62,000 LAUSD Students and Staff Test Positive for COVID-19 as In-Person Classes Resume

A boy has his temperature checked as he receives a free COVID-19 test at a St. John's Well Child and Family Center mobile clinic set up outside Walker Temple AME Church in South Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, on July 15, 2020. Mario Tama/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—Students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will return to campus on Jan. 11 amid a surge in COVID-19 cases—with 62,000 LAUSD students and employees testing positive for the virus as of Jan. 10.

All students and staff are required to upload proof of a negative COVID-19 test to the Daily Pass mobile application before returning to campus, and thousands of at-home test kits were given out by the district over the weekend.