Michigan reports 13,686 new COVID cases, 392 deaths -- average of 6,843 cases per day

DETROIT – Michigan reported 13,686 new cases of COVID-19 and 392 virus-related deaths Wednesday -- an average of 6,843 cases over the past two days.

Wednesday’s update brings the total number of confirmed COVID cases in Michigan to 1,448,523, including 26,376 deaths. These numbers are up from 1,434,837 cases and 25,984 deaths, as of Monday.

The deaths announced Wednesday include 250 identified during a Vital Records review.

Testing has increased to around 50,000 diagnostic tests reported per day on average, with the 7-day positive rate at 16.29% as of Monday -- a decrease from last week. Hospitalizations have declined slightly over the last two weeks but are still near record-high levels.

The state’s 7-day moving average for daily cases was 5,481 on Monday. The 7-day death average was 100 on Monday. The state’s fatality rate is 1.8%. The state also reports “active cases,” which were listed at 209,500 on Monday.

Michigan has reported more than 10.8 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered as of Monday, with 68.1% of 16+ residents having received at least one dose, while 62.5% of 16+ residents are considered fully vaccinated.

Across Michigan’s entire population, 62.9% have received at last one COVID vaccine dose.

According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 50 million cases have been reported in the U.S., with more than 804,900 deaths reported from the virus. Globally, more than 8.6 billion vaccine doses have been administered, including more than 487 million doses in the U.S. alone.

Worldwide, more than 273 million people have been confirmed infected and more than 5.3 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.

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New daily Michigan COVID-19 totals since Nov. 24:

• Nov. 24 -- 17,003 new cases (case count for two days)
• Nov. 29 -- 25,329 new cases (case count for five days)
• Dec. 1 -- 16,530 new cases (case count for two days)
• Dec. 3 -- 18,443 new cases (case count for two days)
• Dec. 6 -- 16,590 new cases (case count for three days)
• Dec. 8 -- 15,385 new cases (case count for two days)
• Dec. 10 -- 11,783 new cases (case count for two days)
• Dec. 13 -- 16,143 new cases (case count for three days)
• Dec. 15 -- 11,722 new cases (case count for two days)
• Dec. 17 -- 12,649 new cases (case count for two days)
• Dec. 20 -- 13,999 new cases (case count for three days)
• Dec. 22 -- 13,686 new cases (case count for two days)

Latest COVID-19 data in Michigan:

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