As the 2020-2021 school year continues during the COVID-19 pandemic, ABC Action News will take parents and guardians through the numbers of COVID-19 in the Tampa Bay area school systems.
RECOMMENDED: MAP: Tampa Bay area schools that have reported confirmed positive COVID-19 cases
Hillsborough
- 55 cases in 36 schools this week
- Newsome High School and Durant High School will both have to take some time off due to COVID-19 quarantines.
Pinellas
- 27 cases in 23 schools this week.
- Since school started on Aug. 24 the district has seen 77 cases.
Polk
- 29 new cases this week
- Frostproof Middle-Senior football coach announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Facebook. The program is now suspending operations until Sept. 29.
- Frostproof Middle-Senior’s games (against Avon Park, Sept. 18, and Lake Region High, Sept. 25) have been canceled; at this time, it is unlikely the games will be rescheduled.
Pasco
- 22 new cases
- Around 195 teachers and students have been quarantined this week
- Fivay High Schoolversus Hudson is canceled for this week.
Sarasota
- 15 new cases at 9 schools plus the district office
Manatee
- 9 new cases at 9 schools.
- 80 students and staff members were quarantined
Highlands
- 2 cases at 2 schools
Citrus
- 15 cases in 11 schools this week
***Weekly data is from Sunday, Sept.13 to Friday, Sept. 18 at 8 a.m.