Nearly 60% of all COVID-19 outbreaks in Michigan last week were documented in the following three places: long-term care facilities, manufacturing and construction and K-12 school settings, in that order.
State health officials identified 253 new COVID-19 outbreaks last week (Dec. 3-7) showing an increase of 250% in new outbreaks compared with the week prior.
On Monday, Gov. Whitmer announced that high schools will continue to remain closed for another 12 days.
So far, the state has seen a drop in new COVID-19 K-12 school setting outbreaks since Nov. 16.
Long-term care facilities, on the other hand, are not faring so well. In fact, new COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities reached their second-highest peak this week since the outbreak data reports were released in early November.
