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(June 9, 2021 3:42 PM) Michigan reported 257 coronavirus (COVID-19) positive test cases today, with the state reported total now at 891,314. Michigan is reporting 7 COVID-19-related deaths today with the state total at 19,439.   State Cumulative Total of Recovered COVID-19 Cases (as of 6/5/21): 837,864. Michigan COVID vaccination coverage:  46.8% complete, 53.8% initial. This information is updated Monday through Saturday at 3 p.m., with COVID-19 results included as of 10 a.m.  Monday reports include Sunday data.  

(June 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 14,696 positive cases (cumulative), and 282 deaths (cumulative)*.     There is 1 new case and 1 new death since yesterday’s report.   Cumulative recovered, as of June 9: 14,023** As of June 9, there are 3 persons at Henry Ford Allegiance Health being treated as inpatients for COVID-19.  Jackson County Vaccination Coverage:  51.5% of Jackson County residents 12 and older have received first dose, 45.7% fully vaccinated (Moderna or Pfizer both doses, J&J single dose). The cumulative numbers posted on Mondays include the data from Sunday and Monday.  Recovered numbers are being posted as received.  The Michigan Department of Corrections is reporting as of 8 AM June 7, there are 5,588 confirmed positive cases at Jackson facilities and 710 confirmed positive staff cases.  MDOC positive case numbers are cumulative. *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…

(June 9, 2021 11:54 AM) A new wave of applicants can now apply for the Michigan Skills Scholarship program – which provides up to $1,500 to aid in tuition coverage at a private training school or program for adults 25 years and older seeking a skills certificate. The scholarship is part of the Michigan Reconnect program and offers certificates in five high-demand professional trade careers in industries: business management, construction, healthcare, information technology, and manufacturing. The scholarships will be awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis to the first 1,000 applicants who enroll with an eligible training provider. While the primary focus of the Michigan Reconnect program is to provide a tuition-free path to a certificate or degree through a local community college, the Skills Scholarship gives an alternative method to ensure more job seekers have additional opportunities to pursue their education and career goals. “We understand that sometimes the best place to find the skills training you want may not be at a community college – there may be a private training school or program that offers exactly what you’re looking for or is more convenient,” said Susan Corbin, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity acting director. “Regardless of…

(June 9, 2021 11:46 AM) With the economic fallout of COVID-19 hitting small businesses and their communities especially hard, Henry Ford Health System and 11 other health systems have signed an “Impact Purchasing Commitment” and backed it with a joint $1 billion pledge to increase spending on local, minority, women-owned and other small businesses and enterprises. The goal is for health systems to use their power as anchor institutions in their communities to help build and support healthy, equitable, climate-resilient local economies – and improve overall community health and wealth. The commitment, designed by the Healthcare Anchor Network in partnership with Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth, is an agreement to shift procurement strategies and spending, including with Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs) as well as local and employee-owned, cooperatively-owned and nonprofit-owned enterprises, by at least $1 billion over five years. The institutions also agree to work with at least two of their large existing vendors to create hiring pipelines in the disinvested communities that they serve. Additionally, the Healthcare Anchor Network pledge-signers commit to adopting sustainable procurement goals, which help build additional momentum garnered by hospitals that are part of the Practice Greenhealth network. It is…