Keep track of Northeast Michigan’s COVID-19 data
ALPENA — Since public health officials reported the first Northeast Michigan infection on April 6, 2020, The News has kept tabs on the virus’ spread in the region.
Hover over the interactive graphics below to see the data.
VACCINES
NOTE: The “target” listed above is based on the 70% of a community’s population 16 and older that should get vaccinated to generate enough “herd immunity” to end the pandemic emergency. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines — the most widely available in Northeast Michigan — each require two shots, doubling the number of doses needed to hit that target.
INFECTIONS, RECOVERIES, AND DEATHS
NOTE: Northeast Michigan public health agencies have reported confirmed and suspected infections as one number since Feb. 18. A suspected infection represents a person who’d been in close contact with an infected person but hadn’t been tested themselves, such as a person who lives with a person confirmed infected.
Those agencies also stopped tracking recoveries after vaccine rollouts began in earnest in early 2021. The number of recoveries represents a News estimate based on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition of “recovered” as an infected person still living 30 days after infection.
ACTIVE CASES
NOTE: “Active cases” is a News estimate of the number of currently infected — and potentially contagious — Northeast Michiganders representing cumulative cases minus recoveries and deaths.
HOSPITAL OCCUPANCY
NOTE: One of the primary goals of state-mandated coronavirus restrictions has been to prevent hospitals from being overrun with COVID-19-infected patients, so hospital occupancy rates are a key metric state officials use when deciding whether new restrictions are necessary.
TIMELINE: THE FIRST YEAR
Click through the interactive timeline below for a look at how the coronavirus spread throughout Northeast Michigan in its first year.