(CNN) As Los Angeles students and staff prepare to return to school Tuesday, about 62,000 have tested positive for Covid-19, school district data show.
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is requiring all students and employees to show a negative test result before returning.
It is the nation's second largest district, with more than 640,000 students in grades K-12.
About 414,000 test results have been recorded, for a 14.99% positivity rate. That is well below Los Angeles County as a whole, where the positivity rate has spiked above 22%.
Updated numbers are expected to be released Monday evening, district spokesperson Shannon Haber told CNN.
Geones on January 11st, 2022 at 06:44 UTC »
Just copy Ontario, Canada they won't announce School Covid cases. Out of sight out of mind.
persondude27 on January 11st, 2022 at 00:32 UTC »
9.7% of students tested positive.
Considering how contagious this new variant is, I an interested to see what the numbers two weeks from now are.
mtarascio on January 11st, 2022 at 00:26 UTC »
Anecdotally but in a school close to LA and absenteeism is close to 50% after break.