Michigan reported 1,388 new cases of coronavirus and 48 deaths on Thursday, February 25.
Of the 48 deaths reported on Thursday, 30 occurred earlier and were identified through a review of vital records.
The state has an average of 1,037 new cases of COVID-19 per day and 26 new deaths per day in the past week. This is the fifth consecutive day that the weekly average of cases has increased. This is also the first time that the weekly average of cases has risen to more than 1,000 since February 10.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Michigan has reported 585,352 confirmed cases and 15,453 COVID-19-related deaths. The state also reported 57,516 probable cases and 983 probable deaths, in which a doctor and / or antigen test considered COVID-19, but no confirmatory CRP test was 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 and deaths with 230 and seven, respectively. Oakland and Macomb also reported seven deaths each.
Other counties with major reports included Oakland with 145 new cases, Macomb with 121, Kent with 96, Washtenaw with 74, Genesee with 64, Ingham with 39, Saginaw with 37, Jackson with 32 and Kalamazoo with 28.
Eighteen counties reported new deaths, including Kent with six, as well as Jackson and Ottawa with three each. Genesee, Lenawee and Monroe reported two each. Saginaw, Kalamazoo, Lapeer, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Berrien, Sanilac, Newaygo and Barry each reported a new death.
(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.)
In Michigan, hospitals were treating 804 patients with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, including 186 patients in the ICU. This is less than February 18, when hospitals treated 866 of these patients, with 203 in the ICU.
Of the 48,701 diagnostic tests processed Wednesday, 2.89% tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. This is the lowest reported positivity rate since February 10. The average rate of positivity in the last seven days is 3.4%.
As of Tuesday, Michigan had administered more than 1.99 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. This includes about 1.28 million first doses and 713,004 second doses. The Pfizer and Moderna 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 first became 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 lag between people getting sick and getting a result of the confirmed 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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