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(May 25, 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 14,609 positive cases (cumulative), and 269 deaths (cumulative)*.     There are 18 new cases and 2 new deaths since yesterday’s report.   Cumulative recovered, as of May 25: 13,377** As of  May 19, there are 31 persons at Henry Ford Allegiance Health being treated as inpatients for COVID-19.  Jackson County Vaccination Coverage:  49.3% of Jackson County residents 16 and older have received first dose, 44.1% 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 4:30 PM May 24, there are 5,582 confirmed positive cases at Jackson facilities and 703 confirmed positive staff cases.  MDOC positive case numbers are cumulative. Note:  Jackson County will post COVID-19 data daily by mid-afternoon, Monday-Saturday, keeping with the schedule established by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The cumulative numbers posted on Monday will include the data from Sunday and Monday.  Recovered numbers are being posted as…

(May 24, 2021 6:13 PM) The Michigan Department of Corrections is reporting as of 4:30 PM May 24, there are 26,671 confirmed positive COVID-19 cumulative cases at facilities throughout the state.  Of that statewide total, 5,576 of the confirmed positive cases have been at Jackson facilities.  Cases continue to decline throughout the state corrections system with just 13 new cases reported in the past week.  The number of active cases, 59, is the lowest since MDOC began reporting COVID statistics in March, 2020.  There are 6 new cases at Jackson facilities. Among staff, 39 new cases reported statewide in the past week, in Jackson 10 new cases reported. In Jackson, there have been 2,814 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center, 1,219 at Cooper Street Correctional Facility, 38 at Duane Waters Health Center, 963 at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility, and 548 at Parnall Correctional Facility.   All numbers are cumulative.  Among staff, there are a total of 4,373 COVID-19 positive cases statewide.  In Jackson, there have been 254 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases among employees at Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center, 162 at Cooper Street Correctional Facility, 149 at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility, 4…