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Health Department Issues Press Release on COVID-19 Testing; Go online to get 4 free tests

Posted January 18, 2022January 19, 2022 WVBIPosted in COVID-19

The Health Department of Northwest Michigan issues the following press release yesterday afternoon: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Both the state and federal governments are stepping up measures to make COVID-19 home tests more readily available. “It is welcoming to see tests or reimbursement for the tests becoming more accessible,” said Lisa Peacock, Health Officer with the […]

WVBI COVID-19 Update for January 17, 2022

Posted January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 WVBIPosted in COVID-19

The Health Center is reporting another 14 new tests and two new positive test results. There are now nine tests pending. State data reported Friday showed 18,557 new cases a day over two days. There were 111 new deaths and 140 reclassified deaths. Those results push the seven-day averages to 15,728 new cases a […]

WVBI COVID-19 Update for January 13, 2022

Posted January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 WVBIPosted in COVID-19

The Health Center is reporting another big blast of tests. There are 41 in today’s report. 39 of those are already back negative and two of them pending. The report shows one person less as tested positive. Current tally for the month is now 16 people tested positive. There are 11 total tests pending and […]

WVBI COVID-19 Update for January 12, 2022

Posted January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 WVBIPosted in COVID-19

The Health Center is reporting another five COVID-19 tests, and one negative result. They have nine tests with results pending. There are 32 cases on the island less than 30 days old. Michigan state health officials are saying that the worst is likely yet to come in the current surge with predictions of up […]

WVBI COVID-19 Update for January 11, 2021

Posted January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 WVBIPosted in COVID-19

The Health Center is reporting a big blast of additional tests, but just a few more positive results. They show 46 more tests run—probably a lot of them at school—but just three new positive results. That brings to 17 the number of people testing COVID-19 positive since January first and makes for 32 active cases […]

WVBI COVID-19 Update for January 10, 2022

Posted January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 WVBIPosted in COVID-19

Health Center is reporting a blast of additional tests and positive results. Eight tests since Friday and five new positives. That brings to 14 the number of positive people since January first and makes for 29 active cases on the island—completely reversing the downslope in cases we were seeing as 2021 came to a close. […]

Health Department issues press release encourages masks for source control for all COVID-19 variants

Posted January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 WVBIPosted in COVID-19

The Health Department of Northwest Michigan, which covers Charlevoix County, issue a press release today stating that they have not yet been notified of tests results showing the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus in Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet or Otsego counties. It states that mitigation strategies and response plans are the same for all variants. […]

WVBI COVID-19 Update for January 6, 2021

Posted January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 WVBIPosted in COVID-19

Although the WVBI on-air Community Calendar report is on vacation until January 10, we are providing occasional updates including for the state’s COVID-19 data releases. The Health Center is reporting a bundle of new COVID-19 tests this afternoon, with 12 run and nine back as positive. That ends a run since December 15th with no […]

WVBI COVID-19 Update for December 30, 2021

Posted January 3, 2022January 4, 2022 WVBIPosted in COVID-19

Although the WVBI on-air Community Calendar report is on vacation until January 10, we are providing occasional updates including for the state’s COVID-19 data releases. Good news at the Health Center. They are still reporting no new positive tests since the 15th. They’ve recorded eight tests since then, all back negative. And they are no […]

WVBI COVID-19 Update for December 28, 2021

Posted December 29, 2021January 4, 2022 WVBIPosted in COVID-19

Although the WVBI on-air Community Calendar report is on vacation until January 10, we are providing occasional updates including for the state’s COVID-19 data releases. The Health Center is reporting three new tests since Christmas Eve. All of them are back negative. No new tests. No tests pending. Another two cases that were on […]