COVID-19 Tracker

We will be posting updates at least once a week on the active cases in our school.

Quarantine is different from isolation.

Confirmed positive: Isolation occurs when someone has symptoms of COVID-19, or tests positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, even if they don’t have symptoms. Isolation helps prevent the transmission of the virus by separating people infected with the virus from those who are not infected. If someone takes a diagnostic test for COVID-19 and tests positive for COVID-19, or develops symptoms of COVID-19 regardless of whether or not they have tested positive for COVID-19 while in quarantine, their status will shift from quarantine to isolation.

Quarantined: Quarantine means staying home for ten days after exposure to someone who has a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19. This is because spreading of the infection can still occur but you may not show symptoms for up to 14 days. Even though you may not show symptoms, you can still spread the virus.

So: Both groups are staying home but the count of confirmed positive is not included in quarantine since the people in quarantine are not necessarily positive.