Actionable Cases
Actionable case counts represent the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases associated with CPS buildings. Case counts are not a measure of transmission in schools and numerous studies have shown that schools are not sites of significant COVID-19 transmission.
This information is updated a minimum of once per week on Wednesdays after impacted individuals are notified.
Total Reported Actionable Cases
Reported Actionable Cases by CPS Location
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Information About Reporting and Terminology
- Number of Cases Reflected: Some cases involve individuals who were present in multiple schools. In those cases, the individual is reflected in each school visited where there were close contacts. For that reason, the total number of individuals who tested positive will not match the school-by-school totals in this chart.
- Administration: Cases under “administration” include cases at any non-school based CPS location.
- Close Contact: A close contact is defined by the CDC as being within 6 feet of a person with COVID-19 for 15 or more minutes within a 24-hour period during the individual’s contagious period, with or without a mask. All individuals identified as close contacts are instructed to quarantine for 14 calendar days as required by the district and the Chicago Department of Public Health.
- Please note that last year the district had a number of pod impacts. As our students have returned to five days a week of in-person education, pod data are no longer available.
- Data Entry & Case Confirmation: The data represents new confirmed self-reported, actionable cases and associated actions for the corresponding time period. If a pod was quarantined during the week of 1/10, it is only reflected in that week’s data. Data corresponds with the dates of confirmation of the self-reported case and subsequent notification to the school community, not when an individual began reporting symptoms.
- Actionable Cases: This data only includes people who were present in CPS buildings during the contagious period.
- Child or Adult Cases: Due to privacy laws, child and adult case totals are aggregated and are not broken out at the school level.
XXXXXXXX Cases by Week
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Information About Reporting and Terminology
- Number of Cases Reflected: Some cases involve individuals who were present in multiple schools. In those cases, the individual is reflected in each school visited where there were close contacts. For that reason, the total number of individuals who tested positive will not match the school-by-school totals in this chart.
- Administration: Cases under “administration” include cases at any non-school based CPS location.
- Close Contact: A close contact is defined by the CDC as being within 6 feet of a person with COVID-19 for 15 or more minutes within a 24-hour period during the individual’s contagious period, with or without a mask. All individuals identified as close contacts are instructed to quarantine for 14 calendar days as required by the district and the Chicago Department of Public Health.
- Please note that last year the district had a number of pod impacts. As our students have returned to five days a week of in-person education, pod data are no longer available.
- Data Entry & Case Confirmation: The data represents new confirmed self-reported, actionable cases and associated actions for the corresponding time period. If a pod was quarantined during the week of 1/10, it is only reflected in that week’s data. Data corresponds with the dates of confirmation of the self-reported case and subsequent notification to the school community, not when an individual began reporting symptoms.
- Actionable Cases: This data only includes people who were present in CPS buildings during the contagious period.
- Child or Adult Cases: Due to privacy laws, child and adult case totals are aggregated and are not broken out at the school level.
Staff and Student COVID Screening Testing Data
MM/DD/YYYY - MM/DD/YYYY
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- Tests Administered: The total number of staff and students tested through the COVID-19 screening program.
- Positives: The total number of student and staff PCR tests that returned a result of confirmed positive. Confirmed positive cases are also reflected in the Actionable Reported Cases graphics above.