July 14, 2021 - 6:20 PM
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MICHIGAN
Michigan names 1st winners of $50K vaccination sweepstakes
LANSING, Mich. (AP) â Michigan officials have announced the first four $50,000 winners of the stateâs $5 million COVID-19 vaccine sweepstakes. The winners announced Wednesday live in New Baltimore, Southfield, Detroit and Wyoming. The state launched the sweepstakes with $5 million in cash and college scholarships, as well as a $2 million jackpot, a $1 million prize and daily drawings of $50,000 through July 30 in an effort to reach a goal of a 70% vaccination rate. As of Monday, 62.4% of state residents ages 16 or older had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, which amounted to a roughly 0.4 percentage point increase over when the contest was announced, according to the state health department.