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(October 12, 2020 10:27 AM) After seven months of virtual meetings, the Jackson City Council is planning it’s first full in-person meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic started in March. Due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns and the ending of Executive Orders on virtual meetings, this meeting will be held outside in a pavilion at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center at 1107 Adrian Street on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 6:30 p.m. The City urges residents who are attending the meeting to continue to follow COVID-19 safety guidelines. City officials will be wearings masks and seated six feet apart. Other safety precautions, such as cleaning microphones between citizen comments, will be enacted. A live stream of the meeting will be broadcast on the City’s Facebook page and website. Due to the remote location, this meeting will not be broadcast live on Comcast Cable Channel 21, but will be aired tape delayed. 

(October 11, 2020  9:49 PM) The Michigan Department of Corrections is reporting as of 5:20 PM October 9, there are 5,604 confirmed positive COVID-19 cumulative cases at facilities throughout the state.  Of that statewide total, 1,688 of the confirmed positive cases are at Jackson facilities. Throughout the state corrections system, there are currently 84 active cases. In Jackson, there are 505 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at Parnall Correctional Facility, 386 at Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center, 3 at Cooper Street Correctional Facility, 20 at Duane Waters Health Center and 774 at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility.  Among staff, there are a total of 552 COVID-19 positive cases statewide.   In Jackson, there are 76 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases among employees at Parnall Correctional Facility, 4 at Cooper Street Correctional Facility, 45 at Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center, 43 at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility, 1 at Jackson Training Center and 4 at Jackson Regional Warehouse. There have been a total of 74 deaths (statewide) of prisoners who had tested positive for COVID-19, 22 of those deaths were among prisoners at Jackson facilities.  The Michigan Department of Corrections is listed as a separate jurisdiction in the daily MDHHS report of positive…

(October 10, 2020 4:55 PM) Michigan reported 1,522 coronavirus (COVID-19) positive test cases today, with the state reported total now at 134,656.  The State of Michigan is reporting 15* COVID-19-related deaths today, with the state total at 6,891. *The deaths announced today includes 28 deaths identified during a Vital Records review. Corrections made by local health departments to the provisional data resulted in a net daily count of 15 deaths. See cumulative data page for more information.  State Cumulative Total of Recovered COVID-19 Cases (as of 10/9/2020): 104,271.  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.

(October 10, 2020 11:30 AM) The Jackson County Health Department released the COVID-19 positive numbers for Jackson County.  As of 11:30 AM today, there are 1,283 positive cases (cumulative), and 51 deaths (cumulative)*.     There are 23 new cases and 2 new deaths since yesterday’s report.    Cumulative recovered, as of October 10, 2020:  864** The Michigan Department of Corrections is reporting as of 6:50 PM October 2, there are 1,681 confirmed positive cases at Jackson facilities and 171 confirmed positive staff cases.  MDOC positive case numbers are cumulative. As of 12 PM October 8, there 15 persons at Henry Ford Allegiance Health being treated as inpatients for COVID-19. The Jackson County Township map and recovery data will be posted each Monday. *These numbers do not reflect any cases or deaths identified through Michigan Department of Corrections.  Their numbers are listed under a separate category "Others" for the Michigan Statistics. **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 553 43.1% Female 730 56.9% Unknown 0 0% The Age group is reported as a percentage of the…

(October 9, 2020 3:50 PM) Michigan reported 1,095 coronavirus (COVID-19) positive test cases today, with the state reported total now at 133,134.  The State of Michigan is reporting 7 COVID-19-related deaths today, with the state total at 6,876.  State Cumulative Total of Recovered COVID-19 Cases (as of 10/2/2020): 99,521.  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.

(October 9, 2020 2:46 PM) Today, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Director Robert Gordon issued an Emergency Order under section 2253 of the Public Health Code restricting gathering sizes, requiring face coverings in public spaces and childcare facilities, placing capacity limitations on stores, bars and other public venues and providing for safer workplaces. “Our goal is to maintain policies that have made a drastic difference in the fight against COVID-19,” Gordon said. “Cases are rising, and the science is clear. Masks reduce the spread of COVID-19. Social distancing reduces the spread of COVID-19. Public action is critical to saving Michiganders’ lives.” Today’s order comes under a legal authority enacted by the Michigan Legislature after the Spanish Flu of 1918 specifically to deal with epidemics. That statute was not at issue in the Supreme Court’s ruling last week. The order completes the major elements of the department’s efforts to align orders under its own authority with actions taken by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that were successful in combatting the spread of COVID-19. Compared to Monday’s order, new provisions today provide for capacity limits in businesses, masks in childcare centers, added protections for workers, and requirements for contact tracing. Under…