The current Outbreaks in Schools chart is based on information provided by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The number of cases shown below represents only those connected to an outbreak, not the total number of cases per school.

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An outbreak in a school setting is defined as:

• Multiple cases comprising at least 10% of students, teachers, or staff, within a specified core group (e.g. classroom, extracurricular activity, sports team).

• OR at least three cases within a specified core group (e.g. classroom, extracurricular activity, sports team).

• COVID-19 cases with symptom onset or positive test result within 14 days of each other that were not identified as close contacts of each other in another setting (i.e., household) AND epidemiologically linked in the school setting.

Effective the week of January 24, 2022, the Bureau of Public Health (BPH) is changing the way COVID-19 data for K-12 schools is reported. This change provides more robust school-level data to allow communities to better understand the impact COVID-19 is having on their schools.  Each school will report to the BPH on a weekly basis in aggregate the number of positive COVID cases among students and staff that are reported directly to the school. This will allow the BPH to monitor the percent positivity by school and county. This process will begin once the WVDE receives the report, and the information will be posted here weekly replacing the former outbreak chart that was once posted at this location.

Source: West Virginia Department of Education 

Data Date Range: 6/2-6/9/2022