How many COVID cases does your child’s school district have? Here is Missouri’s data
How many coronavirus cases have been reported in each Kansas City area school district? A statewide dashboard is tracking the data.
The Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services re-launched a dashboard tracking coronavirus cases among students in each public school district. The dashboard includes all cases among students ages 5 to 19 over a 14-day period, as well as the total numbers of reported cases among students in each district since March 2020.
As of Wednesday morning, school districts around the metro area tallied the following in total numbers of reported COVID cases since March 2020, according to the dashboard:
Kansas City 33 School District Boundary: 2782
North Kansas City 74 School District Boundary: 1929
Lee’s Summit R-VII School District Boundary: 1646
Independence 30 School District Boundary: 1453
Blue Springs R-IV School District Boundary: 1514
Raytown C-2 School District Boundary: 1016
Hickman Mills C-1 School District Boundary: 627
Raymore-Peculiar R-II School District Boundary: 552
Belton 124 School District Boundary: 542
Grandview C-4 School District Boundary: 511
Kearney R-I School District Boundary: 359
Harrisonville R-IX School District Boundary: 283
On Tuesday, the Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education updated its quarantine guidance for students exposed to the coronavirus, allowing them to stay in school, sports and extra-curricular activities if they meet certain criteria.
Under a new option, called “test to stay,” those exposed to someone with a known coronavirus case can remain in school if they get tested frequently with negative results. Ultimately, the decision on whether “test to stay” can be used is up to the local public health agency where the school resides.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Oct. 1 released their own dashboard tracking vaccination rates and COVID-19 cases among children by public school district. The dashboard includes all cases among school-aged children, ages 5 to 17, over a 14-day period.
This story was originally published October 13, 2021 at 3:46 PM.
