Avon elementary student tests positive for coronavirus

UPDATE: A second student has shown symptoms of COVID-19 and all Avon schools are closed two weeks. Read more here.

AVON, Ind. (WISH) — An elementary school student in Avon has tested positive for coronavirus, prompting the entire school district to have an e-learning day on Monday.

The Hendricks County Health Department on Sunday night notified the school district that a student who attends Hickory Elementary received the positive test result late Sunday and shared it with the district.

Avon elementary student tests positive for coronavirus

The state health commissioner and the Hendricks County Health Department have recommended that Hickory Elementary School be closed for two weeks. Students and staff will return after spring break, on April 6.

If confirmed by the Indiana State Department of Health, the child would be the third person in Indiana to have tested positive for coronavirus. Two people who traveled to Boston in late February to attend a BioGen conference have also tested positive.