The Health Center is reporting another four tests run with two back positive. That brings the current positive count to 14. Nothing new from the State, but our local Health Department yesterday reported 23 news cases in Charlevoix County in the last week, or about 3 a day, and no deaths. The full report follows […]
Our no news is good news streak continues with no new tests or positive results reported by the Health Center this morning. State data released yesterday is good news for the most part as well. New case counts are down after a blip up and there is a big drop in reported deaths. Hospital data […]
The Health Center has no new cases on the rolls this morning. That puts us at 14 positives on the island that are less than a week old. Meantime, the state released its weekly update on new cases and that shows a continued downward trend statewide. Seven day running average for new cases is now […]
The Health Department of Northwest Michigan has issued the following Press Release on preparing for indorr events and responding to the current surge in COVID-19 cases. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Preparing for indoor events New wave of COVID-19 transmissions prompt personal safety considerations With proms, band concerts, and graduations happening, the Health Department of […]
In a sudden and pretty sudden shift, Beaver Island Community School has switched to online class sessions for today and tomorrow. That after a raft of positive COVID-19 tests last week. B-I-C-S superintendent and principal Wil Cwikiel says the change is an effort to slow the spread. A decision about what to do on Wednesday […]
The state health team released their first full set of COVID-19 data yesterday in a week and, as expected, it shows an uptick new cases with an average of 1,739 new cases a day…up about 500 a day from the prior report. But, the number of deaths a day has continued a shallow ramp down […]
The Health Center is reporting its first new COVID-19 tests for April with one back positive and one back negative. That’s the first positive test on the island since February 3rd. Meanwhile, the data released by the state yesterday show another uptick in new cases—but deaths and hospital utilization remain steady. There were 140 new […]
The state has released its first update to COVID-19 data in a week. It is showing a bit of an uptick in new cases, but the numbers are still low. The seven-day running average has jumped from 626 new cases a day a week ago to 950 based on the latest report. But, deaths remain […]
COVID-19 data from the state released last Wednesday continues to show low numbers overall, but is showing a slight uptick in new cases. Experts say that may be a function of spring break travel as well as the arrival of a latest variant in Michigan. Our usual summaries are shown below. No new reports from […]
Once again, Nothing new on the COVID-19 data front from the Health Center. There are no known active cases on the island. State data released on Monday showed continued good trends. Seven-day running average for new cases is now at 703. For deaths, it is 44 including reclassified deaths. In our region, there were 46 […]