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Three more residents infected

Courtesy Image An illustration of the coronavirus provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

ALPENA — Public health officials on Wednesday reported three newly infected or probably infected Northeast Michiganders, including two Alpena County residents and one Presque Isle County resident.

No new infections were reported among Montmorency or Alcona county residents.

State data showed that, as of Monday, 4,578 doses of coronavirus vaccine had been administered in Northeast Michigan.

As of Monday, five people were hospitalized at MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena with coronavirus infection, including four in intensive care, according to state data. The hospital was 34% full.

As of Wednesday, 37 people were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection across the state-designated, 18-county health care region that includes Alpena, Presque Isle, and Montmorency counties, according to state data.

As of Jan. 19, infection data for Alpena, Montmorency, and Presque Isle counties includes both confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 infection. Alcona County data includes only confirmed cases.

Based on that data, 2,741 Northeast Michiganders have been confirmed or suspected infected since the pandemic hit Michigan in mid-March. Of those, 96 have died.

The last death was reported Tuesday.

Local public health officials have stopped tracking recoveries.

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