Coronavirus Spread In Royal Oak: What Is Your Risk Of Exposure?

ROYAL OAK, MI — Have you wondered what the chances are you'd contract the coronavirus if you're around others? Well, researchers from several universities have created an event risk planning tool for every county in the nation. The map shows the risk of coronavirus transmission based on an event's size and location.

The tool shows the estimated percentage chance that you'll encounter at least one person with the coronavirus at an event in your county. You can reduce the risk by wearing a mask, distancing and gathering outdoors in smaller groups, researchers said.

As of Monday, if you were to attend an event with 15 people in Oakland County, there would be a 29 percent chance that someone at the event would have the virus, according to the COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool. If you hang out with ten people, the chance drops to 21 percent.

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Two professors at Georgia Institute of Technology — along with researchers from Stanford University and the Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory — created the project.

You can check the tool out for yourself here.

Michigan has seen an uptick in new coronavirus cases recently, prompting officials to urge caution around the holiday season. The state shattered its single-day record of new coronavirus cases Friday, reporting more than 8,500 new cases of the virus.

Michigan has seen an uptick in new coronavirus cases in recent weeks. As of Saturday, the state had reported more than 251,000 confirmed cases of the virus and nearly 8,000 reported COVID-19 deaths.

The state has reported that over 138,000 people in the state have recovered from the virus.