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Virus data will now be weekly

The state plans to begin reporting Michigan’s COVID-19 data once per week as the numbers of cases and deaths decline. Michigan’s online COVID-19 dashboard will be updated only on Wednesdays, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Currently, data is posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, but that changes starting Monday. Michigan has reported more than 2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and 32,758 deaths since the start of the pandemic. Between Saturday and Monday, 1,258 newly confirmed cases and six deaths were reported.

Doctors weigh in on 4th COVID-19 shot

Whether you were vaxxed once against COVID-19 (77% of Americans), double-vaxxed (65%), or double-vaxxed and boosted (29%), chances are you’re fed up with being poked and prodded. With the recent news of a fourth vaccine, you may be wondering if you need yet another shot. On March 15, Pfizer requested emergency use authorization to the Food and Drug Administration to make a second booster shot mRNA vaccine against COVID available to adults over the age of 65. Two days later, Moderna submitted a more expansive request for their mRNA vaccine, including all adults over the age of ...

State cutting back on COVID reports as numbers of new cases slow down

State data Monday showed three more confirmed COVID-19 positives in Iron County but no new cases in Dickinson County since Friday. Perhaps reflecting the reduced rate of COVID activity in the state, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced it would switch next ...

State: Little change in region’s COVID-19 activity

State data Friday showed no new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Iron County since Wednesday — although it did have another death blamed on the virus — and a lowered case count for Dickinson County. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Friday had 26 new ...

Local data shows 2 virus cases in Dickinson, 1 in Iron in week’s time

COVID-19 activity continues to wane locally, with only two new confirmed positives in Dickinson County and one in Iron County in a week’s time, local health officials reported Thursday. Dickinson County had an additional probable case and 26 people reclassified this week as recovered from ...

Michigan Legislature OKs $4.8B plan for state infrastructure

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers on Thursday approved $4.8 billion in spending, mostly for infrastructure upgrades, with an influx of federal pandemic and other funds that will go toward water systems, roads, parks and other priorities including affordable housing. The huge supplemental budget plan, which Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will sign, has more than $2.1 billion for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure — including by replacing lead pipes — dam repairs and safety, and the remediation of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. The House and Senate approved the ...