The Alpena News
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Southgate resident Paula Gravlin shops Thursday at Rusty Petunias Marketplace in Alpena.
ALPENA Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday morning that the state can begin to fully reopen once health officials fully vaccinate 70% of Michiganders 16 and older.
As of Wednesday, about 37% of those Michiganders had been fully vaccinated against coronavirus infection, according to state data. About 44% of Alpena County residents, 50% of Presque Isle County residents, 45% of Alcona County residents, and 43% of Montmorency County residents in that age group had been fully vaccinated, according to state data.
According to Whitmer’s Vacc to Normal plan, two weeks after hitting the 70% target meaning 5.7 million fully vaccinated Michiganders Whitmer says her Department of Health and Human Services would lift its limits on gatherings and its requirement that Michiganders wear face masks in public.
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Feb. 21-March 6
PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY
COs Jon Sklba and Paul Fox discovered a pop-up shanty with tip-ups set and nobody around on Black Lake in Presque Isle County. The COs waited at the shanty for the subject to return. After a long wait no one arrived, so COs went looking for the subject. The COs were able to track the subject to a cabin. The subject denied being gone long, yet he answered the door in a t-shirt and the tires on his side-by-side had time to dry. The subject had also been fishing without a license. Tickets were issued for the violations.
Here are the latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Eaton County as of April 21:
How many people in Eaton County have received a COVID-19 vaccine?
40% of people in Eaton County have received at least one dose of the vaccine, for a total of 44,024 people
28% of people in Eaton County are fully vaccinated, for a total of 30,599 people
For a county-by county look at the vaccination rollout, see our COVID-19 vaccine tracker, which is updated daily.
How many people in Michigan have been vaccinated so far?
39% of people in Michigan have received at least one dose of the vaccine, for a total of 3,930,114 people
Here are the latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Calhoun County as of April 21:
How many people in Calhoun County have received a COVID-19 vaccine?
33% of people in Calhoun County have received at least one dose of the vaccine, for a total of 43,848 people
25% of people in Calhoun County are fully vaccinated, for a total of 33,152 people
For a county-by county look at the vaccination rollout, see our COVID-19 vaccine tracker, which is updated daily.
How many people in Michigan have been vaccinated so far?
39% of people in Michigan have received at least one dose of the vaccine, for a total of 3,930,114 people
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An illustration of the coronavirus provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
ALPENA A pair of variants of the COVID-19 virus are becoming more common in Northeast Michigan, and residents are urged to continue to act diligently to help limit their spread.
In a press release today, District Health Department No. 4 announced there were 14 confirmed infections of the B.1.429 strain, and a single infection of the B.1.427 in the three-county region it oversees. The two variants are also known as the California variants, as that is where they were first discovered.