Michigan COVID: Heres what to know Dec. 11, 2021 – WDIV ClickOnDetroit

December 12, 2021

DETROIT Michigan reported 11,783 new cases of COVID-19 and 235 virus-related deaths Friday -- an average of 5,891.5 cases over a two-day period.

Of the 235 deaths announced Friday, 151 were identified during a review of records.

Fridays update brings the total number of confirmed COVID cases in Michigan to 1,380,324, including 25,080 deaths. These numbers are up from 1,368,541 cases and 24,845 deaths, as of Wednesday.

Testing has increased to around 50,000 diagnostic tests reported per day on average, with the 7-day positive rate at 17.89% as of Friday -- a slight drop from last week. Hospitalizations have been steadily increasing for several weeks and are at the highest point of the pandemic.

The states 7-day moving average for daily cases was 6,251 on Friday. The 7-day death average was 107 on Friday. The states fatality rate is 1.8%. The state also reports active cases, which were listed at 230,900 on Friday.

Michigan has reported more than 10.7 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered as of Friday, with 67.5% of 16+ residents having received at least one dose, while 62.1% of 16+ residents are considered fully vaccinated.

Across Michigans entire population, 62.1% have received at last one COVID vaccine dose.

According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 49 million cases have been reported in the U.S., with more than 796,700 deaths reported from the virus. Globally, more than 8 billion vaccine doses have been administered, including more than 478 million doses in the U.S. alone.

Worldwide, more than 269 million people have been confirmed infected and more than 5.2 million have died, 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.

VIEW: Tracking coronavirus cases, outbreaks in Michigan schools

Officials provided an update on Michigans COVID-19 situation Friday after the first case of the omicron variant was identified in the state.

Elizabeth Hertel, the director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, as well as MDHHS chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, spoke during the briefing.

They were joined by Dr. Michael Tsimis, MD, a maternal-fetal medicine physician with Spectrum Health, and Dr. Paolo Marciano, MD, PhD, the chief medical officer for Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn.

Read and watch here.

The number of patients in Michigan hospitals for COVID-19 has surpassed the spring wave and has reached a new record high, according to new data.

MDHHS updated its hospitalization data on Monday after a five-day break for the holiday, showing 4,386 in hospitals statewide with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.

A Beaumont Health expert provided a concerning update about COVID and hospital trends in Metro Detroit, calling this the fourth surge and sharing three reasons why he believes numbers are once again on the rise.

Nick Gilpin, an infectious disease physician and the medical director of infection prevention for Beaumont Health, held a virtual briefing on Nov. 11 to discuss what hes seeing in Metro Detroit.

Learn more right here.

Parents are looking for where to get their younger kids a COVID-19 vaccine after the CDC gave its final green light for Pfizer adolescent doses in kids aged 5-11.

Doses should be available at your local pharmacies, doctors offices, hospitals and clinics now or very soon. Like COVID-19 vaccines for adults, they are free.

EXPLAINER: What to know about vaccines for kids aged 5-11

Were tracking any information we get on available clinics and doses for kids 5-11 in the live updates blog here.

As the number of COVID cases continue to surge in Michigan, new data reveals that mask mandates in school appear to be working to slow the spread of the virus.

It is one of the most, if not the most, divisive issue inside the pandemic -- mask mandates, especially in schools. Anger and frustrations has boiled over inside, outside and at board meetings. But new data is supporting the use of masks in schools.

See the data here.

Michigan health officials are adopting a new definition of COVID-19 school outbreaks that lifts the threshold from two cases to three associated with a school.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) gets such a definition from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists -- view that here. The new definition changes the threshold to at least three cases within a group, up from two.

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