More than 8,600 school-aged children in Illinois have contracted COVID-19 since mid-August, amounting to around 180 infections per day.
upon their request. They also acknowledged that the virus's spread in schools could be larger than what is currently known, as contact-tracing efforts have likely missed some school-related cases. Between March and early August, when schools were either operating entirely remotely or closed for the summer break, there were 11,953 confirmed COVID-19 cases among children, averaging around 72 per day. Fewer than five school-aged children have died from coronavirus, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health .Many of these COVID-19 cases seen among children are tied to gatherings outside of school and other community events, state health officials said.
Health officials are concerned that publishing COVID-19 data tied to schools could identify students and staff and violate their privacy, Arnold told ProPublica and the. The department, however, publishes case counts for other facilities including nursing homes and psychiatric hospitals, the investigation found.
Many Illinois parents argue that being armed with this information would help them make better-informed decisions about the safety of sending their child back into the classroom. Several of the school districts gave parents a choice between in person classes and online learning.
Are any of them symptomatic? No? Then just keep them away from granny I guess. Not much else you can do