COVID Statistic Definitions
Total number of positives CERSD to date:
This is the total number of positive cases of all CERSD students and staff. These are Kittitas County Health Department confirmed positive COVID-19 cases. This includes COVID data since the start of our hybrid layering process: September 21, 2020.
Positive cases cleared to return to school:
This is the number of positive cases that have been cleared by the KCHPD to return to school from the date listed in title of the graphic.
Number of positives requiring contact tracing:
This is decided by the KCPHD. The health department will complete a disease investigation with that positive case and the district nurse. Contact tracing needs are dependent on when the case became symptomatic, when they were last at school, and how well the mandates of social distancing and masking were met in the school setting.
Quarantines required from contact tracing:
This number is decided by the KCPHD after their disease investigation is completed. The health department will then notify those students or staff that quarantine is required based on close contact to a confirmed positive COVID-19 case. Private health information is not shared. Close contact is defined by the WA DOH as anyone who has been within six feet of them for 15 minutes or more while they were infectious.
Positive cases contact traced to school exposure:
This is called secondary spread in the school district. Secondary spread is defined as the spread of disease from the source to others. This occurs frequently is families. To control the spread of disease in the community, the mandates of social distancing, masking, hygiene, cleaning, and cohorting were put in to place to control the secondary spread of disease in congregate settings such a schools. This statistic is important in evaluating the success of disease control in a congregate setting.
