The numbers of new COVID-19 positives continues to climb on both sides of the region’s borders. Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday indicated 650 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Upper Peninsula since Monday. In Wisconsin, ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 lab test came back negative Wednesday, a day after her husband tested positive for the coronavirus. The governor had tested negative with a rapid test Tuesday but was awaiting the results of the PCR test. In a video posted to social media, she said First Gentleman Marc Mallory has cold-like symptoms. They both are fully vaccinated and have gotten a booster shot. Whitmer again urged people to get the vaccine and a booster if eligible. Booster shots are keeping residents out of the hospital amid the spread of the highly ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was isolating from her husband in their home Tuesday after he tested positive for COVID-19. The governor, who was not experiencing symptoms, had a negative rapid test and was awaiting the results of a PCR lab test out of an abundance of caution, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm Tuesday as the United States set records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggled to ease concerns about testing shortages, school closures and other disruptions caused by the omicron variant. In remarks before a meeting with his COVID-19 response team at the White House, Biden aimed to convey his administration's urgency in addressing omicron and convince wary Americans that the current situation bears little resemblance to the onset of the pandemic or last year's deadly winter. The president ...
State data Monday indicated a surge of coronavirus activity in the Upper Peninsula in the past five days, with 696 new confirmed positives and 11 more deaths. The deaths included one in Iron County, along with 34 new virus cases, while the state posted 37 confirmed positives for Dickinson ...
Some school systems around the U.S. extended their holiday break Monday or switched back to online instruction because of the explosion in COVID-19 cases, while others pressed ahead with in-person classes amid a seemingly growing sense that Americans will have to learn to co-exist with the ...
