What Industry Is Listed As Having The 3rd Most COVID Outbreaks?

LANSING – Behind nursing homes and K-12 schools, which industry is next on the list when it comes to reported COVID-19 outbreaks?

It’s the combined manufacturing-construction category, with 443 outbreaks from May 29 to Jan. 14, according to Michigan Department of Health and Human Services data.

Only nursing homes and long-term care facilities (1,040) and K-12 schools (523) have seen more outbreaks among all the settings the state tracks for outbreaks.

The outbreaks tied to manufacturing-construction workplaces is more than those in social gatherings (316), offices (252), retail (213), health care settings (204), restaurants (198) and bars (58) over the same time period.

For the most recent data from Jan. 14, manufacturing-construction had 23 new outbreaks, second most behind the 37 tied to long-term care facilities. As for ongoing outbreaks, manufacturing-construction was listed at 87, again second to long-term care facilities, which includes nursing homes.