These NYC Schools Had Coronavirus Cases Reported Over The Weekend

NEW YORK CITY — Staff at 21 New York City schools tested positive for coronavirus in days running up to in-person learning’s return, officials said.

The tests prompted the temporary closures of three city schools — P.S. 165 in Manhattan and J.H.S. 131 Albert Einstein and I.S. 219 New Ventures, both in the Bronx, according to Department of Education officials.

Those schools, which each had two positive cases within a week, have since reopened. All other schools with positive tests between Sept. 18 and 21 only had one case each, officials said.

Schools with a confirmed had where a staff member went to the building are:

1. K288 P.S. 288
2. K762 Pre-K Center at 1355 84th St.
3. KBPN Beth Jacob Day Care Center (an NYC Early Education Center)
4. M445 Seward Park Educational Campus
5. M165 P.S. 165
6. R021 P.S. 21
7. R052 P.S. 52
8. Q263 P.S. /I.S 295
9. QBEU All My Children at 188th St. (an NYC Early Education Center)
10. Q194 J.H.S. 194
11. QBNY Divine Mercy Catholic Academy (an NYC Early Education Center)
12. X790 Mott Haven Educational Campus
13. X131 J.H.S 131 Albert Einstein
14. X148 I.S. 219 New Ventures

1. K024 P.S. 24
2. KAVF Aim High Children’s Services
3. M019 P.S. 19
4. Q277 P.S. 182
5. Q189 J.H.S. 189
6. XBPF Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York (a family child care center)
7. X079 P.S. 79

Roughly 19,400 teachers have taken coronavirus tests and, of those, 65 were positive, officials said. The infection rate for teachers is 0.34 percent.