WVBI COVID-19 Update for February 15, 2022

Nothing new from the health Center this morning on the COVID-19 front. No new tests. They have none pending. There reports show three folks tested positive on the island in the last two weeks—with the positives at the far end of the window. Here’s the latest data:

	Tested	Positive Ppl	Negative	Pending	Hospitalized	Deaths	Δ Tested	Δ Pos. Ppl.	Δ Negative	Δ Pending	Δ Hosp.	Δ Deaths	Month Tested	Month Pos. Ppl.	Month Negative	Month Pending	Month Hosp.	Month Deaths	Monthly Positive Rate
1/21/2022	868	90	778	0	0	0	18	3	16	-1	0	0	165	28	137	0	0	0	16.97%
1/26/2022	885	92	793	0	0	0	17	2	15	0	0	0	182	30	152	0	0	0	16.48%
1/28/2022	887	92	795	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	184	30	154	0	0	0	16.30%
1/31/2022	889	92	797	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	186	30	156	0	0	0	16.13%
2/3/2022	894	93	799	2	0	0	5	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00%
2/7/2022	897	93	802	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	3	2	0	0	0.00%
2/9/2022	897	93	804	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0.00%

Latest COVID-19 report from the state shows new cases continuing to drop quickly. There were an average of 1,793 new cases a day statewide over the three days covered by the report and 20 deaths a day. That pushes the seven-day averages to 2,660 for new cases and 77 for deaths, including reclassifications. There were 48 new cases a day in our region and four total deaths. None of the new cases were in Charlevoix. The deaths were in Antrim, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Otsego with one each. Hospital utilization data continues to look good. Down overall and for COVID-19 for the long term. No change locally.

At the School Board meeting last night members adopted a three-level plan for dealing with masking going forward. That’s in the wake of the Health Department lifting its mask mandate that left the board with no choice but to require masks. The new policy will work like this: The lowest level doesn’t require masks except when students are working in close proximity for extended periods where they can’t maintain social distancing. Other mitigation efforts like cohorts for the upper and lower grades, sanitizing and social distancing will continue. The mid-level adds masking when the students are assembled in large groups, but not when seated in the classroom. The highest level is essentially what the school has now. Level applied will depend on current conditions. The health department masking requirement ends Thursday at 11:59, so the school will move to their lowest level first thing Friday and, with limited exceptions, the masks are off. The full policy is posted on our COVID-19 Update page: https://wvbi.biccenter.org/bics-adaptive-covid-19-response-plan-general-masking-requirement-off-for-now-friday

Here are our data summaries from the state reports released yesterday:

		Cases	Deaths	Δ Cases	Δ Deaths
Totals	State	2037742	30959	5380	60
	Region	34758	572	143	4
	TVC Zone	58368	1165	251	5
	UP	49969	771	163	5
	Current Report		Averages	7 Day
	1793	20	State	2660	77
	48	1	Region	64	2
	84	2	TVC Zone	112	3
	54	2	UP	97	2
No deaths were reclassified. There were 60 new deaths.
	County	Cases	Deaths	Δ Cases	Δ Deaths
Region	Antrim	2942	48	13	1
	Benzie	2369	55	7	0
	Charlevoix	2942	45	9	0
	Emmet	4102	68	26	0
	Grand Traverse	13070	184	56	1
	Kalkaska	2930	51	5	1
	Leelanau	2433	42	8	0
	Otsego	3970	79	19	1
Link to data.		Δ Active			Active
		-80629	Est. Active Cases (cases <31 days old)	State	205026
		-1109		Region	4003
		-1553		TVC Zone	6666
Days:	3	-2492		UP	6404
Count	31

Statewide Hospital Capacity Report COVID-19 2/14/2022*											WVBI Analysis
Region	All Hospital Beds	All Adult Hospital Beds	All Hospital Inpatient Beds	All Hospital Inpatient Bed Occupancy	Adult Hospital Inpatient Beds	Adult Hosp Inpatient Bed Occupancy	All Inpatient Pediatric Beds	Pediatric Inpatient Bed Occupancy	ICU Beds	ICU Bed Occupancy	Hospital Inpatient Bed Occupancy Change	Hospital Inpatient Bed Occupancy Rate %	Hospital Inpatient Bed Occupancy% Change	ICU Bed Occupancy Change	ICU Bed Occupancy Rate	ICU Bed Occupancy % Change	Pediatric Occupancy Change	Pediatric Occupancy Rate	Pediatric Bed Occupancy % Change




Region 1	1823	1709	1507	1248	1408	1180	75	34	200	145	-41	82.8%	-1.3%	99	72.5%	-4.73%	-11	45.3%	-16.00%
Region 2N	6377	6070	5650	4342	5347	4179	110	31	598	419	-288	76.8%	-3.9%	375	70.1%	-3.87%	-35	28.2%	-11.82%
Region 2S	7924	7074	6822	5570	5972	4750	510	348	973	753	-218	81.6%	-3.2%	394	77.4%	-1.92%	-29	68.2%	-3.71%
Region 3	2897	2783	2547	2109	2417	2023	54	15	386	315	-57	82.8%	-1.3%	286	81.6%	-3.34%	-18	27.8%	-19.00%
Region 5	1803	1730	1395	1063	1359	1039	36	23	177	122	-24	76.2%	-5.7%	104	68.9%	-3.12%	-12	63.9%	-14.37%
Region 6	3271	2721	2789	2184	2416	1904	252	172	406	334	-214	78.3%	-7.1%	147	82.3%	-2.19%	-30	68.3%	-6.25%
Region 7	952	901	795	610	753	594	20	5	155	131	-64	76.7%	-5.5%	121	84.5%	-1.94%	-3	25.0%	-25.00%
Region 8	752	734	543	298	522	282	1	0	82	50	-13	54.9%	-2.4%	48	61.0%	-3.66%	-3	0.0%	-100.00%
Totals	25799	23722	22048	17424	20194	15951	1058	628	2977	2269	-919	79.0%	-3.7%	1,574	76.2%	-2.85%	-141	59.4%	-7.34%
												Reg. Bed			ICU Bed
*Data is preliminary and subject to change.												12.1%	<–COVID-19–>		17.2%
											Munson	0	0		0	0	Munson Healthcare Charlevoix Hospital
											McLaren	16	0		0	0	McLaren Northern Michigan – Petoskey