CARY — At least 38 people connected to schools in Wake County tested positive last week, according to officials.

Thirty-seven students and employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since Feb. 12, according to the Wake County Public School System’s dashboard. An additional student is waiting on their test result. A visitor to Sanderson High School also tested positive.

Countywide, 19 students and 18 staff tested positive for COVID-19. Knightdale High School had two students test positive while one student tested positive each at Wake Forest High and Wakelon Elementary. One staff member tested positive each at Abbots Creek Elementary, Knightdale High, Rolesville High and the Transportation department.

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The Franklin County Health Department updates its school-specific metrics every other week. It doesn’t report data for individual schools nor does it break down data between students and staff.

No clusters have been reported at any public, charter or private schools, the department said.

Children aged 0-17 accounts for around 17% of cases in the county, falling after a post-Christmas spike that reached 20%, the department said. Workforce, people aged 18-49, account for 47% of positive tests in the county. This is an increase of 7 points from the previous report, the department said.

Childcare clusters

Ten childcare centers in Wake County have ongoing clusters, including a new one at a Raleigh center. A cluster is at least five cases with symptoms starting within 14-days of each other and a plausible link.

The Goddard School of Brier Creek reported a new cluster with five students and two employees testing positive.

Clusters at nine other childcare centers remain stable. ABC Land Inc. in Wendell had three students and two staff test positive. Kids R Kids in Wake Forest had two students and three employees receive positive tests. Wakefield Creative school has one student and four employees receive positive tests.

Bright Horizons Children’s Center in Cary had five employees while Foundations Academy in Raleigh had six children and three staff test positive. Infant-Toddler Center of First Baptist Church and La Petite Academy, both in Raleigh, had two students and three employees test positive at each location. The Goddard School of North Raleigh had four students and three staff test positive.

K-12 clusters

Eight K-12 schools have ongoing clusters. The Franciscan School in Raleigh reported a new outbreak with four students and one employee testing positive for COVID-19. Cary High School, which had fallen off the list, is back on it. Three students and two employees are listed as testing positive.

The other clusters remain stable with no new positives being reported, including two separate outbreaks at North Raleigh Christian Academy, each with five students. Cardinal Gibbons High School had three students and two staff members while Cary Christ School had two students and three staff test positive. Neuse Christian Academy reported five children and two employees tested positive. Our Lady of Lourdes School had five students and one employee test positive for COVID-19.