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Jul 7, 2021
Health departments are monitoring mosquito populations for viruses after recent heavy rain is expected to lead to an increase in the population.
Kalamazoo County Health and Community Service is running their own Eastern Equine Encephalitis surveillance program.
Five traps are placed around the county in places that tend to attract the type of mosquitoes that are known to transmit EEE.
The county says they have not yet had a test come back positive for the virus yet.
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â COVID-19 Cases/Deaths By County â
Every single county in Michigan now has confirmed coronavirus cases.
Metro Detroit remains the stateâs hotspot for COVID-19. Wayne County includes Detroit, the hardest hit city, and reports 153,434 cases. Oakland County has 102,284 positive cases and Macomb County has seen 91,986 people diagnosed.
In Southwest Michigan, on Wednesday, March 25, the Van Buren/Cass District Health Department was notified of their first case in Van Buren County and their first death was reported on April 2. State data now shows 6,680 positive cases and 117 people have died.
On Thursday, March 26, Cass County received their first confirmed coronavirus case, a day after Van Buren County. The numbers rose to 4,807 cases in Cass County and 72 reported deaths.
By Ken Delaney
Jun 28, 2021 | 4:18 PM
KALAMAZOO. MI (WKZO AM/FM) â The Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department is confirming the first case of the Delta COVID-19 variant has been identified in a case of an individual living in Kalamazoo County.
Operations Coordinator Matt Johnson says at this time, public health department is conducting contact tracing and disease investigation to identify close contacts and vaccination status.
This is the only known case in Kalamazoo County at this time, but it is possible that there are more that have not been identified. Itâs believed the Delta variant spreads more easily and quickly than other variants and is more contagious
First case of COVID-19 delta variant identified in Kalamazoo County
Scripps National
and last updated 2021-06-28 15:49:53-04
KALAMAZOO, Mich. â Health officials have confirmed the first case of the COVID-19 delta variant in Kalamazoo County.
The Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department says they are conducting contact tracing and disease investigation to identify close contacts and vaccination status.
The health department says this is the only known case in Kalamazoo County right now but says itâs possible there are more that havenât been identified as the delta variant spreads more easily and quickly than other variants and is believed to be more contagious.