Clinton Public School District: Six students test positive for coronavirus

CLINTON, Miss. (WLBT) - Six students have tested positive for the COVID-19 in the Clinton Public School District.

The six cases are made up of four students at Clinton High School, one at Clinton Junior High School and one at Eastside Elementary.

Two students involved with Clinton’s boys and girls basketball teams account for two of the cases at CHS. Out of an abundance of caution, both the boys and girls basketball teams have been placed under a 14-day mandatory quarantine.

The student testing positive at Eastside was already on quarantine due to exposure to a positive case outside of the district. Because of this, no Eastside students have been deemed to be in close contact requiring a mandatory quarantine.

Prewitt Contracting Services will conduct a deep cleaning of Clinton Junior High School prior to the start of school on Wednesday and has already deep cleaned Clinton High School’s athletic facilities with electrostatic machines.

These six cases bring CPSD’s total positive cases to 29 since the start of school on August 13.