Monthly Archives: August 2021

(August 9, 2021 12:22 PM) The City of Jackson today announced a new mask requirement for all City facilities to help protect community health. Starting Tuesday, Aug. 10, masks will be required for residents to visit City Hall and other facilities, including recreation centers, public safety facilities, and water facilities. All City of Jackson employees will also be required to mask up while working in City buildings and when they’re visiting other indoor locations on City business. This requirement applies to both vaccinated and unvaccinated people. This decision from City officials comes due to high COVID-19 transmission levels in Jackson County. City Manager Jonathan Greene says the mask requirement was also made based on Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for mask usage in areas with high COVID-19 numbers. “Throughout the pandemic, the City of Jackson has been a leader in the community. We continue to prioritize the health of our residents, and this decision is a reflection of that,” Greene said. Mayor Derek Dobies says it’s important for the City to do its part to limit the spread of COVID-19. “Requiring masks in City facilities protects our residents, along with our front line City workers who show up every…

(August 9, 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 15,131 positive cases (cumulative), and 288 deaths (cumulative)*.     There are 46 new cases since Friday’s report. Cumulative recovered, as of August 9: 14,601** As of August 4, there are 10 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 7004 46.3% Female 8008 52.9% Unknown 119 0.8% The Age group is reported as a percentage of the total instead of the actual number. …