COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts schools are down more than 30% since last week after a steep and steady rise.
The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education published the figures on Thursday in their weekly COVID-19 report, which covers January 13-19.
In that time period, 28,151 students tested positive for coronavirus, as well as 4,758 staff members, for a total of 32,909 school cases.
A week earlier, the state reported a total of 48,414 cases, including 41,063 students and 7,351 employees.
The total number of new school cases is down about 32% (the first week-over-week drop in more than a month), but is still higher than the January 6 weekly state reporting average, which comprised two weeks of data. There were 51,100 total cases in that data set, or 25,500 per week.
The school cases in Thursday’s report represent 3.06% of students and 3.4% of staff in Massachusetts schools.
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