Report: COVID-19 outbreaks affected 6% of DC child care facilitiesWhile one in four Washington, DC, child care facilities reported at least one COVID-19 case from July to December 2020, only 5.8% had COVID-19 facility-associated outbreaks, according to yesterday's Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report.
A facility-associated outbreak was defined as two or more lab-confirmed cases at a child care site within 14 days.Out of 469 child care facilities in DC, 112 (23.9%) submitted 269 COVID-19 reports to the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (85 reports were excluded because of missing, duplicated, or inaccurate information).