Florida report shows hundreds test positive for COVID-19 at state schools in August

MIAMI — The Florida Department of Health accidentally released a report on COVID-19 outbreaks at schools across the state — from daycare centers to colleges — and found that nearly 900 students and staffers had tested positive during a two-week period in August as schools had just begun or readied to reopen.State officials published the six-page draft online on Monday, but then quickly wiped it away a day later. The Miami Herald obtained a copy before it disappeared.Florida International University infectious disease epidemiologist Dr. Mary Jo Trepka said the detailed data were one of the most...

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