3 Coronavirus Outbreaks Reported In Macomb County Monday

MACOMB COUNTY, MI — New outbreaks of the coronavirus were reported in three Macomb County schools Monday, according to the most recent COVID-19 data released Monday by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

According to that data, two students at Clinton Valley Elementary in Mt. Clemons, Davis Jr High School in Sterling Heights and Shelby Junior High School in Shelby Township recently tested positive for the coronavirus.

In all, 61 outbreaks in Michigan schools were reported Monday.

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It's important to note that a coronavirus outbreak is different than a case. 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.

The information provided by the state on Monday includes K-12, college and university school name, address, number of cases and if the cases involved staff, students or both. Students or staff exposed to COVID-19 outside the school building and are not thought to have spread the virus in the school due to quarantine or self-isolation are not included in the data.

Many factors, including the lack of ability to conduct effective contact tracing in certain settings, may result in underreporting of outbreaks, MDHHS said. This information does not provide a complete picture of school outbreaks in Michigan and the absence of identified outbreaks in a school does not mean it is not experiencing an outbreak.

The new coronavirus outbreaks reported by the state Monday can be viewed here.