ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County Public Schools has seen an additional 18 COVID-19 cases at 16 schools since Tuesday, the district announced Friday afternoon.
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The schools are:
Hunter’s Creek Middle
Wetherbee Elementary
SunRidge Middle
Lake Silver Elementary
Ocoee Middle
Horizon West Middle
Whispering Oak Elementary
Rock Springs Elementary
Wyndham Lakes Elementary
Walker Middle
Timber Lakes Elementary
Olympia High
Pine Hills Elementary
Lake Whitney Elementary
Southwest Middle
Castleview Elementary
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Also since Tuesday, the Department of Health has issued an additional 174 quarantine letters to individuals in 11 schools, the district said.
The schools are:
Orlo Vista Elementary
Lake Silver Elementary
Prairie Lake Elementary
Frangus Elementary
Sunset Park Elementary
Lake Como K8
Clay Springs Elementary
Innovation Middle
Horizon West Middle
Wetherbee Elementary
Olympia High
On Wednesday, the district previously reported 54 confirmed cases in 34 schools and four work locations since Aug. 21, when face-to-face- instruction began.
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The Orange County Health Department announced Thursday it would stop releasing COVID-19 case numbers in schools due to confidentiality concerns, and it would be incumbent upon the school district to do so.
Orange County will release its numbers to the media on Tuesdays and Friday, and officials said it is working on a public dashboard.
Osceola County plans to updates its dashboard on Mondays.
Volusia County will update its dashboard on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Lake County will update its on Friday afternoon, and Marion and Flagler counties plan to release information on Fridays.
For now, the information is only available by request in Brevard County while the district considers a dashboard.
Seminole County said its information is available by public records request.
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