Nearly 5,600 students isolated or quarantined in Florida county due to COVID-19: U.S. media

NEW YORK: AUGUST 19 – Less than a week into the school year, nearly 5,600 students and hundreds of teachers in a single county in the U.S. southeastern state of Florida have either tested positive for COVID-19 or have come into contact with a positive case, local media has reported.

The Hillsborough County School Board, which serves nearly 230,000 students in west-central Florida, said in a statement that as of Monday morning, 5,599 students and 316 teachers were either in quarantine or isolation.