Lincoln Public Schools had three more positive COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the total in Lincoln Public Schools to 19.
Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department officials identified a second case at both Lux Middle School and Southwest High School as well as a case at Schoo Middle School. The cases at Lux and Southwest were unrelated to the other cases at those schools.
LPS told parents in a family message that contact tracing was ongoing Friday.
Anyone considered to be a high-risk contact — being within 6 feet, unmasked, for more than 15 minutes — will be contacted by local Health Department officials and directed to self-quarantine for 14 days.
Families are notified of positive cases in the schools, but LPS won’t release whether they are students, staff or visitors.
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The other positive case at Southwest was a member of the freshman football team, which resulted in 48 people having to self-quarantined.
This week, 45 staff members are self-quarantining, up from 35 the previous week, according to the district’s dashboard, which is updated weekly.