Health

(November 18, 2022 2:15 PM) Henry Ford Health has announced the appointment of Tim Peterson, M.D., MBA, FACEP, as Henry Ford Allegiance Medical Group’s new Chief Medical Officer (CMO). As CMO of the Henry Ford Allegiance Medical Group, Dr. Peterson will act as the principal operational leader for the Group, assisting medical director leaders with oversight, mentoring, and monitoring of performance and quality of care. He will also assist with the development and deployment of the Medical Group’s strategic plan and collaboratively work toward enhancing efficiency while delivering high-value, culturally appropriate, patient-centered care.  Dr. Peterson brings nearly two decades of clinical care and health care leadership experience to the Henry Ford Allegiance Medical Group. Most recently, he held the roles of population health executive and associate professor of emergency medicine at Michigan Medicine where he has been in clinical practice in the Adult Emergency Department. Dr. Peterson also served as board chair and accountable care organization executive for the Physician Organization of Michigan ACO. Previous roles with Michigan Medicine include medical director of population health and interim executive director of home care services. "Dr. Peterson is a highly qualified health care leader with a background in integrated health system administration and practice. He has extensive experience with large-scale population health strategy…

(November 16, 2022 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 48,022 positive cases (cumulative), and 616 deaths (cumulative)*.   There are 268 new cases and 2 new deaths since last Wednesday’s report. The next report will be on November 23.   Cumulative recovered, as of November 16:  46,230**. *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 * Cases, Deaths, and Recovered all include confirmed and probable. **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). Confirmed Cases- PCR test processed at lab Probable Cases- positive antigen test or link to PCR confirmed case 41,179 6,843 Probable cases include individuals with either a positive proctored rapid antigen test OR COVID-19 symptoms and an epidemiologic link to a confirmed COVID-19 case.  If a…

(November 9, 2022 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 47,754 positive cases (cumulative), and 614 deaths (cumulative)*.   There are 199 new cases and 3 new deaths since last Wednesday’s report. The next report will be on November 16.   Cumulative recovered, as of November 9:  45,996**. *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 * Cases, Deaths, and Recovered all include confirmed and probable. **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). Confirmed Cases- PCR test processed at lab Probable Cases- positive antigen test or link to PCR confirmed case 40,934 6,820 Probable cases include individuals with either a positive proctored rapid antigen test OR COVID-19 symptoms and an epidemiologic link to a confirmed COVID-19 case.  If a…

(November 2, 2022 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 47,555 positive cases (cumulative), and 611 deaths (cumulative)*.   There are 257 new cases and 2 new deaths since last Wednesday’s report. The next report will be on November 9.   Cumulative recovered, as of November 2:  45,741**. *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 * Cases, Deaths, and Recovered all include confirmed and probable. **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). Confirmed Cases- PCR test processed at lab Probable Cases- positive antigen test or link to PCR confirmed case 40,772 6,783 Probable cases include individuals with either a positive proctored rapid antigen test OR COVID-19 symptoms and an epidemiologic link to a confirmed COVID-19 case.  If a…

(October 26, 2022 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 47,298 positive cases (cumulative), and 609 deaths (cumulative)*.   There are 281 new cases and 2 new deaths since last Wednesday’s report. The next report will be on November 2.   Cumulative recovered, as of October 26:  45,449**. *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 * Cases, Deaths, and Recovered all include confirmed and probable. **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). Confirmed Cases- PCR test processed at lab Probable Cases- positive antigen test or link to PCR confirmed case 40,569 6,729 Probable cases include individuals with either a positive proctored rapid antigen test OR COVID-19 symptoms and an epidemiologic link to a confirmed COVID-19 case.  If a…

(October 20, 2022 12:00 PM)  The Jackson County Health Department released the COVID-19 positive numbers for Jackson County.  As of 12:00 PM Wednesday, October 19, there are 47,017 positive cases (cumulative), and 607 deaths (cumulative)*.   There are 266 new cases and 3 new deaths since last Wednesday’s report. The next report will be on October 26.   Cumulative recovered, as of October 19:  45,210**. *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 * Cases, Deaths, and Recovered all include confirmed and probable. **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). Confirmed Cases- PCR test processed at lab Probable Cases- positive antigen test or link to PCR confirmed case 40,362 6,655 Probable cases include individuals with either a positive proctored rapid antigen test OR COVID-19 symptoms and an epidemiologic link to a confirmed COVID-19 case…

(October 5, 2022 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 46,472 positive cases (cumulative), and 603 deaths (cumulative)*.   There are 281 new cases and 1 new death since last Wednesday’s report. The next report will be on October 12.   Cumulative recovered, as of October 5:  44,655**. *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 * Cases, Deaths, and Recovered all include confirmed and probable. **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). Confirmed Cases- PCR test processed at lab Probable Cases- positive antigen test or link to PCR confirmed case 39,901 6,571 Probable cases include individuals with either a positive proctored rapid antigen test OR COVID-19 symptoms and an epidemiologic link to a confirmed COVID-19 case.  If a…

(September 21, 2022 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 45,968 positive cases (cumulative), and 602 deaths (cumulative)*.   There are 262 new cases and 4 new deaths since last Wednesday’s report. The next report will be on September 28.   Cumulative recovered, as of September 21:  44,077**. *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 * Cases, Deaths, and Recovered all include confirmed and probable. **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). Confirmed Cases- PCR test processed at lab Probable Cases- positive antigen test or link to PCR confirmed case 39,523 6,445 Probable cases include individuals with either a positive proctored rapid antigen test OR COVID-19 symptoms and an epidemiologic link to a confirmed COVID-19 case.  If a…

(September 14, 2022 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 45,706 positive cases (cumulative), and 598 deaths (cumulative)*.   The next report will be on September 21.   Cumulative recovered, as of September 14:  43,724**. *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 * Cases, Deaths, and Recovered all include confirmed and probable. **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). Confirmed Cases- PCR test processed at lab Probable Cases- positive antigen test or link to PCR confirmed case 39,330 6,376 Probable cases include individuals with either a positive proctored rapid antigen test OR COVID-19 symptoms and an epidemiologic link to a confirmed COVID-19 case.  If a probable case, during the isolation period, meets the criteria for a confirmed case…

(August 31, 2022 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 45,125 positive cases (cumulative), and 597 deaths (cumulative)*.   There are 206 new cases and 2 new deaths since last Wednesday’s report.   The next report will be on September 7.   Cumulative recovered, as of August 31:  43,010**. *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 * Cases, Deaths, and Recovered all include confirmed and probable. **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). Confirmed Cases- PCR test processed at lab Probable Cases- positive antigen test or link to PCR confirmed case 38,897 6,228 Probable cases include individuals with either a positive proctored rapid antigen test OR COVID-19 symptoms and an epidemiologic link to a confirmed COVID-19 case.  If…