Berrien COVID-19 Weekly Update: Risk Remains Low; Infection Rate Trending Slightly Up

On average, each person in Berrien County, Michigan with COVID is infecting 0.85 other people. Because each person is infecting less than one other person, the total number of current cases in Berrien County, Michigan is shrinking.

A significant percentage (3.4%) of COVID tests were positive, meaning that Berrien County, Michigan’s testing meets WHO minimums but needs to be further expanded to detect most new cases. Identifying and isolating new cases can help contain COVID without resorting to lockdowns.

In the region, Michigan and Ohio have slow and contained disease growth. Indiana and Illinois are at risk of an active outbreak.

A cluster of southern states including Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida remain at critical levels.