Four of eight Michigan counties with the highest coronavirus transmission rates as of Tuesday have outbreaks linked to state universities.
Ingham County, home to Michigan State University, remains in the red zone, based on a metric developed by the Harvard Global Health Initiative to assess coronavirus risk levels.
The metric uses a seven-day average of new cases per 100,000 residents. The newest assessment is based on data for Sept. 8-14.
Meanwhile, Houghton, Ottawa and Mecosta counties, where Michigan Tech, Grand Valley and Ferris state universities are located, are in the orange zone. Also in the orange zone are Cass County in the Lower Peninsula and Iron, Delta and Keweenaw counties in the Upper Peninsula.
Counties coded red should consider lockdown, the Harvard Global Health Institute says. Orange signals heightened concern.
Outbreaks associated with Michigan State is causing increasing concern for the Ingham County Health Department, which Monday ordered a mandatory quarantine for people living in 23 fraternity and sorority houses and seven large rental houses near Michigan State University.
The quarantine means no one living in those houses may leave for the next two weeks unless they are seeking medical care or supplies that cannot be delivered to the house.
Ingham County orders mandatory quarantine for 23 Greek houses near MSU campus
MSU is doing remote learning this semester, but many students still returned to the East Lansing area. At least 342 people affiliated with MSU have tested positive for COVID-19 since Aug. 24, according to the health department.
“I do not take this lightly, but there is an outbreak centered on Michigan State University (MSU) and it is quickly becoming a crisis,” Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail said in a statement. “The surge in cases we have seen over the past few weeks is alarming. I am disheartened to add that this outbreak is being fueled in part by a lack of cooperation and compliance from some MSU students, many residing in the properties now under mandatory quarantine.”
Also trending up are the numbers at Ferris State. The university now has confirmed 82 cases since Aug. 24, which includes 29 reported since Friday, Sept. 11, according to FSU website.
In Houghton County, 90 cases were reported by Michigan Tech in the past two weeks, according to the campus website on Monday. That up from 73 cases on Thursday, Sept. 10, when the website was last updated.
Grand Valley State University has 419 active cases of coronavirus, according to the GVSU website, although the number of new cases is finally trending down. Ottawa County reported 373 new cases total between Sept. 8-14, down 8% from 404 new cases between Sept. 1-7.
On the other end of the spectrum, 10 counties are in the green zone as of Tuesday morning, based on the Harvard Institute metric. Those counties have minimal transmission of coronavirus right now.
Five of the counties have reported no new cases in the past week. They are Alpena, Alger, Chippewa, Montmorency and Oscoda.
The other “green counties” are St. Clair, Clare, Arenac, Huron and Ogemaw.
The map below is shaded by the average number of new cases per day per 100,000 residents.. The arrows indicate whether the total number of cases over the past seven days (Sept. 8-14) has gone up or down compared to the previous seven days (Sept. 1-7).
Readers can put their cursor over a county to see the underlying data. If you can’t see the map, click here.
Latest on coronavirus testing
Three Michigan counties have a positive rate of at least 5% in coronavirus tests reported in the last 14 days ending Sept. 11. The state is averaging more than 28,000 tests a day.
Macomb County had the highest 14-day average at 5.9%, with Branch and Oakland counties at 5%.
Note: The number of positive tests does not match confirmed cases because a single patient may be tested multiple times.
The World Health Organization says schools are safe to reopen if fewer than 5% of coronavirus tests over the past two weeks are positive.
The map below shows the 14-day average testing rate by county. Once again, readers can put their cursor over a county to see the underlying data. If you can’t see the map, click here.
Below are online databases that allow readers to look up county-level data for each of the last 20 days.
Cases by day it was reported to the state
First is a chart showing new cases reported to the state each day for the past 20 days. This is based on when a confirmed coronavirus test is reported to the state, which means the patient first became sick days before.
You can call up a chart for any county, and you can put your cursor over a bar to see the date and number of cases. (As of Sept. 1, the state stopped reporting numbers on Sundays, so numbers on Sept. 7 and Sept. 14 cover two days.)
(In a few instances, a county reported a negative number (decline) in daily new cases, following a retroactive reclassification by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. In those instances, we subtracted cases from the prior date and put 0 in the reported date.)
The next chart below shows new cases for the past 20 days based on onset of symptoms. In this chart, numbers for the most recent days are incomplete because of the lag time between people getting sick and getting a confirmed coronavirus test result, which can take up to a week or more.
You can call up a chart for any county, and you can put your cursor over a bar to see the date and number of cases.
More localized maps
Below are two maps created by the EpiBayes research group at University of Michigan’s Department of Epidemiology, which has access to sub-county data collected by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
The interactive maps break down the state into 10 kilometer hexogons to provide more a more localized look at where coronavirus cases are occurring. You can click here to get to the research project website.
The first map looks at confirmed and probable coronavirus cases in the past week. You can click on a hexagon to see the underlying data.
You can use the triangle button at the upper right of the map to toggle to the second map, which shows total confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Latest daily report
On Monday, the state reported 1,088 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 10 deaths, which covers the numbers for both Monday and Sunday.
The state’s seven-day average for new cases is now 737 compared to an average of 699 a week ago. The seven-day average of deaths has stayed the same at eight deaths a day.
The map below shows total confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths since the start of the pandemic. You can put your cursor over a county to see the underlying numbers.
For more statewide data, visit MLive’s coronavirus data page, here. To find a testing site near you, check out the state’s online test finder, here, send an email to COVID19@michigan.gov, or call 888-535-6136 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.
COVID-19 PREVENTION TIPS:
In addition to washing hands regularly and not touching your face, officials recommend practicing social distancing, assuming anyone may be carrying the virus.
Health officials say you should be staying at least 6 feet away from others and working from home, if possible.
Use disinfecting wipes or disinfecting spray cleaners on frequently-touched surfaces in your home (door handles, faucets, countertops) and carry hand sanitizer with you when you go into places like stores.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has also issued executive orders requiring people to wear face coverings over their mouth and nosewhile in public indoor and crowded outdoor spaces. See an explanation of what that means here.
Additional information is available at Michigan.gov/Coronavirus and CDC.gov/Coronavirus.
For more data on COVID-19 in Michigan, visit https://www.mlive.com/coronavirus/data/.
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