1 New Coronavirus Outbreak Reported In Oakland County Schools

OAKLAND COUNTY, MI — One school in Oakland County has reported a new outbreak of the coronavirus, state health officials reported Monday.

Two students at Oxford Middle School have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the state

In total, 26 schools in Michigan reported new outbreaks of the coronavirus, the state said.

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While Oakland County had just one new outbreak reported Monday, the county has three ongoing outbreaks in its schools, according to the state.

Two students at Brookfield Academy in Troy had tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a Sept. 21 report.

Novi High School reported Sept. 21 that nine students tested positive for COVID-19.

Oakland University in Rochester reported Sept. 28 that seven students had tested positive for the coronavirus.

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: