4 New Coronavirus Outbreaks Reported In Wayne County Schools

Dearborn MI

16 February, 2021

10:54 AM

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WAYNE COUNTY, MI — Four schools in Wayne County have been added to a list of schools with ongoing outbreaks of the coronavirus, Michigan health officials reported Monday. In Detroit, five staff at Barack Obama Leadership Academy, two students at the Jaden Rose Leadership Academy and two students at the College of Creative Studies recently tested positive for the coronavirus, according to state data. The state also reported that two students at Divine Child Elementary School tested positive for the coronavirus. In all, the state reported new outbreaks of the coronavirus at 22 schools Monday. Don't miss important updates from health and government officials on the impact of the coronavirus in Michigan. Sign up for Patch's daily newsletters and email alerts. 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: CountySchool CasesAntrimElk Rapids High School2CalhounWestlake Elementary 3Detroit Barack Obama Leadership Academy5Detroit Jalen Rose Leadership Academy2Detroit College of Creative Studies2GladwinGladwin Jr/Sr High2KentForest Hills Central 24LapeerSchickler2LapeerDryden High School5LivingstonCleary University2LivingstonCleary University2LivingstonCleary University5MackinacSt. Ignace LaSalle High School2MacombEndeavor Middle School4OaklandCarpenter Elementary School2OaklandUniversity High School2OaklandLawrence Tech University8OttawaBlack River Public School2OttawaCityside Middle School2OttawaJenison Christian School2St. ClairMarysville High School5WayneDivine Child Elementary School2