293 infected in new coronavirus outbreaks at 75 schools, says Michigans April 4 school outbreak report – MLive.com

A total of 293 students and staff at 73 K-12 school districts and two colleges have been infected by coronavirus in new school-related outbreaks, according to data released Monday, April 4, by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

The data was collected on Thursday, April 1, and includes preschools and daycares in those buildings

Last week, state reported 296 infections in new outbreaks at 69 K-12 school districts and two colleges.

The biggest new outbreak involves 22 students and staff at Bay City Central High School.

The two colleges with new outbreaks involve 14 students at Northwood University in Midland and two students at Dorsey School in Detroit.

K-12 school outbreaks were identified in 28 counties. Below are those outbreaks listed by county.

A cumulative total of 9,807 individuals have been sickened in ongoing outbreaks, the April 4 report says. Ongoing outbreaks include clusters identified earlier but that had at least one additional case in the past 28 days.

Last week, there was a cumulative total of 9,166 cases in ongoing outbreaks.

Most of those ongoing outbreaks involve college communities, and most of those outbreaks occurred outside classroom settings. A total of 7,895 infections linked to ongoing outbreaks have occurred in and around 22 college communities. That compares to 7,545 cases on 22 campuses reported last week.

Among K-12 schools, there were 1,912 staff and students infected in ongoing outbreaks at 203 schools serving pre-K through high school. That compares to 1,626 infected at 182 schools in ongoing outbreaks in last weeks report.

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

The largest ongoing outbreaks in K-12 schools: 58 infected Madison Middle School in Lenawee County; 53 at Lapeer High School; 47 at Ruth Fox Middle School in Lapeer; 43 at East Grand Rapids High School and 41 at Portage Central High 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.)

Below is an interactive map showing both new and ongoing outbreaks listed in the Monday, March 29, report. It shows outbreaks reported as of April 1. You can put your cursor over a dot to see the underlying data.

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