CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — In the last month, there have been 11 suburban schools hit by COVID-19 outbreaks in the Chicago area.
There were zero COVID-19 outbreaks in schools in Lake and Kane counties over the last 30 days, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health dashboard.
There were four outbreaks in DuPage County schools, three outbreaks in Cook County suburban schools and two outbreaks each in McHenry County and Will County schools.
The state defines an outbreak as five or more COVID-19 cases.
The sources of the outbreaks were almost evenly divided between sports activities and classrooms. Six were from classrooms and five were from sports activities.
This is a breakdown of the outbreaks for the past 30 days, according to IDPH.
Cook County: 3 outbreaks
- Homewood-Flossmoor HS 5-10 cases of students Source: Sports
- Marion Catholic HS 5-10 cases of students Source: Sports
- Kensington School (k-12) 5-10 cases of students Source: Classroom
DuPage: 4 outbreaks
- Benet Academy (k-12) 5-10 cases of students Source: Classroom
- Calvary Christian (k-12) 11-16 cases staff/students Source: Classroom
- Glenbard North HS 5-10 cases of students Source: Sports
- Timothy Christian Middle School 5-10 cases of students Source: Classroom
Kane County & Lake County: 0 outbreaks
McHenry County: 2 outbreaks
- Huntley HS 5-10 cases of students Source: Sports
- Valley View Elem School 5-10 cases of students/staff Source: Classroom
Will County: 2 outbreaks
- Beecher Jr HS 11-16 cases of students Source: Sports
- Lincoln Elementary School 5-10 students/staff Source: Classroom