Countyes in northern Michigan currently have high COVID levels.Residents there need to be masked, CDC says

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Grand Traverse County in northwestern Michigan currently has high COVID-19 levels, which means that the healthcare system can be strained.

People living there should wear masks indoors, in public places, and on public transport, and those at high risk of severe illness should consider taking additional precautions, the CDC. Is advising.

Michigan hasn’t had a high-level county since March, and many have long stopped covering their faces in schools, grocery stores, and other busy places. The swell of Omicron in winter has subsided, so the CDC in February Adjusted that ratingExamine data from local hospitals, as well as new per capita cases and percentages of positive tests.

In Grand Traverse County, 12 new COVID-19 cases were admitted per 100,000, confirmed in the 7 days until Tuesday, May 3. In addition, more than 200 new COVID-19 cases occurred per 100,000 people during the same period.

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In addition, the counties of Clinton, Livingston, Wayne, McCorm, and Monroe have changed from low levels of green to yellow this week.Washtenaw County and Oakland County Remains yellow.. Southeast Michigan has been hit hardest by the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in the state, but has seen an increase in most areas. Marquette County on the Upper Peninsula has also been upgraded from low to medium levels this week.

The CDC only recommends people to wear masks at the orange level. According to the CDC, contact with symptomatic people, positive texts, or people with COVID-19 requires wearing a mask no matter where they live.

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Looking at the number of new cases per 100,000 in the seven days to Wednesday, Washtenaw, Oakland, Wayne, Macomb, Livingston, Marquette, and Monroe are all in the top ten on the final day of Michigan’s renewal. Was in.

The Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties were very close to high standards. They saw 9.6 newly identified COVID-19 patients per 100,000 admitted to the hospital in the seven days leading up to Tuesday. When the rate goes up to 10, it turns orange, assuming the COVID-19 rate is the same or higher.

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In the northeastern part of the country, the average daily number of cases per person continues to be the highest. Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey are leading the country. Maine, New York, Vermont, Delaware, and Washington, DC also showed the highest hospitalization rates in the United States.

In Michigan, hospitals had a capacity of about 79% earlier this week. At the Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, about 79% of the beds were filled.

As of Wednesday, state-wide hospitals were treating 708 adults and 29 pediatric patients with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19. 32 people are on ventilator and 94 adults are on intensive care.

On April 27, there were 604 adult patients and 30 pediatric patients whose cases were confirmed or suspected. This included 28 ventilators and 78 adults on intensive care.

On the other hand, the SARS-CoV-2 positive test was about 12.4% in the 7 days until Wednesday. The previous week, 8.8% of the tests were positive.

The idea is to dial up a preventive strategy when the community is experiencing a severe illness and dial it down when the situation is more stable, the CDC states about the community’s COVID rating. ..

Not all counties in Michigan or the United States have hospitals, so each county is assigned a geographic area of ​​medical services that includes at least one hospital. According to a CDC spokesperson, counties within each sector are calculated for the entire region and are due to weighted indicators based on the population of each county.

According to the CDC, Michigan has 83 counties and 25 health service areas, three of which extend outside the state boundaries.

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