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Covid-19

Area’s COVID climb slows during weekend

The pace of COVID-19 activity in the region may be leveling off, as state data Monday showed Dickinson County added 52 confirmed COVID-19 positives and Iron County 33 new cases in the past three days. Both were down from the previous two-day reporting period from Wednesday to Friday last ...

US gives full approval to Moderna’s COVID vaccine

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Monday granted full approval to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, a shot that's already been given to tens of millions of Americans since its emergency authorization over a year ago. The action by the Food and Drug Administration means the agency has ...

Virus data shows local cases remain on the rise

State data Friday showed Dickinson County added 77 confirmed COVID-19 positives in the past two days and Iron County 45 new cases. Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Friday indicated 631 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula ...

Area’s virus cases at record high

Dickinson and Iron counties are now enduring higher levels of COVID-19 activity than at any other point of the two-year pandemic, a local health official said Thursday. Local data Thursday showed Dickinson County in the past seven days has added 330 new confirmed COVID-19 positives — plus ...

House OKs business grants

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gyms, movie theaters and other businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic would receive state grants under a $185 million spending bill that won initial legislative approval Thursday. The 96-6 vote in the House came more than a month after the Legislature and Gov. ...

Region’s virus cases still rising

State data Wednesday showed Dickinson County added 126 confirmed COVID-19 positives in just the past two days and Iron County 44 new cases. Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday indicated 899 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the ...