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Walk-in COVID vaccine clinic to be held Thursday for residents 60 and up

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

ALPENA — Walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations will be available 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at the Alpena Mall for anyone aged 60 or older having trouble registering for a vaccination, health officials announced Tuesday.

Moderna vaccinations will be available on a first come, first served basis to 200 residents of Alpena, Cheboygan, Montmorency or Presque Isle counties, according to Devin Spivey, epidemiologist for District Health Departments No. 2 and 4.

Public health officials on Tuesday reported 11 newly infected or probably infected Northeast Michiganders, including eight Alpena County residents, two Presque Isle County residents, and one Montmorency County resident.

As of Feb. 18, local public health agencies have reported confirmed and suspected infections as one number.

Based on that data, 3,008 Northeast Michiganders have been confirmed or suspected infected since the pandemic hit Michigan in mid-March, topping 3,000 cases for the first time. Of those, 105 have died.

State data showed that, as of Monday, 28,664 doses of coronavirus vaccine had been administered in Northeast Michigan.

As of Monday, nobody was hospitalized at MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena with coronavirus infection, according to state data. The hospital was 37% full.

As of Tuesday, 33 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.

The last death was reported Wednesday.

Local public health officials have stopped tracking recoveries.

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