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Hill County Residents Now Have More Vaccine Options
Hill Regional Hospital (HRH) announced last week that it is now offering COVID-19 vaccines on a regular schedule and currently has openings for both the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the Moderna vaccine, both of which will require a return for the second doses either three weeks or four weeks later.
Hill County Emergency Management Coordinator Tom Hemrick reported last week that with the number of vaccines now coming into the county, anyone who wants to be vaccinated should now be able to get an appointment.
Hill Regional Hospital reported that first doses of the two-dose vaccines are consistently being given on Wednesdays, with second doses generally being given on Thursdays. Recipients of the vaccines will have their return date on the back of the card and are expected to honor those appointments.
Anyone 16 years old or older is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine as of Monday in Michigan.
This comes at a time when Michigan is a hotbed for COVID-19 cases. The state health department reported 8,413 new COVID-19 cases and 57 deaths Saturday, which is the highest case total since Dec. 4, 2020.
In addition, surges like the one currently happening in Michigan are a distinct possibility, in other states because of the spread of the U.K. variant of the virus, relaxing of social distancing mandates and increased mobility, according to a policy briefing from the University of Washington s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
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South Lyon man, 81, dies after crashing into tree
An 81-year-old man died Monday after his vehicle ran off a curving Lyon Township road, according to Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies.
Deputies said in the report the unnamed South Lyon man was eastbound on Silver Lake Road in a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox when his SUV ran off the roadway near Dixboro Road and struck a tree at about 3 p.m.
The injured driver was alert at the scene and told deputies he had fallen asleep at the wheel.
Paramedics transported him to Ascension Providence Hospital in Novi.
He initially was listed in stable condition but deputies learned about two hours later that the driver had succumbed to his injuries.