With the delta variant of COVID-19 causing increases in COVID cases all across West Michigan, it's not a bad idea to know your risk of catching it when you go out.
For more than 33 years Karl Bohnak has been a fixture on TV6 & FOX UP in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. As of last week, he had decided that leaving his place of employment was more important to him than getting a vaccine.
As students have returned to in-person learning across West Michigan, many districts are now dealing with Covid outbreaks. Local health departments have been monitoring the situations across the area, but on Monday one local school board defied Health Department recommendations while cases surge in their local district.
The Kent County Health Department has issued a notice on social media clarifying their Covid-19 close contact protocols following a viral posting by a West Michigan lawmaker.
The lawmaker insinuated that a local health department will "take that child away" if they were a close contact and parents don't comply.
If you're heading to the first post-shutdown concert at the Deltaplex you'll need to show your proof of being fully vaccinated or have a negative Covid-19 test before you're allowed to enter.
Today Spectrum Health held an online update on Coronavirus case numbers in West Michigan and say that the standout numbers in the current surge are how many young people are becoming infected and that the unvaccinated make up the overwhelming majority of current cases and hospitalizations.