Washtenaw County had Michigan’s lowest COVID death rate, new report shows

Washtenaw County Health Department hosts vaccine clinic for children ages 5 to 11

In this file photo, signs guide visitors to the clinic entrance during a vaccine clinic for adults and children ages 5 to 11 at the Washtenaw County Health Department, 555 Towner St. in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021.Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Washtenaw County fared better than any other part of Michigan when it came to the rate of residents dying from COVID-19 during the first three years of the pandemic, a new report shows.

Some 642 county residents, ranging from 21 to 108 years old, died from COVID between March 1, 2020. and Feb. 25, 2023.

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