As of Tuesday, Michigan has 7,027 confirmed cases of the UK variant (B.1.1.7) and five probable cases, with 519 confirmed cases reported in the Michigan Department of Corrections. In addition, there are 38 confirmed and two probable cases of the B.1.351 strain first detected in South Africa. Two strains originally detected in California, B.1.427 and B.1.429, account for 64 and 188 cases, respectively, and there have been 97 confirmed cases and one presumed case of the P.1 strain originally detected in Brazil. Michigan has a total of 7,422 variant cases.
The state announced 71 new school-related outbreaks on Monday. The largest with 21 cases is at Imlay City Middle School in Lapeer County. Another 258 ongoing outbreaks were also reported. The 329 total outbreaks includes 10,964 cases.