CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Students went back to school in Corpus Christi on August 12. As promised, the district has updated their COVID-19 dashboard to show the number of cases in each school.
As of Thursday, the district is reporting 126 students and 18 staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19. The dashboard said five of the 18 staff members work in non-campus jobs.
Carroll High School reported the largest number of cases on campus with 14.
District officials said they share the community's concern about the Delta variant and urge all students 12 and older to get the vaccine.
We will continue to update the data on the COVID-19 cases in local schools.
For the latest updates on coronavirus in the Coastal Bend, click here.
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