Michigan reported 1,284 new cases of coronavirus and 75 more deaths on Thursday. Of the new deaths, 55 were late additions found by a review of records from the state health department.
The state has an average of 990 new cases of COVID-19 per day and 39 new deaths per day in the past week. This is the first time that a weekly average has dropped to less than 1,000 since October 9.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Michigan has reported 572,179 confirmed cases and 15,052 deaths due to COVID-19. The state also reported 54,298 probable cases and 962 probable deaths, which occur when a doctor and / or antigen test determined COVID-19, but no confirmatory CRP test has been done.
(The graph above shows the Michigan 7-day continuous average of new confirmed coronavirus cases. You can place your cursor over a bar to see the number. You can also click the option just below the title to see the actual number of new cases reported per day.)
Of Michigan’s 83 counties, 68 reported new cases on Thursday. Wayne County led in new cases with 158, while Oakland County led in new deaths with 11.
Other counties with the highest case reporting include Kent at 140, Oakland at 114, Macomb at 96, Ottawa at 56, Ingham at 49, Saginaw at 39, Monroe at 35 and Genesee at 28.
In terms of new deaths, other major counties include Wayne and Macomb with nine, Monroe with five, Saginaw and Berrien with four and Kent with three. Ottawa, Calhoun, Allegan, Bay and Huron reported two new county deaths.
(The graph above shows the 7-day moving average of deaths involving confirmed coronavirus cases in Michigan. You can place your cursor over a bar to see the number. You can also click the option just below the title to see the actual number of new deaths reported per day.)
Hospitals across the state were treating 1,105 patients with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, including 275 patients in the ICU. This decreased compared to February 4, when hospitals were treating 1,376 patients, of whom 314 were in the ICU.
Of the 47,753 diagnostic tests processed Wednesday, 2.8% tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. This is not only the lowest positivity rate in 2021, but also the lowest since September 24th.
As of Tuesday, Michigan had administered more than 1.39 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. This includes 994,284 first doses and 396,875 second doses. Both Moderna and Pfizer vaccines recommend two doses given weeks apart.
Case report
The first is a graph showing new cases reported to the state each day for the past 30 days. This is based on when a confirmed coronavirus test is reported to the state, which means that the patient fell ill days before.
You can access a chart for any county and place your cursor over a bar to see the date and number of cases.
(In some cases, a county reported a negative number (decline) in new daily cases, after a retroactive reclassification by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. In those cases, we subtract cases from the previous date and put 0 on the reported date.)
The next graph below shows new cases in the last 30 days based on the onset of symptoms. In this graph, the numbers for the most recent days are incomplete due to the time interval between people getting sick and getting a confirmed result from the coronavirus test, which can take up to a week or more.
You can access a chart for any county and place your cursor over a bar to see the date and number of cases.
For more state data, visit the MLive coronavirus data page, here.
To find a test site near you, check your state’s online test finder here, send an email to [email protected] or call 888-535-6136 between 8 am and 5 pm on weekdays.
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