MEMPHIS, Tenn. — UPDATE 9/23/2020 - The Alcorn School District has reported four new confirmed COVID-19 cases. An employee at the district office, an employee at Kossuth High School, a Kossuth Middle School student, and a Biggersville High School student have tested positive.
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UPDATE 9/17/2020 - The Corinth School District says it was notified that three staff and two students tested positive for COVID-19. The staff members are from Corinth Elementary School and the Transportation Department. The students are from Corinth Middle and Corinth High Schools.
Contact tracing at the school has been completed and anyone in close contact has been notified.
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UPDATE 9/10/2020 - The Corinth School District says it was notified that a student at Corinth Middle School tested positive for COVID-19. Contact tracing at the school has been completed and anyone in close contact with the teachers has been notified.
The Alcorn School District reported three more cases; an employee at Biggersville Elementary and two students at Kossuth High School.
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UPDATE 9/2/2020 - The Corinth School District says it was notified Friday that two teachers at Corinth Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19. Contact tracing at the school has been completed and anyone in close contact with the teachers has been notified.
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UPDATE 8/27/2020 - Wednesday night the Alcorn School District confirmed four COVID-19 cases.
Two students and one employee at Kossuth High School, and one employee at Kossuth Elementary have all tested positive.
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UPDATE 8/26/2020 - The Corinth School District reported another case of COVID-19 Wednesday at Corinth Middle School. According to a Facebook post, a student tested positive.
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UPDATE 8/25/2020 - The Corinth School District reported another case of COVID-19 Monday evening, at Corinth High School. According to a Facebook post, a student has tested positive.
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UPDATE 8/21/2020 - The Corinth School district reported another case of COVID-19 at Corinth Middle School. The district says a student tested positive.
The district now reports a total of 11 cases, 9 of them students, and two are staff.
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UPDATE 8/14/2020 - The Corinth School District announced two more positive cases, a virtual learning student at Corinth High, and a staff member at Corinth Middle.
That makes a total of 13 students and three staff members in the district who have tested positive.
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UPDATE 8/13/2020 - Corinth School District reported another student at Corinth Elementary and another student at Corinth Middle has tested positive for COVID-19.
They have a total of twelve students positive and two staff members in the district.
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UPDATE 8/7/2020 - The Alcorn School District says two students at Biggersville High School have tested positive for COVID-19. That's in addition to three employees who previously tested positive.
The school district says close contacts have been notified.
The Alcorn School District is in the same county as the Corinth School District.
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8/7/2020 - The Corinth Mississippi School District reported Thursday one additional student having tested positive for COVID-19.
This makes six total reported positive cases at Corinth High School.
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UPDATE 8/5/2020 - The Corinth Mississippi School District now reports one person at Corinth Middle School, and an employee at Corinth Elementary School have tested positive for COVID-19.
They say contact tracing has been done and those who came in close contact with the individuals have been notified.
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8/4/2020 - The Corinth Mississippi School District reported two more positive COVID-19 cases at Corinth High School Tuesday, making it a total of five positive cases at the school.
District leaders say contact tracing has been done and anyone in "close contact" with those cases have been notified.
Those who were in contact must quarantine for 14 days, and the students can not attend in person classes or school activities. The students must attend virtually to be counted as present.
Classes began July 27th for Corinth schools.