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Lansing district reports January uptick in COVID cases; immunization clinic boosts compliance
Summary
District health staff told the board that January brought a small rise in COVID cases, including one outbreak, and that a Jan. 15 immunization clinic and school-based efforts pushed immunization compliance above 95% at every school.
Dr. Wheeler, speaking for the Lansing School District Department of Health and Wellness, told the board that January brought a modest rise in respiratory illness and COVID cases across the district.
“In January, we had 34 positive student cases with 1 outbreak of 19 cases occurring at Patongill,” Dr. Wheeler said. She added that staff reported 18 cases in January and that nurses partnered with the Ingham County Health Department on an immunization clinic at the Newcomer Center on Jan. 15 that delivered 46 vaccines. “This event helped move our immunization compliance levels to more than 95 percent for every school in the district,” she said.
The district health update…
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