4 New Coronavirus Outbreaks Reported In Wayne County Schools

WAYNE COUNTY, MI — New outbreaks of the coronavirus were reported in four Wayne County schools Monday, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

In Detroit, five staff at Barack Obama Leadership Academy and 2 students at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy have tested positive for the coronavirus, the state reported Monday.

Meanwhile, five students at St. Frances Cabrini Middle School and three students at Belleville High School have recently tested positive for the coronavirus, the state said.

In all, 32 Michigan schools were adding to the list of ongoing coronavirus outbreak locations 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.

Here are the new coronavirus outbreaks reported by the state Monday:

Editor's Note: the state originally reported 14 students at the University of Detroit Jesuit Highschool and Academy had tested positive for the coronavirus. School officials said that was a mistake and the correct number was two students.