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Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 5:13 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
UpperMichigansSource.com provides links to understand how the coronavirus is spreading in your local area and how many vaccines have been given.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 9:09 AM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
Community levels are updated weekly and based on new COVID-19 cases in the community coupled with COVID-19 hospitalization data.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2022 at 5:38 PM EDT
|By Clint McLeod
The Western U.P. Health Department says while case numbers are low, but the public should be informed of new developments.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2022 at 6:43 AM EST
|By The Associated Press
Gyms, movie theaters and other businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic would receive state grants under a $185 million spending bill that has won initial legislative approval.
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Updated: Jan. 25, 2022 at 3:27 PM EST
|By Andrew LaCombe
The Marquette County Health Department will no longer require pre-kindergarten through sixth-grade students to wear masks at school, effective Wednesday.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 2:57 PM EST
|By TV6 News Team
Marquette County Health Department will be realigning its approach to addressing COVID by moving away from individual case investigations to focus on outbreak investigation and infection prevention.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2022 at 8:13 PM EST
|By Kendall Bunch
The district resumes in-person learning Tuesday, but with enhanced COVID-19 protocols
Updated: Jan. 15, 2022 at 3:25 PM EST
|By Kendall Bunch
Various testing sites are available throughout the district.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 at 7:59 PM EST
|By TV6 News Team
The MDHHS says there is adequate testing available in the state, but there is an increased demand due to the surge in cases.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 11:47 AM EST
|By The Associated Press and TV6 News Team
Infection rates and hospitalizations are at all-time highs in the state 21 months into the pandemic.
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Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 at 3:47 PM EST
|By Andrew LaCombe
People are dying daily at UP Health System - Marquette from COVID-19, the hospital's CEO says.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2021 at 6:01 PM EST
|By TV6 News Team
There are 77 adults hospitalized for COVID-19 in Upper Michigan, MDHHS data shows.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2021 at 10:25 AM EST
|By TV6 News Team
On Mondays December 6, 13, and 20, testing will be available at the Schoolcraft County Building - DHS entrance.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 at 4:41 PM EST
|By TV6 News Team
There is a lack of hospitals to transfer more critically ill patients to.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 at 1:41 PM EST
|By TV6 News Team
The Manistique hospital says it has reached capacity.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 at 10:04 AM EST
|By TV6 News Team
Appointments can be made online or by phone for the clinic on Dec. 15.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 at 9:53 AM EST
|By TV6 News Team
The Michigan Health & Hospital Association has found that three out of four COVID patients are unvaccinated, 87% of COVID ICU patients are unvaccinated and 88% of COVID ventilator patients are unvaccinated.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 at 10:15 AM EST
|By TV6 News Team
The MDHHS recommends everyone over the age of 2 should wear a face mask at indoor gatherings regardless of their vaccination status.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2021 at 6:24 PM EST
|By Clint McLeod
For the first time, children 5 to 11 in Dickinson County are lining up for a COVID-19 vaccination. Monday, 60 children were vaccinated through the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 at 1:22 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
Pfizer pediatric vaccine clinics will be held at NMU in the Northern Center ballrooms on Nov. 10 and Nov. 12.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2021 at 5:42 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, can be detected in wastewater before an increase in positive clinical tests is seen in a community.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2021 at 10:25 AM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
Boosters are recommended 6 months after completing the Moderna series and 2 months after the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 at 10:49 AM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
The clinics will be held at the Island Resort & Casino Convention Center, located at W 399 US-2 in Harris next month.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2021 at 11:25 AM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said there is no evidence suggesting animals are playing a role in transmission of COVID-19 to humans.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 at 5:59 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
Data from U.P. hospitals shows there are 63 coronavirus patients right now. At this time last month, there were 30 coronavirus patients.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 2:22 PM EDT
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Rapid antigen tests and PCR tests will be available.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 5:45 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
Since last Monday, U.P. counties reported 1,001 new cases of the coronavirus. That’s 308 new cases since Friday.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 12:17 PM EDT
|By Don Ryan
This week, Don Ryan sits down in studio for a conversation UP Health System CEO Gar Atchison.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2021 at 3:53 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
The distance learning will apply to anyone who has to quarantine in 2nd grade through 12th grade. Younger students will have work sent home.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 3:02 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
The center says it's partially in response to a Schoolcraft County Board of Commissioners “State of Emergency” declaration and rising COVID-19 cases.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 10:39 AM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
The change includes all Pre-K through 12th grade students, as well as faculty, staff and visitors.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2021 at 8:19 PM EDT
|By Kendall Bunch
The district will close the schools starting September 30 to October 8.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2021 at 6:15 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
Individuals wanting a COVID-19 booster shot must have had Pfizer vaccine for their first and second doses and be at least 6 months from their second dose.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2021 at 6:09 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
The free clinics begin this week and run through the month of October.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2021 at 4:05 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
Booster dose appointments can be scheduled at the health department, or for upcoming Saturday clinics on Northern Michigan University’s campus.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2021 at 2:44 PM EDT
|By WBAY news staff and Emily Matesic
Chief Goldstein says Kurer is survived by his wife and two children, one of whom was born the night before Kurer died.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 11:51 AM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
Both schools plan to return to in-person learning on Monday, Sept. 27.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2021 at 4:29 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
On Monday, Sept. 20, the health department issued the order, which will take effect on Thursday, Sept. 23.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2021 at 6:18 PM EDT
|By Kendall Bunch
Anyone who visited Wakefield Public Library between September 11 and September 13 may have been exposed to the virus.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 12:52 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
The township plans to reopen offices Monday, Sept. 20.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2021 at 5:11 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
The mask order is effective on Monday, Sept. 20, for those students and those who are teaching or assisting with K-6 students.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 5:15 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
Appointments are necessary; no walk-ins will be accepted.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 10:17 AM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
Visitations will only be allowed under exigent circumstances, such as grave illness or imminent death of a family member under care in the facility.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2021 at 3:56 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
The center said more updates will be released in the October newsletter.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2021 at 3:44 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
The library director says the rollback is due to increasing COVID-19 cases in the area.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 1:50 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
The portal was funded through CDC grant dollars and was officially launched in mid-August.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 10:52 AM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
The state health department recommends local health departments and schools work together to quickly isolate COVID-19 cases among students and staff.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2021 at 10:31 PM EDT
|By Andrew LaCombe
The coronavirus transmission rate is high in all but two Upper Michigan counties, according to the CDC.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 1:59 PM EDT
|By TV6 News Team
At A.D. Johnston Junior/Senior High School, students in grades 7-12, staff, students, and visitors are not required to wear masks, but are strongly encouraged to do so.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 11:45 AM EDT
|By Nick Friend
According to Burt Township Schools’ Superintendent Tony Barnes, students, faculty, staff, and visitors must have a mask on in school buildings.