The Allegan County Health Department Friday reported there have been 43 deaths attributed to the Covid-19 virus since the pandemic began last March.
The death toll last September was only 6, but 37 more have been reported since then.
A total of 4,895 cases of the Coronavirus have been reported in Allegan County since March 13, with 122 hospitalizations and 2,649 regarded as being recovered.
Local schools are still operating on a health department grade of “D,” which is one step above having to resort to all virtual instruction. Hopkins and Wayland are operating on a hybrid system, with half of the students attending in person Mondays and Thursdays and the other half Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesdays are reserved for all on-line and interventions.
Martin has been undergoing an in-person model five days a week.
Despite the recent spike in deaths, the rate of increase in cases lately has been going down and hopes are high for a vaccine manufactured by Pfizer in Kalamazoo.
However, all high schools in Michigan are operating under virtual learning only until Dec. 20 under a state health department order that announced Monday as extended by 12 more days. Therefore, it’s likely that all high schools in Michigan will be shuttered until early January.
