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Amid staffing shortages, Michigan hospitals continue to be overwhelmed by COVID-19 hospitalizations.In the last couple of weeks, the state has experienced record breaking numbers of coronavirus infections.
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Michigan is still leading the country in new coronavirus infections, and now over 21% of all people hospitalized in the state have COVID-19, a new record.“Michigan continues to trend in a deeply concerning direction,” Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel said Friday at a news conference.
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State health officials in Michigan say they are following the international data closely about a new coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa.Officials have named it omicron. A World Health Organization panel has classified it as a variant of concern.
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As Michigan sees an upswing in COVID-19 cases, health experts are urging people to stay vigilant as they plan indoor Thanksgiving celebrations.
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Mid-Michigan appointments are filling up as hundreds of parents and guardians rush to schedule COVID-19 vaccinations for their children.
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The Food and Drug Administration has authorized a COVID vaccine for children 5- to 11- years old. The CDC still has to sign off on the pediatric Pfizer vaccine which could happen early next week. Michigan has already been allocated 287 thousand doses.The concern now is getting enough kids vaccinated. Approval for vaccinations for 12- to 15-year-olds came in May. Less than half that age group in the state have been vaccinated.
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Grand Rapids-based Spectrum Health provided a COVID-19 update Wednesday. Systemwide, it’s caring for 112 COVID-19 patients; 92 are unvaccinated, 20 vaccinated. Thirty-one of the total COVID hospitalizations are in the Intensive Care Unit. Of those, 25 are unvaccinated and six are vaccinated. Twenty of those ICU patients are on ventilators with 16 unvaccinated and four vaccinated.
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Businesses could not require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, and also could not require unvaccinated people to wear protective masks under a bill that was up for a hearing Thursday before a state House committee.
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Michigan passed a grim COVID-19 milestone Friday, Aug 13. The state reports more than 20,000 confirmed deaths due to COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services also reports the number of confirmed COVID cases is more than 919,000 since early March of last year.
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For the first time since 1928, Interlochen’s annual arts camp will not take place in person.Instead, camp activities will move online with a series of…