Health departments in Michigan have begun turning down vaccine allocations from the state because they’re unable to find enough people willing to get the shots.
Normally, Dr. Jennifer Morse’s three local health districts get weekly vaccine shipments from the state Department of Health and Human Services.
But Morse, the medical director for District Health Department No. 10, the Central Michigan District Health Department and the Mid-Michigan District Health Department, which collectively cover a swath of 19 counties in the middle of the state, said Tuesday they’ve had to forego their allotments recently.
“We just don’t have the demand like we used to,” Morse said.
Health departments in Michigan have begun turning down vaccine allocations from the state because they’re unable to find enough people willing to get the
CADILLAC â Positivity rates haven t been this low since the end of March.
So said Dr. Christine Nefcy, Munson Healthcare s chief medical officer, during Tuesday s Munson-hosted virtual press conference.
The 14-day average positivity rate for COVID-19 testing in the Munson region is 11.9%, Dr. Nefcy reported Tuesday.
The numbers are especially declining among the older population, which has a higher rate of vaccination.
Here are where the local counties numbers stood on Tuesday.
Wexford County
Wexford County added 12 new cases Tuesday for a pandemic total of 2,434 cases; though state data on Monday and Tuesday put the countyâs death toll at 27, local health-department verified data on Tuesday still had the number at 34.
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Michigan s first known case of the B.1.617 COVID-19 variant has been identified in Clinton County, health officials said.
Scientists first detected the B.1.617 strain in India in December. Now, the variant has been identified in an adult resident of Clinton County who recently traveled to India, according to a news release Friday from the Mid-Michigan District Health Department.
MMDHD was first notified of the B.1.617 variant on April 21, department spokeswoman Leslie Kinnee said.
It s typical for viruses to mutate over time and preliminary research suggests the B.1.617 variant could be more contagious.
Michigan is suffering from the nation s worst COVID-19 outbreak with 3,623 new cases reported Thursday.