The COVID-19 Community Task Force’s latest community spread report shows that while most indicators are in the green, per capita positive rate is back in the moderate spread category.
The COVID-19 dashboard indicators are intended to guide Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. on decisions about continuing in-school learning or moving to virtual options.
Whether or not in-person learning continues at BCSC depends on whether certain COVID-19 data indicates that the school system is in a “minimal,” “moderate” or “substantial” spread category. Roberts has said in the past that an overall designation of substantial spread would result in a move to eLearning.
On Monday, the task force reported the following indicators:
Per capita positive rate is 5.6 and increasing (as of Sept. 27)
Percent positive test rate is 3.6 and decreasing (as of Sept. 23)
Test turnaround time is 2.9 days (as of Sept. 22)
There is one COVID hospitalization (as of Sept. 27)
Percent positive test rate, test turnaround time and hospitalizations are in the minimal spread category. If test turnaround time rises to three to five days, it will be in the moderate spread category.
Per capita positive rate is in the moderate spread category. Since Labor Day, the per capita rate has fluctuated. From Sept. 8 to Sept. 11, the indicator was in the minimal spread category. From Sept. 12 to Sept. 18, it moved into moderate spread. Then it returned to minimal from Sept. 19 to Sept. 25 before rising to moderate on Sept. 26.
If the per capita positive rate falls below 5.0, it will return to the minimal spread category. If it rises above 10.0, it will be in the substantial spread category.
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The COVID-19 Community Task Force posts updates and reports on community spread every Monday and Thursday at covid19communitytaskforce.org/data/.
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