7 lessons learned from Michigan’s spring COVID-19 surge Today 8:10 AM Saginaw resident Linda Moton receives a dose of the Pfizer covid-19 vaccine during a clinic hosted by the Saginaw County Department of Health in the former Sears located in the Fashion Square Mall in Saginaw. The site will have vaccine May 11 through June 30 Tuesdays and Wednesdays. (Cody Scanlan | MLive.com) Facebook Share It’s been a difficult spring for Michigan, which quickly went from a state with one of the lowest rates of COVID-19 transmission to the worst state in the country. Since March 1, the state has had more than 240,000 confirmed coronavirus case and almost 2,700 deaths. Since late March, more than 20,000 have been hospitalized with COVID.