ELKTON, Ky. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Officials have announced that Todd County Schools will be closed Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week due to multiple illnesses. These three days are to be considered nontraditional instructional days. Parents and students should be aware that students will need to access online assignment packets. These assignments will be graded. The school system will not count these missed days against students. Stewart County schools are also closed for the week. Van Buren County Schools announced Sunday night they would be closed Monday and Tuesday due to illnesses, and Muhlenberg County Schools in Kentucky also cancelled class on those days. Both Bedford and Overton county school districts were closed Friday. The number of flu cases are on the rise in Middle Tennessee. The department of health says 29 out of 95 Tennessee counties have had at least one case of the flu.