The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 869,512 as of Wednesday, including 18,355 deaths, state officials report.
Wednesday’s update includes a total of 2,171 new cases and 17 additional deaths. On Tuesday, Michigan reported a total of 867,341 cases and 18,338 deaths.
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Testing has been steady around 35,000 diagnostic tests reported per day on average, with the 7-day positive rate below 9% as of Tuesday, lower than one week ago. Hospitalizations have dropped slightly over the last two weeks.
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Overall, new cases have slowed over the last 10 days. The state’s 7-day moving average for daily cases was 2,199 on Tuesday -- lower than one week ago. The 7-day death average was 71 on Tuesday, slightly lower than the last two weeks. The state’s fatality rate is 2.1%. The state also reports “active cases,” which were listed at 149,000 on Tuesday. More than 703,000 have recovered in Michigan.
Michigan has reported more than 7.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered as of Tuesday, with 55.3% of eligible residents having received at least one dose while 42.7% of eligible residents are considered fully vaccinated.
According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 32.7 million cases have been reported in the U.S., with more than 581,000 deaths reported from the virus.
Worldwide, more than 158 million people have been confirmed infected and more than 3.2 million have died. More than 94 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.
New daily Michigan COVID-19 totals since April 21:
- April 21 -- 5,584 new cases
- April 22 -- 4,867 new cases
- April 23 -- 5,031 new cases
- April 24 -- 4,698 new cases
- April 26 -- 6,524 new cases (case count for two days)
- April 27 -- 3,676 new cases
- April 28 -- 4,371 new cases
- April 29 -- 3,623 new cases
- April 30 -- 3,440 new cases
- May 1 -- 3,431 new cases
- May 3 -- 5,035 new cases (case count for two days)
- May 4 -- 2,527 new cases
- May 5 -- 2,589 new cases
- May 6 -- 3,514 new cases
- May 7 -- 2,758 new cases
- May 8 -- 1,825 new cases
- May 10 -- 2,716 new cases (case count for two days)
- May 11 -- 1,992 new cases
- May 12 -- 2,171 new cases
Latest COVID-19 data in Michigan:
Here is a charted timeline of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Michigan:
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Here are Michigan COVID-19 cases broken down by gender (view here if you’re not seeing the table):