Dear Superintendent and School Board Members
March 17, 2021
Schools are now the number one source of new infections in Illinois, accounting for 21.6% of new cases. Business and retail are the 2nd largest category, at 9.9%.
In Michigan, schools are also the largest source of new outbreaks.
College towns with in-person learning saw a 56% rise in covid infections. Those that offered remote learning saw an 18% decline.
UK variant now accounts for 30-40% of all new covid infections in the U.S. (over 50% in Florida).
