The state reported that 224 people had died of COVID-19 in May. A month ago, Michigan had the nations highest rates of new cases and hospitalizations and the second-highest rate of positive tests, 8.1 percent. [284][285] In 2017, John Lewis voiced himself in the Arthur episode "Arthur Takes a Stand". Michael A. Varet '65 speaking at Alumni Weekend 2008. In 1963, when Charles McDew stepped down as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Lewis, a founding member, was elected to take over. The Biden administration announced Friday it is sending a fifth medical team to Michigan, the same day statewide hospitalizations of COVID patients reached an all-time high of 4,797. The state reported on Monday that 4,105 patients are currently being treated, down 283 from Friday and nearly 700 below the peak hit a week ago of 4,782. The deaths are the second-most of the third wave, following the 131 reported Saturday: Of them, 51 were recorded after a review of medical records. Related: University of Michigan postpones surgical procedures because of COVID-19 surge. The increase in cases has put more people in the hospital, with the state reporting more than 1,000 COVID-19 patients (1,011 total) for the first time since 1,007 were reported on June 1. Mike Wilkinson. As 2nd COVID vaccine booster approved, should Michiganders get it? The increases have prompted some employers to reinstate mask mandates, while Michigan State University, University of Michigan and Wayne State University have announced they will require vaccines for on-campus students and staff Robin Erb. Related:COVID supercharged Upper Peninsula travel. The state also reported 49 new COVID-19 deaths, 30 of which came after a review of medical records. Soc. Mike Wilkinson. A high positive rate indicates more uncontrolled community spread of the deadly virus. Michigan on Friday reported 3,827 new COVID-19 infections over the last two days, lowering the seven-day rate to 1,925 daily cases, the lowest since Sept. 8. Despite the strides, however, the state is now 33rd in the rate at which residents are getting the first dose, down from 20th just over a week ago as other states ramp up their vaccinations programs. There are also 121 people with COVID-19 who are in intensive care, down from a recent high of 158 on Sept. 9. As of Friday, nearly 5 million Michigan residents 61.4 percent of everyone 16 and older have had at least one dose of the vaccines. Lewis attended comics conventions to promote his graphic novel, most notably the San Diego Comic-Con, which he attended in 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017. As case counts have fallen, policy makers have made changes, removing school mask mandates in 10 counties as the state rescinded its recommendation for people to wear masks in most indoor settings. Of the 120 reported deaths, 107 occurred in October, bringing that months total to 360 so far. Michigan, however, has the 13th highest rate at getting people vaccinated with both doses. Robin Erb. [141], Lewis's 1998 autobiography Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement, co-written with Mike D'Orso, won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award,[142] the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award,[143] the Christopher Award and the Lillian Smith Book Award. The percent of recorded COVID tests that came back positive in the state also fell substantially, with 3.2 percent of 46,000 tests over the most recent two days coming back positive and the weekly rate falling to 3.4 percent on Friday, down from 4.7 percent on Wednesday. Mike Wilkinson. These numbers define the pandemic. the steep decline in nursing home cases is a result of the vaccine campaign. The rise in cases corresponds as well with an increase in the percent of coronavirus tests coming back positive. All of the counties over 70 are in the northern Lower Peninsula. Mike Wilkinson. I have never seen him in the South. Since then, the news has gotten even better on all fronts. Wendy Kopp attended Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas and later was an undergraduate in the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.She received her Arts Baccalaureate degree from Princeton in 1989 and was a member of Princeton's Business Today and the University Press Club.. Thats 2.6 percent of all 2,704 deaths in the county since March 2020. Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather Gerken, Christine Kwon 17, and Alisa Tiwari 20 are quoted in an article about a federal lawsuit initiated by the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project that challenges Attorney General Jeff Sessionss decision to repeal a variety of Department of Justice civil rights documents. Those third-wave deaths are nearly 1,000 more than died of diabetes, the seventh leading cause of death in Michigan, in all of 2019. King, who referred to Lewis as "the boy from Troy", discussed suing the university for discrimination, but he warned Lewis that doing so could endanger his family in Troy. Out of 17,000 tests, 4.1 percent came back positive. Related:Join our Bridge Lunch Break discussion about COVIDs impact on higher ed. But dont expect mandates in Michigan. The timing of Lewis's award coincided with the 150th anniversary of the 14th amendment. 