U.S. Louisiana reports 7 school related COVID-19 outbreaks


By Gao Lu
  • World
  • Thursday, 13 Aug 2020

HOUSTON, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. state of Louisiana is tracking seven COVID-19 outbreaks tied to schools and colleges, local media reported Wednesday.

Figures from Louisiana Department of Health showed that there are four outbreaks linked to colleges and three tied to primary and secondary schools. Data shows that 151 cases are connected to those college outbreaks, and 17 cases are being attributed to outbreaks at primary and secondary schools.

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