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More than 100 staff and students in Wake County have tested positive for the coronavirus within a week, according to the district’s Coronavirus Dashboard.
Sixty-nine students tested positive for the coronavirus from December 10 to December 16, and 59 staff members tested positive.
The first coronavirus cluster has also been reported in the Lynn Road Elementary School District. Three staff and two students tested positive at the school.
The week before – from December 3 to December 9 – more than 80 cases of the virus were reported in the district.
Most cases involve several different schools in the district, according to the dashboard. The Wake County School Board agreed on Tuesday with a staff recommendation that all students return to distance learning only to complete the fall semester.
All students will switch to e-learning from January 4 to January 15, at the end of the semester.
Since Thanksgiving, Wake County has seen an increase in reported cases of the virus. As of Wednesday, more than 400 cases were reported in Wake County. At the same time last month, only 232 cases of the virus were reported in a day.
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