COVID 19 Weekly Update
These charts show information on staff and student positive COVID-19 cases and direct contacts* since the beginning of the 2021-22 school year.
Please note that this information includes only those cases and contacts known to the district. Other data sources may reflect different numbers.
For more information on the district's opening plan and health and safety guidelines for the 2021-22 school year, please visit our opening plan page here: Horseheads Health and Safety Guide 2021-22 (horseheadsdistrict.com)
Questions about COVID-19?
Please contact your health care provider, the Chemung County Health Department at (607) 737-2028, or the Chemung County COVID Hotline at (607) 873-1813. For the Chemung County COVID-19 Information Center, please click here: Chemung County COVID-19 Information Center. New York State has a free, confidential mental health helpline at 1-844-863-9314. For more resources, click here: Covid-19 Resources (ny.gov).
For the Chemung County COVID-19 Data Center, click here: Chemung County COVID-19 Data Center.
For the New York State COVID Report Card for Horseheads Schools, click here: https://schoolcovidreportcard.health.ny.gov/#/districtData;bedsCodeId=070901
For the federal COVID Act Now site, please click here: Realtime US COVID Risk Map & Key Metrics - Covid Act Now.
District COVID-19 Cases Identified Week of 11/20 - 11/26/2021
| Building | Positive Cases - Students |
Direct Contacts* - Students |
Positive Cases - Staff |
Direct Contacts* - Staff |
| Big Flats | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Center Street | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gardner Road | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Ridge Road | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Intermediate School | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Middle School | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| High School | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Transportation | 0 | 0 | ||
| Facilities | 1 | 0 | ||
| District Office | 0 | 0 |
* A direct contact is defined as someone who was within six feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual five-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes).
Exception: In the PreK-12 indoor classroom setting, the direct contact definition excludes students who were within three to six feet of an infected student if both the infected student and the exposed student(s) correctly and consistently wore well-fitting masks the entire time. (This exception does not apply to teachers, staff, or other adults in the indoor classroom setting.)
Horseheads Central School District |
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| # of Students Tested |
# of Students Tested + |
Student Positivity % |
# of Staff Tested |
# of Staff Tested + |
Staff Positivity % |
# Tested in District |
# Tested + in District |
District Positivity % |
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| Week of 8/28 - 9/03/2021 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 1 | 0.85 | 117 | 1 | 0.85 | |||||
The two charts below represent the current transmission rate for the Horseheads Central School District using 18 points of data including local, county, state, and national data on new cases and positivity rates.
Horseheads Central School DistrictCOVID-19 Weekly Transmission Data | ||||||||
HCSD (4 Point Scale) |
HCSD |
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| Date | District's Transmission Rate (7 Day Rolling Average) |
District's Transmission Status |
District's Distancing Status (Elementary) |
District's Distancing Status (Secondary) |
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| 11/20/2021 | 2.80 | Substantial | 3' Cohorting | 3' Cohorting | ||||
| 11/21/2021 | 2.85 | Substantial | 3' Cohorting | 3' Cohorting | ||||
| 11/22/2021 | 2.88 | Substantial | 3' Cohorting | 3' Cohorting | ||||
| 11/23/2021 | 2.90 | Substantial | 3' Cohorting | 3' Cohorting | ||||
| 11/24/2021 | 2.92 | Substantial | 3' Cohorting | 3' Cohorting | ||||
| 11/25/2021 | 2.92 | Substantial | 3' Cohorting | 3' Cohorting | ||||
| 11/26/2021 | 2.91 | Substantial | 3' Cohorting | 3' Cohorting | ||||
| District Average Rate |
2.88 | Substantial | 3' Cohorting | 3' Cohorting | ||||
Horseheads Central School District4 Point Scale for Weekly COVID-19 Transmission Rate |
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0 - 1.0 |
1.01 - 2.0 |
2.01 - 3.0 |
3.01 - 4.0 |
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| Low Blue Transmission |
Medium Blue Transmission |
High Blue Transmission |
Low Yellow Transmission |
Medium Yellow Transmission |
High Yellow Transmission |
Low Orange Transmission |
Medium Orange Transmission |
High Orange Transmission |
Low Red Transmission |
Medium Red Transmission |
High Red Transmission |
0 - 0.33 | 0.34 - 0.66 | 0.67 - 1 | 1 - 1.33 | 1.34 - 1.66 | 1.67 - 2 | 2 - 2.33 | 2.34 - 2.66 | 2.67 - 3 | 3 - 3.33 | 3.34 - 3.66 | 3.67 - 4 |
| Horseheads CSD Transmission Scale (Data Matrix) |
Low Transmission Blue |
Moderate Transmission Yellow |
Substantial Transmission Orange |
High Transmission Red |
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| Week of 11/20 - 11/26/2021 |
2.88
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District COVID-19 Cases Identified Since September 4th, 2021
Notes:
- Inclusion on this list not necessarily mean a student was in the building at the time he/she tested positive.
- These figures include the data in the chart the current case chart at the top of the page.
| Building | Positive Cases - Students |
Direct Contacts* - Students |
Positive Cases - Staff |
Direct Contacts* - Staff |
| Big Flats | 12 | 126 | 5 | 3 |
| Center Street | 21 | 109 | 3 | 6 |
| Gardner Road | 31 | 170 | 3 | 3 |
| Ridge Road | 11 | 97 | 3 | 4 |
| Intermediate School | 30 | 131 | 4 | 0 |
| Middle School | 15 | 85 | 4 | 2 |
| High School | 46 | 165 | 5 | 0 |
| Transportation | 2 | 0 | ||
| Facilities | 2 | 1 | ||
| District Office | 1 | 0 |
Questions? Email us at hcsdinfo@horseheadsdistrict.com.