The confined students for being positive or close contacts of covid-19 continue to rise in Catalonia and this Friday are 8,090, a total of 966 more than those notified yesterday, with two closed centers, a nursery and a rural school in the Osona region (Barcelona).
According to Education data, today there are 8,335 confined people in educational centers throughout Catalonia (7,349 yesterday, Thursday), of which 8,090 are students (7,124 yesterday), 237 teachers and administration staff (222 on Thursday) and eight external personnel (5 the day before).
Schools with confined groups are located in the counties of Alt Penedès (2), Gironès (2), Segrià (1), Ripollès (1), Garrotxa (1), Osona (4), Selva (2), Baix Empordà (1) and Baix Llobregat (3), Anoia (1), Vallès Occidental (4), Vallès Oriental (1), Maresme (1) and Barcelonès (6).
The nursery The Putxinel·lis, located in the town of Montesquiu, in the region of Osona (Barcelona), has been completely closed Due to four positives for covid-19 detected in the last ten days, which has forced 17 people to be confined among students, teachers and administrative and external personnel, according to the Education data provided today. The Santa Bàrbara School has also been closed de Vidrà for a positive, which has forced 23 people to confine.
31 centers affected
In total, there are 31 schools out of a total of 5,108 with class-groups of confined students, which represents 0.61%.
Since the Department of Education began to count the cases of covid, at the end of August, 8,929 positives have been accumulated in the Catalan educational system, among students (7,920), teachers and administration personnel (1,000) and external personnel (9) , indicate the data notified this Thursday.
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The positive cases in the last 10 days amount to 1,295, of which 1,079 are students, 212 are teachers and administration and services personnel and 4 correspond to external personnel.
The data is derived from the application Trazacovid, developed by the department to inform about the incidence of covid-19 in educational centers and that is made from the data provided by the schools and institutes themselves.
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