Michigan coronavirus cases up to 605,778; Death toll now at 15,737

The number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Michigan increased to 605,778 on Friday, including 15,737 deaths, state officials reported.

Friday’s update includes a total of 2,403 new cases – the highest one-day total since January. Friday’s update also includes 8 additional virus deaths.

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The test has been stable at around 35,000 diagnostic tests reported per day on average, with the 7-day positivity rate above 4.5% on Thursday. The state has reported a slight increase in hospitalizations in the past two weeks.

Michigan’s 7-day moving average for daily cases was 1,573 on Friday – an increase from the previous week. The average 7-day mortality rate was 17 on Friday. The state’s mortality rate is 2.6%. The state also reports “active cases”, which were listed at 40,200 on Friday – close to the lowest since October. More than 549,000 have recovered in Michigan.

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Michigan reported more than 2.8 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered, starting on Friday.

According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 29 million cases have been reported in the USA., Over 530,900 deaths reported from the virus.

Worldwide, more than 118.7 million people were confirmed infected and more than 2.6 million died. More than 67 million recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University. The real numbers are certainly much higher, due to limited testing, the different ways in which nations count the dead and the deliberate underreporting of some governments.

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• February 13 – 852 new cases

• February 15 – 1,265 new cases (case count for two days)

• February 16 – 775 new cases

• February 17 – 939 new cases

• February 18 – 888 new cases

• February 19 – 1,193 new cases

• February 20 – 635 new cases

• February 22 – 1,484 new cases (case count for two days)

• February 23 – 1,316 new cases

• February 24 – 1,245 new cases

• February 25 – 1,388 new cases

• February 26 – 1,073 new cases

• February 27 – 1,156 new cases

• March 1 – 1,569 new cases (case count for two days)

• March 2 – 1,067 new cases

• March 3 – 1,536 new cases

• March 4 – 1,526 new cases

• March 5 – 1,486 new cases

• March 6 – 1,289 new cases

• March 8 – 1,960 new cases (case count for two days)

• March 9 – 954 new cases

• March 10 – 2,316 new cases

• March 11 – 2,091 new cases

• March 12 – 2,403 new cases

Here is a schedule of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Michigan:

Here are Michigan’s COVID-19 cases broken down by gender (see here if you don’t see the table):