The Allegan County Health Department has reported 33 deaths related to the Covid-19 virus in the last two months.
The weekly statistical report said there were five more Coronavirius deaths in the past week, bringing the total to 193 since the pandemic began in March 2020. There have been 13 in the last three weeks alone.
The testing positivity rate for the disease is now 17.6 percent, about the same as the previous week. There have been 19 new hospitalizations over the past two weeks and the average daily number of cases has held steady at 47.9, down just 3, over seven days.
A total of 773 cases has been reported in the county over the past two weeks, down slightly from previous reporting. There now have been 336 hospitalizations from Covid in Allegan County since the pandemic began, a slight increase over the course of the month. The number of tests is 23,362, more than 1,500 more than a week ago and 3,258 patients have been characterized as recovered.
Wayland High School reported four cases of Covid-19 a week ago and there has been a recent outbreak of cases at St. Therese Church.
The Allegan County Health Department Aug. 18 issued a directive for all public schools in the county to mandate children in grades K-6 to wear masks in the classrooms because they are not eligible for vaccinations. In the wake of protests from parents and the State Legislature’s threat of withholding funding, the Health Department rescinded its mask order Oct. 1.
The Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 has been approved and may be administered by later this month.
