The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) on Tuesday said preliminary findings showed 920 students and staff tested positive for COVID-19 prior to classes resuming this week following winter break, as the district deemed its ambitious mass testing effort 'a huge success.'
District officials noted that some students and staff members may have been on campus before learning of a positive test result. "... but we avoided potential exposures at school in 96.3% of cases," the district said.OUSD distributed roughly 41,000 home tests to students and families just before winter break. Families were strongly encouraged but not required to test.
Officials said that among the families reporting the results of their at-home test, the rate of positive cases was just 2.2%. OUSD planned to continue offering on-site testing at elementary and secondary school sites this month. OUSD praised the community as a whole for doing its part to help stem the spread of cases by taking part in the mass effort to get tested and by staying home if they're sick.
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