DETROIT The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 793,881 as of Monday, including 16,901 deaths, state officials report.
Mondays update includes a total of 8,574 new cases and 61 additional deaths over the past two days. On Saturday,the state reported 785,307 total cases and 16,840 deaths.
Testing has been steady around 35,000 diagnostic tests reported per day on average, with the7-day positive rate above 14%as of Friday, lower than one week ago.Hospitalizations have increased over the last several weeks, now at the highest point of the pandemic.
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Michigan continues to lead the nation in new COVID-19 cases. The states7-day moving average for daily caseswas 6,755 on Sunday -- the highest since December. The 7-day death average was 52 on Sunday, slightly higher than the last two weeks. The states fatality rate is 2.2%. The statealso reports active cases,which were listed at 165,000 on Sunday. More than 603,000 have recovered in Michigan.
Michiganhas reportedmore than5.7 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administeredas of Thursday, with 44% of residentshaving received at least one dose.
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According to Johns Hopkins University, more than31.6 million cases have been reported in the U.S., with more than567,000 deathsreported from the virus.
Worldwide, more than141 million people have been confirmed infectedand more than3 million have died. More than80 million have recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University. The true numbers are certainly much higher, because of limited testing, different ways nations count the dead and deliberate under-reporting by some governments.
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Michigan has extended the COVID-19 order that implemented restrictions on gatherings, restaurants, entertainment venues and more.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services extended the epidemic order through May 24. It also expanded mask requirements to include children ages 2-4 years old.
Michigan continues to implement smart health policies and mitigation measures to fight the spread of COVID-19, MDHHS Director Elizabeth Hertel said. This includes the requirement to wear a mask while in public and at gatherings, limits on indoor residential social gatherings larger than 15 people with no more than three households, and expanded testing requirements for youth sports.
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The director of the CDC said the answer to Michigans alarming rise in COVID-19 cases isnt to vaccinate our way out of it, but to shut things down like the state did last spring and summer.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, spoke Monday about the COVID-19 situation in Michigan.
On Friday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called Michigan a COVID hotspot and called on the federal government to surge additional vaccines here in response to rising case numbers.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state health department are asking residents to follow certain voluntary COVID-19 restrictions, such as avoiding indoor dining, suspending sports and returning to remote learning.
On Friday, Whitmer and Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, chief medical executive of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, spoke about the alarming COVID-19 trends in Michigan.
I am quite concerned with what we are seeing in our data, Khaldun said We are on track to potentially see a surge in cases thats even greater than the one we saw in the fall.
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The city of Detroit is launching eight neighborhood COVID-19 vaccination sites, adding to an expansion at TCF Center, to combat surging cases and hospitalizations in the city.
Detroits vaccination rate, 21% as of Monday, is far below neighboring areas and overall state average, which is 35%. The city is expanding options for residents with an urgent message: Get vaccinated.
Next week, the city will be offering eight additional locations throughout the week, in addition to its Community Saturdays and other outreach programs, to provide Detroiters with the opportunity to get vaccinated in a convenient and familiar location close to home.
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All Michigan residents age 16 and up became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine on April 5, nearly a month before the May 1 date pledged by President Joe Biden.
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People age 16 to 49 with certain medical conditions or disabilities will qualify starting March 22, when 50- to 64-year-olds can begin getting shots under a previous announcement. Two days later, March 24, a federally selected regional mass vaccination site will open at Detroits Ford Field to administer an additional 6,000 doses a day for two months.
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The COVID-19 variant detected in Brazil has been identified in Bay County. That variant is known as the P1 strain and it is more contagious and more than 50% able to reinfect.
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The person infected in Bay County and the people theyve been in contact with will need to quarantine for 14 days. Its unclear what effect, if any, it will have on those, including seniors, who have already been vaccinated as there isnt enough research to know exactly.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released a statement Tuesday after White House officials announced that there will increase COVID-19 vaccine doses available for Michigan starting next week.
According to a press release, next weeks shipment will increase by 66,020 bringing the total number of doses to 620,040 -- a weekly record for the state. Officials said the allocation includes 147,800 doses of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
This comes after Whitmer recently requested for more vaccines as the state is seeing a rise in COVID numbers.
The CDC said that Michigan is leading the country in new cases of COVID-19 per population.
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On Tuesday, officials reported 5,177 new COVID cases and 48 additional deaths, including 20 from a Vital Records review. On Monday, the state reported 660,771 total cases and 16,034 deaths.
Local 4s Dr. Frank McGeorge said hes seen a very clear increase in COVID patients at the hospital where he works.
Many of them need to be hospitalized. I would honestly say, this feels worse to me here in Southeast Michigan than it was during the wave that started in November. Now, the most concerning trend is the number of middle-aged people with severe COVID, McGeorge said.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced that the first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.351 has been identified in a child in Jackson County.
The health department did not say how the boy was infected but a case investigation is underway to determine close contacts and if there are additional cases associated.
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This new variant was originally detected in South Africa in October 2020 and shares some mutations with the B117 variant. The first case of the B117 variant -- originally detected in the United Kingdom -- was identified in Washtenaw County.
Michigan COVID-19 daily reported cases since March 15:
March 15 -- 1,572 new cases
March 16 -- 2,048 new cases
March 17 -- 3,164 new cases
March 18 -- 2,629 new cases
March 19 -- 3,730 new cases
March 20 -- 2,660 new cases
March 21 -- 2,400 new cases
March 22 -- 2,401 new cases
March 23 -- 3,579 new cases
March 24 -- 4,454 new cases
March 25 -- 5,224 new cases
March 26 -- 5,030 new cases
March 27 -- 4,670 new cases
March 28 -- 4,101 new cases
March 29 -- 4,101 new cases
March 30 -- 5,177 new cases
March 31 -- 6,311 new cases
April 1 -- 6,036 new cases
April 2 -- 5,498 new cases
April 3 -- 8,413 new cases
April 4 -- 5,146 new cases
April 5 -- 5,147 new cases
April 6 -- 4,964 new cases
April 7 -- 8,015 new cases
April 8 -- 7,819 new cases
April 9 -- 7,834 new cases
April 10 -- 6,892 new cases
April 11 -- 4,837 new cases
April 12 -- 4,837 new cases
April 13 -- 8,867 new cases
April 14 -- 7,955 new cases
April 15 -- 6,303 new cases
April 16 -- 8,955 new cases
April 17 -- 5,530 new cases
April 18 -- 4,287 new cases
April 19 -- 4,287 new cases
Michigan COVID-19 daily reported deaths since March 15:
March 15 -- 5 new deaths
March 16 -- 27 new deaths (6 from vital records)
March 17 -- 0 new deaths
March 18 -- 25 new deaths (24 from vital records)
March 19 -- 15 new deaths
March 20 -- 47 new deaths -- (39 from vital records)
March 21 -- 3 new deaths
March 22 -- 3 new deaths
March 23 -- 16 new deaths (8 from vital records)
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