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Michigan reported 542 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases Thursday, the lowest in more than eight months before the winter and the spring surges. Metro Detroit remains the epicenter of infections involving the omicron variant, with 201 of the 289 confirmed cases in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, including 52 in Detroit. Officials recorded 40 cases, with Oakland County leading the state with 17. Nearly a third (31.3 percent) of more than 377,000 coronavirus tests given in Michigan over the past week have come back positive, indicative of wide community spread of the virus. Michigan may have turned the corner on COVID surge. The positive rate over the past week is 27.1 percent, down from 32.4 percent a week ago. Azar announced the plan to release the doses this week, but the Post reported the reserve had already been allocated and shipped in late December. Since the state switched to using data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which includes vaccines given to Michigan residents in other states, Michigan's vaccination rate is now at 54.5 percent of all residents 16 and older with at least one dose. A coronavirus variant believed to spread at 1.5 times faster than the virus that already has been linked to nearly 15,000 Michigan deaths has seeped into 10 counties scattered across the states lower peninsula, the city of Detroit, and a Michigan prison. The latest testing data shows that over the past week nearly 7.7 percent of tests have been positive, up from 7.1 percent a week ago. Also Thursday, 59.4 percent of Michigan residents aged 16 and older have received at least a first dose of a COVID vaccine, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. . Last week, Michigan saw the highest daily count of COVID-19 cases in a week, with 18, 557 new cases a day. COVID now has been linked to more deaths in Michigan in 2021 than last year, with more than a week left of the year that began with the promise of life-saving vaccines. [48] Lewis coordinated SNCC's efforts for Freedom Summer, a campaign to register black voters in Mississippi and to engage college student activists in aiding the campaign. The latest vaccine data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that 55.3 percent of Michigan residents have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine. Michigans average daily COVID-19 cases fell below 1,000 for the first time since Feb. 24 on Wednesday, as officials reported 799 new cases. The state emerged from a deadly December, when it averaged 92 deaths a day linked to the virus, for a total of 2,857, making it the second deadliest month of the pandemic. Still, the seven-day rolling average of cases at 2,369 is below the two previous omicron-fueled spikes in January and May, when cases peaked at 17,589 and 3,575, respectively. There are now 875 patients in Michigan hospitals being treated for confirmed and suspected COVID-19, down from 972 on Friday. Last week, the CDC identified only Grand Traverse County as high risk based on increases in COVID-19 hospitalizations. And while hospitalizations remained low compared to earlier waves, they climbed to 513 from 407 on Friday. Related:How bad is COVID? Michigan, for the first time since early April, no longer has the highest case rate in the nation, with Colorado currently No. I chaired the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for three years, from 1963 to 1966. Declining cases have led to fewer hospitalizations, as the state reported 3,446 patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 on Wednesday. It is in southwest Michigan, along the Indiana border. Hospitals in three of Michigans eight health regions now have more COVID-19 patients than they did during the fall surge. The number of new confirmed Michigan cases of COVID-19 fell in the past week, with the state reporting 10,570 weekly cases Tuesday, a 12 percent drop. A month ago, there were nearly 2,300 COVID-19 patients being treated in Michigan hospitals. Mike Wilkinson. The weekly rate fell to 17.7 percent, down from 19.6 percent a week ago. The state also reported four new COVID-19 deaths Wednesday. Meanwhile, 304 people were in Michigan hospitals for suspected or confirmed COVID. Of the 130 deaths reported this week, 116 were in October and seven in September. Mike Wilkinson. For the second day in a row, the positive test rate across the state was below 10 percent, with 9.8 percent of the more than 44,400 tests reported Saturday coming back positive. Michigan reported 1,540 