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Seven Escondido schools have placed 188 students and staff on quarantine this month because of possible contact with positive cases on campus.
Since Feb. 1, a total of 158 students and 30 employees have been quarantined after other individuals in their classrooms tested positive for COVID-19. During that time, five people at Rose Elementary School tested positive, leading to quarantines of 25 students and five employees, according to the school dashboard.
There were also four positive cases at Farr Elementary School, resulting in quarantines of 44 students and five employees; three positive cases at Pioneer Elementary School, with 27 students and four staff members quarantined; and two positive cases at Mission Middle School, with 32 students and 10 staff members sent home. Central, Reidy Creek, and Rock Springs Elementary Schools each had one case, with 8 to 12 students each, and a total of two employees placed on quarantine. There was also one case in maintenance in operat
Published February 5, 2021 •
Updated on February 5, 2021 at 9:59 pm
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Although coronavirus hospitalizations are falling across the United States, virus-related deaths have remained stubbornly high, with 50,000 new fatalities in the last two weeks alone. California has contributed the most to the toll, averaging more than 500 deaths per day in recent weeks.
Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson applied for emergency use authorization for its coronavirus vaccine candidate on Thursday. Its vaccine, which is 66% effective in protecting against the virus, could become the third shot approved in the U.S.
The United States has reported more than 26.8 million coronavirus cases and 460,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic, according to a tally by NBC News.