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CADILLAC â On April 11, 2020 Wexford County lost its first person to COVID-19, state data shows.
In the one year and three days since then, 29 more people from the county died of COVID-19.
On April 15, District Health Department No.10 s daily COVID-19 update showed two more deaths since the day before, bringing the county s total COVID-19 deaths to 30.
State data shows deaths climbing steadily in Wexford County since November.
Wexford County lost four people to the novel coronavirus between April 11 and June 29 of 2020.
Then there were no COVID-19 deaths in the county until Nov. 3, 2020. Deaths continued until Dec. 31, when Wexford County lost the county s 18th person to the virus.
CADILLAC â One Munson infectious disease physician says the current COVID-19 surge in the region is as bad as it s ever been. This thing is raging right now, and that s for a couple of reasons, said Dr. Christopher Ledtke, infectious disease physician for Munson Healthcare.
The number one reason is the spread of SARS-COV-2 variants in Michigan; the state has the second-highest number of variants in the U.S., with the B.1.1.7âotherwise known as the United Kingdom variantâdominating in Michigan, Ledtke said.
A state monitoring program tests a small percentage of cases for variants. We don t actually know how widespread this is but we suspect that it s very widespread, Dr. Ledtke said.
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The average age of people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Michigan has been dropping as the total number of people hospitalized with the disease rises, health officials said Thursday.
Two-thirds of people hospitalized at Munson Healthcare, a network of hospitals and clinics across Northern Michigan, were under 65 years old, said the organization’s chief medical officer, Christine Nefcy.
Nefcy said a high vaccination rate among the oldest members of the population was protecting them from the disease. But younger age groups, where vaccination rates are lower, were much more susceptible to the virus.
“We have a much more contagious variant, and then a completely vulnerable population,” Nefcy said.
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