Framingham Public School District Hits 1,100 COVID Cases in 21-22; 45% of Cases Since January 1

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FRAMINGHAM – After a couple of days of triple-digit new COVID cases in the Framingham Public Schools, the district report just 43 new cases today, January 11.

On Monday, the district reported a record, one-day high of 148 new cases, after a record one-day high of 141 cases on January 6.

It is unknown if the 43 cases are all students, staff, or a combination of both. The district does not separate that number in its dashboard.

Today, the district reached 1,100 COVID cases during 2021-22 school year. There are roughly 10,000 students in the public school district.

Students and staff returned back to the classrooms on Monday, January 3, after the winter holiday vacation break.

There have been 504 cases in the school district since January 1, 2022.

That means 45.8% of all cases this school year have been since January 1, 2022.

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There have been 913 COVID-19 cases since Thanksgiving, which represents 83% of the total COVID cases

Framingham High School has the most total cases this school year with 299. The school has about 2,400 students plus staff. That means roughly one out of every 8 students have been diagnosed with COVID.

Today, there were just 7 cases reported at Framingham High.

Walsh Middle School reported a dozen cases today.

Cameron Middle reported 4 cases and Dunning Elementary reported a trio of cases.

Farley administration building reported two cases, as did Fuller Middle School.

McCarthy, King, Hemenway, and Harmony Grove elementary schools each report a new COVID case today.

Framingham High has the most cases in the district this school year with 299.

Harmony Grove is second with 90 cases.

Potter Road is third with 71 cases.

Walsh Middle has reported 78 cases with Cameron Middle at 75 cases.

The Farley Administration Building has reported a total of two dozen cases this 2021-2022 school year

Last Wednesday, it was decided to pause for two weeks all group indoor activities to limit the spread of COVID in the City.

That decision meant that sports, theatre, clubs, and after-school academic supports were paused.

Sports, clubs, and theatre are still paused along with all other group activities indoor in the City of Framingham.

The high school musical was moved from performances this weekend to February 2022.

Loring Arena is closed to group activities and the Framingham Public Library moved all programming to online and remote, through January 21.

The decision was due to a spike in COVID cases. cases rose more than 190% in the week prior to more than 1,300 positive cases. The City said it had more than 1,700 active coronavirus cases.

The city’s new case numbers will be released tomorrow, January 12.

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