The Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department recorded three deaths of Leelanau County residents from COVID-19 during Thanksgiving week: one on Wednesday, Nov. 24, and two on Friday, Nov. 26. The Health Department recorded one COVID-associated death in Benzie County on Tuesday, Nov. 23.
The Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department reported five new COVID-19 cases in Leelanau County today, all of which are symptomatic and two of which are currently hospitalized. That makes 25 new cases over the past two weeks (Thursday, June 25—Thursday, July 9), a period that included the Fourth of July weekend.
This weekend, Michigan residents will have an opportunity to access drive-thru testing in Leelanau and Benzie Counties. The Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department is partnering with LynxDx (a private lab based out of Ann Arbor) to administer COVID-19 testing on Saturday and Sunday, from 11 am to 3 pm. No appointment is necessary.
The large brown American dog tick has been around for years. Although it is not benign to its hosts, there’s a new tick in the neighborhood whose bite can be much worse. The black-legged tick, better known as the “deer tick,” is new to Leelanau County.