Two universities in Michigan are now each reporting more than 1,000 cases in ongoing COVD-19 outbreaks, according to weekly data released Monday by the state health department. Meanwhile, pre-K-12 schools in West Michigan and the Upper Peninsula are being hit especially hard as those regions remain hot spots for the virus.

“We did do a two-week ‘pause’ with our Houghton County schools, and…this week we’re going to implement a two-week closure with our Gogebic and Ontonagon County schools,” says Cathryn Beer, health officer for the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department. Schools in those counties will be advised to move to virtual learning only, in hopes of reducing transmission of the virus.

Twenty-nine new school outbreaks were reported this week, with all 107 of those cases coming from pre-K-12 schools.

Source: Schools in the UP, West Michigan hit hard by new outbreaks | Michigan Radio