Monthly Archives: July 2021

(July 13, 2021 4:29 PM) Amtrak and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) are restoring daily additional Wolverine round-trip trains between Detroit/Pontiac-Chicago via Jackson, Ann Arbor and Dearborn in response to increased travel demand. Effective July 19, eastbound trains 350 and 354 and westbound trains 351 and 355 will depart Chicago and Pontiac mornings and evenings, respectively. Since last March, only one Amtrak Midwest Wolverine round-trip has been operating on this route due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Sept. 7, the mid-day round-trip frequency of trains 352 and 353 will return and restore full service with a total of three daily Wolverine round-trip trains on this route with stops in Jackson. Available tickets and updated schedules are available on Amtrak.com and its mobile apps. Starting July 19, trains from Jackson to Chicago will depart at 7:52 AM and 7:42 PM.  Trains from Jackson to Detroit will depart at 12:12 PM and 10:28 PM.   Beginning September 7, an additional midday frequency will return and the schedules adjust as follows: Eastbound Wolverine departures from Jackson, Effective Sept. 7: Train 350        12:12 p.m. Train 352        5:51 p.m. Train 354       10:28 p.m. Westbound Wolverine departures from Jackson, Effective Sept. 7: Train 351       7:49…

(July 13, 2021 3:39 PM) Michigan reported 650* coronavirus (COVID-19) positive test cases today, with the state reported total now at 896,717. Michigan is reporting 31** COVID-19-related deaths today with the state total at 19,832.   *Note on cases (07/13/2021): Today's case count represents new referrals of confirmed cases to the MDSS since Friday, July 9th.  Over the four days (Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday), the average number of new confirmed cases is ~162 per day. **The deaths announced today includes 27 deaths identified during a Vital Records review. See cumulative data page for more information. State Cumulative Total of Recovered COVID-19 Cases (as of 7/9/21): 870,140. Information is updated Tuesday and Friday at 3 p.m., with COVID-19 results included as of 10 a.m.   

(July 13, 2021 12:00 PM) The Jackson County Health Department released the COVID-19 positive numbers for Jackson County.  As of 12:00 PM today, there are 14,788 positive cases (cumulative), and 286 deaths (cumulative)*.     There are 7 new cases since yesterday’s report. Cumulative recovered, as of July 13: 14,425** As of July 7, there are 3 persons at Henry Ford Allegiance Health being treated as inpatients for COVID-19.  The cumulative numbers posted on Mondays include the data from Saturday, Sunday and Monday.  Recovered numbers are being posted as received.  *These numbers do not reflect any cases or deaths identified through Michigan Department of Corrections.  Their numbers are listed under a separate category and reported by the state at Michigan Statistics. Cases reported involving Jackson County school students or staff are included in our posted numbers.  For details regarding cases and outbreaks at Michigan schools please see https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163_98173_102480---,00.html **Recovered is defined as the number of persons with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis who are alive 30 days post-onset (or referral date if onset is not available). Gender Number of Cases Percent Male 6872 46.5% Female 7804 52.8% Unknown 112 0.8% The Age group is reported as a percentage of the total instead of the actual number. …