On Monday, the Diocese of Evansville Catholic Education Office reported nine new positive cases of COVID-19 within the Diocese of Evansville Catholic Schools district.
The education office says the new positive cases are in a mixture of students and staff, and that they're spread throughout six different schools within the Diocese of Evansville Catholic Schools district.
- School 1 – Two students and one employee tested positive
- School 2 – Two students tested positive
- School 3 – One employee tested positive
- School 4 – One employee tested positive
- School 5 – One student tested positive
- School 6 – One student tested positive
According to the education office, the students and employees who tested positive are self-quarantining and will return to school at the appropriate time.
The Diocese of Evansville Catholic Education Office works with the 26 diocesan Catholic schools in the district and says that for privacy reasons, it won't release information on individuals or schools associated with the positive COVID-19 cases.
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