COVID-19 outbreaks dip further in Michigans June 28 report – MLive.com

Michigans total active COVID-19 outbreaks being tracked by health officials has dropped to 123, including 11 new clusters reported within the last week.

The total has declined 37% since the prior weekly report, and 75% over the last three weeks. Its a trend that has followed the decline in new coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths, as well as the increase in COVID-19 vaccinations.

New outbreaks were reported from seven different settings, including a pair from manufacturing/construction sites, office settings, social gatherings and agricultural/food processing settings. The June 28 report marked the first time in months that there were no new outbreaks reported in school settings.

In addition to the new outbreaks, the state is tracking 112 ongoing active outbreaks that were noted in previous weekly reports. The Department of Health and Human Services updates its outbreaks report each Monday, with data as recent as the prior Thursday.

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.

K-12 schools and colleges accounted for 22 ongoing clusters. Once the top setting for outbreaks, school clusters have dipped significantly as the calendar has flipped to summer vacation for many.

A total of 1,200 students and staff remain effected from the 22 school outbreaks, including 930 linked to outbreaks at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. The next largest clusters involved 67 students and staff at Lapeer High School, and 41 students and staff at Bay City Central High School.

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, June 18, report. It shows outbreaks reported as of Thursday, June 24. You can put your cursor over a dot to see the underlying data.

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.)

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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