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Ingham County faces rising COVID cases, at a flattening rate

Courtesy ingham.org

Cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, but at a flattening rate, in Ingham County.

At her weekly COVID-19 media briefing, health officer Linda Vail says Ingham County has now surpassed 8,000 confirmed cases, and the death toll is now over 100.

“We now have 102 deaths in Ingham County," said Vail. "We are currently monitoring 3,322 cases, and we have 4,581 that have recovered.”

Those deaths in Ingham County are up from 90 a week ago.

Vail adds, though, that the rate of increase seems to be flattening, at least in regard to hospitalizations.

At this time, there are 161 total confirmed or suspected cases at Sparrow and McLaren Hospitals. Twenty of those are in intensive care, and 16 are on ventilators.