Saint Thomas Academy Makes It Off DOH's COVID Outbreak List

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN — Zero Mendota Heights schools remain on the Minnesota Department of Health's list of schools with recently reported outbreaks of COVID-19.

Saint Thomas Academy was removed from the list Thursday.

It had been on the list since March 3.

In order to be added to the Minnesota Department of Health's list, a school must report at least five cases of a student or staff member being inside the building while infectious and within the two-week reporting period, the department said.

If a school goes 28 days with no new cases, they are removed from the list, the department said

The list is updated every Thursday, the department said.

21 schools from Dakota County remain on the department's list.

You can read the full report here.

Editor's note: This will be the last report written on the Minnesota Department of Health's list of schools with recent outbreaks.