Detroit will be switching from in-person to remote learning due to high COVID-19 infection rates in and around the city. | Adobe Stock
Detroit will be switching from in-person to remote learning due to high COVID-19 infection rates in and around the city. | Adobe Stock
The Detroit school district has announced that it is suspending in-person education and its learning centers until at least Jan. 11 due to extensive COVID-19 cases in the city, according to Chalkbeat Detroit.
The announcement was released to the public, highlighting the escalating health crisis in the state. According to officials, positive cases have exploded in the city and across Michigan. Officials say the cases have reached higher levels than the numbers from the spring.
Hospital administrators warn that hospitalization rates are rapidly accelerating. Nikolai Vitti, the superintendent, confirmed this in an email. Vitti said the COVID-19 positivity rates were creeping up to 6%.
“Based on this week’s reporting, the infection rate will reach 6% or higher by Friday, and there are no signs that these rising numbers will decrease soon,” Vitti wrote in an email, according to Chalkbeat Detroit. "The district reopens after winter break on Jan. 4. If positivity rates decrease by that point, then it will allow the district and schools time to reorganize for the continuation of in-person learning.”
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