New coronavirus outbreaks reported at 69 Michigan schools in the last week – mlive.com

A total of 332 students and staff at 69 schools have been infected by the coronavirus in new school-related outbreaks, according to data released Monday, Sept. 13, by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

Last week, the state reported 30 new outbreaks at K-12 school districts. This is a 130% increase, but school has only been in session for a few weeks. For most, classes began after Labor Day.

New coronavirus cases, however, continue to rise in the state and health officials worry about children, largely unvaccinated, returning to schools, where they remain for hours in close quarters and in some districts, are unmasked.

The biggest new outbreaks involve 25 students at Northwood University in Midland and 21 students at South Christian High School in Byron Center, near Grand Rapids.

Outbreaks were identified in 28 counties. Below are the outbreaks listed by county.

A cumulative total of 548 individuals have been sickened in 42 ongoing outbreaks, the Monday report says. Ongoing outbreaks include clusters identified earlier, but that had at least one additional case in the past 28 days.

Most of those ongoing outbreaks are associated with K-12 schools, but most of the cases are from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where 283 students and staff have been infected this fall. There are also ongoing cases at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, where 21 students and staff have tested positive, an outbreak affecting 12 students at Adrian College, and two outbreaks involving a total of eight people at Northern Michigan University in Marquette.

Among K-12 schools, there were 224 staff and students infected in ongoing outbreaks at 37 schools serving pre-K through high school.

The latest list includes buildings with at least one case in the past 28 days.

The largest ongoing outbreaks in K-12 schools are: 30 students and staff at Adams Elementary School in Midland; 16 students and staff at Gladwin Elementary School; 14 students at Renaissance High School in Detroit; 14 students and staff at Howell High School; and 13 students and staff at Ionia Middle School.

Outbreak data for K-12 schools includes only cases in which the student or staff was infected at school or at a school-related function. Those who caught the virus outside of school are not included.

A COVID-19 outbreak is defined as two or more cases with a link by place and time indicating a shared exposure outside of a household.

Below is an online database that allows readers to search outbreak data by school name or by city or county. The number of those infected is a cumulative total since the original outbreak. (Note: Washtenaw County only reports cumulative totals for the past 28 days.)

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Below is an interactive map showing both new and ongoing outbreaks listed in the Monday, April 26, report. It shows outbreaks reported as of April 15. You can put your cursor over a dot to see the underlying data.

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The state includes this disclaimer with the data: This information does not provide a complete picture of school-related outbreaks in Michigan and the absence of identified outbreaks in an educational institution in no way provides evidence that, in fact, that school is not experiencing an outbreak.

For more statewide data, visit MLives coronavirus data page, here. To find a testing site near you, check out the states online test finder, here, send an email to COVID19@michigan.gov, or call 888-535-6136 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.

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New coronavirus outbreaks reported at 69 Michigan schools in the last week - mlive.com