoV-2 starting from 2 days before they have any symptoms (or, for asymptomatic patients, 2 days before the positive specimen collection date), until they meet criteria for discontinuing home isolation. Exception: In the K–12 indoor classroom setting, the close contact definition excludes students who were within 3 to 6 feet of an infected student (laboratory-confirmed or a clinically compatible illness) if both the infected student and the exposed student(s) correctly and consistently wore well-fitting masks the entire time. This exception does not apply to teachers, staff, or other adults in the indoor classroom setting.
Please be aware that the most common symptoms of COVID-19 are a fever, uncontrolled cough that causes difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, chills, fatigue, muscle aches, new onset of a severe headache, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell, congestion or runny nose, nausea and/or vomiting and diarrhea. Symptoms usually develop between 2 to 14 days after the last exposure. However, some infected persons never develop symptoms. For additional information please see: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html
As a reminder, always keep your student at home if they are ill for any reason, including household members. If you have any questions, please contact us at 372-3813. Thank you for your understanding and ongoing cooperation with our COVID-19 prevention policies and procedures as we work together to keep our students, staff and families safe and healthy.
Sincerely,
Kyle M. Hacke, Superintendent