WVBI COVID-19 Update for March 14, 2022

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Friday’s COVID-19 data dump from the state looked good. Seven-day average for new cases is now at 745. Four deaths, it is 43 including reclassifications from prior dates.  There were seven new deaths statewide in the two-period covered by the report. Hospital utilization data continue to show good levels for overall use and good trends […]

WVBI COVID-19 Update for March 10, 2022

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Nothing new on the COVID-19 data front from the Health Center today. No new tests. No tests pending. No active island cases. Meantime the data released from the state yesterday continues to show good trends. Running average for new cases is down to 748 a day and there were 10 new deaths a day over […]

WVBI COVID-19 Update for March 7, 2021

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Yet another no news is good news day on COVID-19 data front at the Health Center. Their tally has no positive tests in the last two weeks and no tests pending. They did update the totals for February over the weekend to add three more tests, but they were all back negative.   Data from […]

WVBI COVID-19 Update for March 3, 2022

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More good news in the State’s latest COVID-19 data update. Average for new cases over the two-day reporting period was 1,053 and for deaths it was 13. That brings the seven-day running averages to 1,012 for new cases and 51 for deaths including reclassifications.  There were 207 reclassified deaths in the report. Charlevoix had no […]

WVBI COVID-19 Update for March 1, 2022

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The State’s COVID-19 data released yesterday continues to show downward trends across the board—some dramatic. There were an average of 620 new cases a day over the two days covered by the report—less than half the rate in the last report– and nine new deaths a day, off by about two thirds. The seven-day running […]

WVBI COVID-19 Update for February24, 2022

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Lisa Peacock’s resignation as director of the Health Department of Northwest Michigan is in the news statewide today.  She resigned late Tuesday citing a “hostile work environment” created by her board and her health as reasons for the departure. Some members of health department board tried to remove her multiple times last year.  Peacock filed […]