Michigan is reporting 1,358 new cases of coronavirus and 104 deaths on Saturday, January 30, although the majority of deaths occurred due to the review of death certificates.
The released data show a continuing downward trend in new cases.
Of the total deaths on Saturday, all but 11 cases were late additions found during a routine review of death certificates. As such, they didn’t necessarily happen in the last 24 hours.
The state has recorded 559,241 cases since the pandemic began in March, in addition to 14,601 deaths.
Along with the drop in daily cases, the percentage of positive cases in relation to the administered tests also continues to improve.
Saturday’s data show the positivity rate at 4.4 percent, based on 41,497 total tests. The rate has been below 5% for the past three days.
At the beginning of the pandemic, health officials established a 3 percent “posture” benchmark as a gauge to show that the spread of the coronavirus was under control.
The number of people in Michigan hospitals with COVID-19 also continues to decline. The most recent data show 1,447 people hospitalized with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, with 364 people in intensive care units.
About a week ago, there were 1,843 coronavirus patients in total. Two weeks ago, there were 2,222 patients.
The state releases data on coronavirus recovery once a week.
As of Friday, January 29, total recoveries were 481,801 people. A recovery is considered to be a person who is still alive 30 days after the onset of COVID-19 symptoms.
For more state data, visit the MLive coronavirus data page, here.
To find a test site near you, check the state’s online test locator here, send an email to [email protected] or call 888-535-6136 between 8 am and 5 pm on weekdays.
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