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Ingham County reports just over 59 percent of its residents aged 16 and up have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Overall, the county has seen nearly 23,000 positive cases since the start of the pandemic. Health Officer Linda Vail says the highest infection rate right now is among people aged 20 to 29.
“Part of that could be because a lot of our older population is vaccinated, and so that virus has just got to keep moving to whatever population it can find to still infect and replicate in,” she said.
She attributes some recent spread of COVID to the Delta variant of the virus.
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Ingham County opens vaccine eligibility to all Michigan residents 16 and over
LANSING – All Michigan residents 16 and over are now eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine at clinics run by the Ingham County Health Department, officials said.
The department announced the expanded eligibility on Monday afternoon, saying appointments were available as early as this week for the drive-through clinic at Michigan State University s Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education.
Until Monday, the Ingham County clinics were open only to people who live or work in the county. People move across county lines all the time, Health Officer Linda Vail said in a news release. Ensuring that everyone in the state who wants a vaccine can get a vaccine benefits us all. We are seeing the number of new cases soar across the state, and there is a sense of urgency with getting people vaccinated.