HOUGHTON — According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data tracker, positive test results for COVID increased just over 12% between December 17 and December 23, 2023. Closer to home, Cathryn Beer, health officer and chief executive at the Western Upper Peninsula ...
NEW YORK — The next round of COVID-19 vaccines will target one of the latest versions of the coronavirus, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. FDA’s decision came one day after an agency panel of outside advisers supported the recipe change. The agency told vaccine makers to provide protection against just one omicron strain, known as XBB.1.5. Today’s shots include the original coronavirus and an earlier version of omicron. They do still help prevent severe disease and death even as XBB variants have taken over. But protection gradually wanes over time and was ...
HOUGHTON — COVID-19 activity again was down across the Upper Peninsula, though the region did reach 1,000 deaths blamed on the virus since the pandemic began nearly three years ago, state data showed Tuesday. Houghton County had only three new confirmed coronavirus positives since April 25, down four from a week ago, while Baraga County had two new cases from the previous week, according to figures posted Tuesday on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 website. Keweenaw County had no new cases. The MDHHS website Tuesday added 45 confirmed COVID-19 positives ...
HOUGHTON — COVID-19 activity appears to have significantly slowed in the Upper Peninsula, with the number of new confirmed positives down by nearly half what was recorded the previous week, state data showed Tuesday. Local numbers fell for the week as well, according to figures posted Tuesday on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 website. Houghton County had seven new confirmed coronavirus positives since April 18, down 13 from a week ago, while Baraga County had no new cases from the previous week, according to figures posted Tuesday on the Michigan ...
COVID-19 activity generally declined across the region in the past week, according to state health data. Houghton County had 11 new confirmed coronavirus positives since April 4, down eight from a week ago, while Baraga County had three new cases, only one more than the previous week, according to figures posted Tuesday on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website. Keweenaw County had no new cases, down one from a week earlier. The state for the week recorded no confirmed virus-related deaths in the Upper Peninsula for the seven-day period. The MDHHS ...
COVID-19 activity remained low across the region in the past week, according to state health data. Houghton County had 19 new confirmed coronavirus positives since March 28, up only one a week ago, while Baraga County had two new cases, four fewer than the previous week, according to figures posted Tuesday on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website. Keweenaw and Ontonagon Counties had one case each this week. None of the area counties had a new virus-related death in the seven-day period. The MDHHS website Tuesday added 112 confirmed COVID-19 ...
