5 Queens Public Schools Report New Coronavirus Cases

ASTORIA, QUEENS — In the days running up to Tuesday's return of elementary and middle students to in-person classes, five more Queens public schools reported a case of COVID-19 among someone in the building, according to the city Department of Education.

P.S. 013 Clement C. Moore and P.S. 721 John F. Kennedy Jr. School in Elmhurst, P.S. 171 Peter G. Van Alst in Astoria, the Malcolm X Day Care Center in North Corona and the Child Center of New York in Woodside each reported one case of the virus among someone who had been to the building, according to a Department of Education list released late Tuesday.

The list included confirmed cases reported between Friday and Monday.

P.S. 171 Peter G. Van Alst Principal Lisa Stone wrote to families Monday to report the school's case of the virus.

"Today we are writing to inform you that one member of our school community has tested positive for COVID-19," Stone wrote. "At this time, this is the only confirmed case at the school."

In the letter, Stone said school officials had not identified any close contacts in the building of the person who tested positive, and that anyone who tests positive will not return to the school and will be safely separated until the person is no longer infectious.

Stone declined to disclose more details, writing, "In order to protect the privacy of the individual who has tested positive, we cannot share additional details about the case."

Another two Queens public schools — P.S. 152 Gwendoline N. Alleyne School and P.S. 128 — reported COVID-19 cases among their school communities from Friday to Monday, but the person with the virus had not been to the building, according to the Department of Education.