Category: COVID-19
10/13/2021: 1 in 8 hospital beds are being used by COVID patients
Hospitalizations continue to rise in Michigan. Positivity rate is flat in Kzoo as it nears 12% in Michigan.
Low vaccination equals higher deaths in Michigan counties
People in the lowest vaccinated counties are twice as likely to die of COVID as their more vaccinated neighbors.
Nearly 400 kids are catching COVID every day in Michigan
The coronavirus is wreaking havoc with young children’s education.
10/11/21: Outbreaks hit 2 schools in Portage
Hospitalizations pass 2K. Michigan one of five states where COVID is growing.
10/8/21: Infections in young people push COVID rates higher
New infection rates are picking up speed. Kzoo’s positivity rate breaks 9%.
Pfizer submits request for vaccines for kids
A vaccine advisory group is scheduled to review the application October 26.
WMU loses vaccine appeal
A federal appeals court shot down the university’s vaccine mandate for athletes.
COVID outbreak at Kzoo jail
Officials say 21 officers and 16 inmates have come down with the coronavirus.
County Commission shoots down anti-mask resolution
The resolution would have prompted the county’s health officer to rescind the order requiring masks in most schools.
10/6/21: Vaccination numbers on the rise
COVID infections resurging in Kalamazoo and Michigan. County reports two new deaths.
