COVID-19 indicators ‘trending in the wrong direction’

Ypsilanti, Mich. – Key COVID-19 indicators throughout the county will not be trying good, based on the Washtenaw County Well being Division.

On Friday, the well being division launched its weekly abstract of COVID-19 instances, hospitalizations, deaths, outbreaks and vaccination charges.

“We’re all uninterested in COVID, however this pandemic shouldn’t be over. We’ve got efficient instruments to forestall additional unfold and keep away from the worst impacts of COVID – all of us must be utilizing them!” the Washtenaw County Well being Division stated in a social media submit.

Between Dec. 2-3, there have been 258 instances, 5 hospitalizations and 5 deaths reported.

The abstract reveals that as of Nov. 30 Washtenaw County has been at a excessive degree of COVID-19 transmission since August. Indicators, per the abstract, are headed within the flawed path for:

• the weekly case fee of these ages 5-17 (per 100k individuals)

• the take a look at positivity fee (from MI Protected Begin)

• the variety of new COVID-related resident hospital admissions

• the variety of COVID-related county resident deaths

• the weekly variety of vaccine doses given by WCHD

Indicators trending in a great path embrace the share of the county’s absolutely vaccinated inhabitants, the share of 5 to 11-year-olds vaccinated with a number of doses, the variety of complete outbreaks reported and the variety of outbreaks reported for grades Ok-12.

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Indicators for the weekly case fee of COVID-19 amongst Washtenaw County residents (per 100K) are additionally headed in the precise path.

In its social media submit, the well being division urged residents to take precautions together with sporting masks in indoor areas, being vaccinated or receiving COVID-19 booster doses, getting examined if symptomatic and following public well being steerage.

See the abstract beneath: