isolation or quarantine. as of yesterday morning nearly 5,600 of the students and 316 staff were either in isolation after testing positive for the coronavirus or in quarantine after coming in close contact with someone who tested positive. hillsboro's case count stood at 731 at midday. nearly 20 times higher than it was after the first week of fall classes in 2020. a mask mandate in the district would violate an order from florida governor ron desantis prohibiting schools from requiring face coverings. a 13-year-old girl has died of the coronavirus in mississippi. mckayla robinson passed away on saturday hours after testing positive. the week before her death, she attended classes in the smith county mississippi school district where masks were optional. just days before mckayla died