Active COVID-19 outbreaks rise another 9% in Michigans April 19 report – mlive.com

April 19, 2021

Michigan health officials discovered 272 new coronavirus outbreaks last week as cases surged throughout all of the states regions.

Additionally, the state is investigating 989 ongoing outbreaks for a total of 1,261 active clusters, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services. Thats an increase of 9.5% from the previous week.

An outbreak is generally defined as an instance in which two or more cases are linked by a place and time, indicating a shared exposure outside of a household. Clusters being tracked by local health departments are included in the states online outbreak tracker, which is updated weekly on Mondays with data up to the previous Thursday.

Manufacturing and construction sites reported the most new outbreaks last week with 47, surpassing the usual leader -- K-12 schools. School settings added 43 new outbreaks, followed by retail (42), long-term care facilities (40), and bars and restaurants (26).

Outside of K-12 schools and colleges, MDHHS is not identifying specific locations or the number of coronavirus cases. However, it is listing the information by the states eight health district regions. (Note those regions have different numbers than the MI Safe Start Plan.)

Only Region 5 -- the Kalamazoo area -- reported a decline in active outbreaks week-over-week. The largest increase was almost 23% in the Upper Peninsula.

By region, the breakdown of the clusters:

By category, the outbreaks totaled:

Outbreaks will be removed from the database if there are no additional cases through a 14-day period, state MDHHS officials have said.

State officials note that the chart does not provide a complete picture of outbreaks in Michigan, and an absence of identified outbreak in a particular setting is not evidence that the setting is not having outbreaks.

Many factors, including the lack of ability to conduct effective contact tracing in certain settings, may result in significant under-reporting of outbreaks, the states website reads.

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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