Tracking coronavirus outbreaks in Michigan schools
Update: The June 21 release from the state includes 102 current outbreaks — seven new and 95 ongoing — totaling 1,438 cases. That was the final release from the state and this dashboard will no longer be updated.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services began reporting outbreaks in Michigan schools on Sept. 14, 2020. Details on the outbreaks are in the charts below.
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What is an outbreak? Here's how the state explains it:
"In accordance with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists’ outbreak definition, schools that have been found by their local health department to have two (2) or more COVID-19 cases who may have shared exposure at the school grounds and are not from the same household (with the exception of dorms and off-campus housing) are included.
"If your child’s school is listed, your local health department and school are investigating and will contact you directly if you or your child was possibly exposed to coronavirus at school. Please note that students or staff who were exposed to COVID-19 outside of the school grounds AND are not thought to have spread the disease in the school grounds (due to quarantine, self-isolation, etc.) are not included in the data below.
"Many factors, including the lack of ability to conduct effective contact tracing in certain settings, may result in underreporting of outbreaks. This information does not provide a complete picture of school outbreaks in Michigan and the absence of identified outbreaks in a school in no way provides evidence that, in fact, that school is not experiencing an outbreak."
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This data will be updated weekly as new information is released by the state.
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: School outbreaks in Michigan: Coronavirus in state's K-12, colleges
