Four more COVID positives at Morristown High; dashboard updates

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Four more individuals from the Morristown High School community tested positive last week for COVID-19, Principal Mark Manning said Friday.

One of the cases had no impact on anyone in the building. The other three, their affected class, and anyone with possible exposure will quarantine at home for 14 days and participate in virtual instruction, Manning said in a message to families and staff.

Other in-person classes will continue as scheduled.

“​The original sources of transmission have been identified and are unrelated to school activity. Based on our investigation, these cases do not appear to have implications for district bus transportation,” the principal wrote, adding that health confidentiality laws prevented release of further details.

Manning urged families to continue mask wearing, social distancing and frequent hand washing, per guidelines from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  He also reminded parents to conduct daily screenings of their children’s health, and to report any COVID-19 symptoms to their school nurse.

The high school reopened for in-person instruction on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Classes had remained all-virtual after the holiday break because of the coronavirus.

These are the Morris School District’s pandemic numbers as of Jan. 22, 2021:

Morris School District COVID-19 numbers, Jan. 22, 2021.

More COVID-19 numbers from Friday:

Morristown added one case from the prior day, for a total 1,519 positives.
Morris Township added two cases, for a total of 963.
Morris Plains added one case, total 364.
Morris County, 81 new cases, total 25,800.
Morris County COVID deaths: 833 (confirmed), 202 (probable)

Numbers through Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021:

New Jersey: 6,115 new cases (confirmed); 590,400 total (confirmed)
New Jersey COVID deaths: 18,813 (confirmed), 2,121 (probable)
New Jersey rate of transmission: Data pending

United States: 25,003,695 cases
United States COVID deaths: 417,538

Global: 98,861,235 cases
Global COVID deaths: 2,122,872

COVID deaths by country:

United States: 417,538
Brazil: 216,445
India: 153,339
Mexico: 149,084
United Kingdom: 97,518
Italy: 85,162
France: 73,018
Russia: 68,397
Iran: 57,383
Spain: 55,441
Germany: 52,130

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