65 students, 7 staff test positive for Covid-19 at West Contra Costa Unified last week

Sixty-five students and seven staff tested positive for Covid-19 at West Contra Costa Unified during its second week of fall instruction, according to the district. That’s up from 18 cases the previous week — 14 of which were students, and four of which were staff. Though the 30,000-student district didn’t have to close any classrooms the first week, it had to close one classroom at Collins Elementary in Pinole during the second week.

West Contra Costa Unified officials pledged to announce how many Covid cases it has each week on its 21-22 Covid Dashboard.