6 New Coronavirus Outbreaks Reported In Oakland County Schools

OAKLAND COUNTY, MI — Six new outbreaks of the coronavirus have been reported in Oakland County schools, Michigan health officials reported Monday.

In all, 51 schools were added to Michigan's list of ongoing coronavirus outbreaks Monday.

The newly reported Oakland County school cases are as follows:

• Oxford Bridges HS - 2 students
• Lawrence Tech University Football - 3 people
• Birmingham Seaholm/Groves - 3 students
• Sashabaw Middle School - 2 staff
• Webb Elementary - 2 students
• Oxford Middle School - 3 students

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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.

Editor note: A previous version of this story included the wrong number of total outbreaks reported in Michigan Monday.