Congressman Fred Upton has sent a letter to the Biden administration to ask that Michigan’s allocation of COVID-19 vaccinations be increased as the state deals with a surge in new cases of the illness. He and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell jointly sent the letter Thursday. “The number of new coronavirus cases in Michigan has risen rapidly in recent weeks, which has placed growing stress on the state’s public health infrastructure. An increase in vaccine allocation to the state will help save lives and effectively deal with this new outbreak,” they write. Upton and Dingell also note hospitalizations and deaths are approaching levels last seen during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in December of 2020. The state saw more than 7,800 new cases of COVID on Thursday alone. The letter from Upton and Dingell can be seen here.