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, or an average of 770 for Tuesday and Wednesday, lowering the seven-day average to 675 daily cases. Since a slow rollout, Michigan has seen its rate of vaccinations climb compared to other states. The weekly rate is now 1.6 percent, also the lowest ever as the rates continue to fall. The rate ranged from 6 to 10 per 100,000 last month, and 40 to 49 per 100,000 in April. Related:COVID raged in Michigan prisons. A low positivity rate indicates little community spread of the virus. The week before, 75,400 did. The state reported 672 cases Friday covering three days, or about 224 cases a day for that period. Mike Wilkinson. The state on Wednesday also reported an additional 277 COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total death count tied to COVID since the pandemic began to 27,563. Trinity in Michigan operates five Saint Joseph Mercy Health System hospitals, three Mercy Health hospitals, and two employed medical groups, IHA and Mercy Health Physician Partners. Mike Wilkinson. & Mary L. Rev. Testing data showed that 32.8 percent of tests over the most recent two days were positive, and 33.4 percent over the past week, signs that the virus continues to spread widely in the state. The increase comes after case averages fell to 1,500 for the four days over Labor Day weekend. At least four deaths were removed from consideration as COVID-19 deaths, which happens when local health departments review cases, according to a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Dean Heather K. Gerken and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton 73 held a conversation in which Clinton described her career path and how she defines leadership. They do not include the four counties in metro Detroit, but the numbers have increased quickly. Of those, 71 occurred in March, 21 in February, one in January and two in December. The states hospitals reported fewer than 1,000 patients for the first time since Aug. 18, when there were 944. Related:Michigan will disclose fewer school COVID outbreaks under new rules. The latest testing data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and analyzed by Bridge Michigan shows that 7.8 percent of coronavirus tests were positive in the week ending on Friday, up from 6.3 percent the previous week. In addition, the rate of COVID tests that came back positive fell to 11.1 percent. [157], March: Book One was selected by first-year reading programs in 2014 at Michigan State University,[158] Georgia State University,[159] and Marquette University.[160]. COVID-19 cases rose 46 percent in the past week, with Michigan public health officials reporting 19,592 weekly cases Tuesday, up from 13,437 the previous week. Of nearly 58,300 coronavirus tests reported Saturday, 12.1 percent came back positive, the lowest daily rate since 10.9 percent positive was reported March 25. All of the fatalities were in October, which now has 553 deaths. In recent weeks, health officials have expressed optimism that a recent wave of omicron variants is declining after sweeping the nation and world. The virus is far more common in some areas than others, with Branch County in southern Michigan at 32 cases per 100,000, up from 21 the week before. There are now 1,211 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Michigan, nearly 200 fewer than a week ago. At a media event Friday, the governor asked (but did not require) schools to take high school classes online for two weeks and youth sports to shut down for two weeks. Mike Wilkinson. "A beautiful little building, it was a Rosenwald School. That puts the weekly rate at 17.4 percent the highest since the earliest days of the pandemic when there was limited testing. Michigan restaurants were able to reopen Monday in part because of the progress the state has seen in combating the coronavirus. Speaker Series; Exhibitions; Services; Hours Ask the Clarke. Positive test results fell, too, to just 4.9 percent Thursday, in contrast to a high of 16 percent recorded Dec. 2. Barely halfway through the month, there are now 301 COVID-19 deaths in September, or nearly 18 a day. With the vacation season in full bloom, the Biden administration announced Friday it is dropping the requirement that everyone flying in the United States must have a recent negative COVID-19 test, multiple press outlets reported. The 111 deaths recorded Saturday from December pushed that months death total to 3,302. Related:Coronavirus Tracker | Michigan reports 1,560 new COVID cases Wednesday, 31 deaths. They also reported nine additional COVID-19-related deaths. COVID-19 cases in Michigan fell nearly 10 percent to 14,537 from 16,092 the previous week, health officials reported on Tuesday. Mike Wilkinson. But case counts and COVID-related hospitalizations have plummeted since and a far lower percentage of people are seeing their COVID tests come back positive. 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