COVID-19 Update

From Jordan Powell,  MPH
Epidemiologist | District Health Department #10

Our jurisdiction’s daily cases per million and overall percent positivity have decreased since the last update.  We do continue to see a decrease in cases – there was 13.6% decrease when comparing the most recent 7 days (10/20-10/26) to the 7 days previous (10/13-10/19).
As of today, all of our counties remain in the high transmission level categories. There are currently 182 confirmed Delta variants in our jurisdiction: 18 in Crawford, 2 in Kalkaska, 2 in Lake, 3 in Manistee, 44 in Mason, 32 in Mecosta, 15 in Missaukee, 11 in Newaygo, 25 in Oceana, and 30 in Wexford.
Our hospitals continue to experience elevated capacity levels, as there are 8 COVID-19 inpatients in Munson Cadillac, 10 in Munson Grayling, 5 in Munson Manistee, 14 at Spectrum Health Big Rapids, 7 at Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial, and 5 at Spectrum Health Ludington.