Dearborn Delivering Masks To Households Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

DEARBORN, MI — The city of Dearborn is distributing masks to households in an attempt to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, officials said this week.

The masks have been provided by Wayne County and are being distributed by city police and fire units, who are leaving bags of masks on the porches of Dearborn households.

“I assure residents that these masks are legitimate and safe to use,” Dearborn Mayor John O'Reilly said.

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Dearborn continues to have the highest number of COVID-19 cases of any suburb in Wayne County, according to state and county data. Wayne County has provided tens of thousands of masks for distribution to Dearborn residents in order to help alleviate some of the concerns during the pandemic.

Police and Fire began delivering the masks on Wednesday. They are leaving 10 masks per household on porches in homes in east Dearborn neighborhoods and in the geographic area commonly known as The South End of Dearborn, officials said.

The 10 masks are in two bags and held together with rubber bands. There is a brief note about the free mask distribution being a collaboration of the City of Dearborn, Wayne County and Wayne County Executive Warren Evans and his staff. The name of Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr. and the City Council members are on the note that accompanies the bags of masks.

Officials said the intention is to begin distribution in the west side of the city, where case numbers are concerning, but fewer, beginning on Monday.