DETROIT – Michigan reported 2,770 new cases of COVID-19 and 50 virus-related deaths Friday -- an average of 1,385 cases over the past two days.
Friday’s update brings the total number of confirmed COVID cases in Michigan to 2,071,587, including 32,611 deaths. These numbers are up from 2,068,817 cases and 32,561 deaths, as of Wednesday.
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Here is a message from MDHHS: “Due to a backlog of previously unreported historic test results received and processed on 03/17/2022, today’s new daily confirmed case count contains approximately 825 additional cases that are attributable to older lab results. These cases will be sorted to the appropriate onset (or specimen collection) date in the Daily Case tab of the dashboard.”
Testing has increased to around 50,000 to 60,000 diagnostic tests reported per day on average, with the 7-day positive rate at 3.5% as of March 16 -- near the lowest it has been since July 2021. Hospitalizations have decreased over the last several weeks, now down to the lowest total since last summer.
The state’s 7-day moving average for daily cases was 811 on Friday, slightly higher than last week. The 7-day death average was 28. The state’s fatality rate is 1.6%.
Michigan has reported more than 11.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered as of March 14, with 70.5% of 16+ residents having received at least one dose, while 64.7% of 16+ residents are considered fully vaccinated.
Across Michigan’s entire population, 66.5% have received at least one COVID vaccine dose.
According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 79.5 million cases have been reported in the U.S., with more than 966,000 deaths reported from the virus. Globally, more than 10.7 billion vaccine doses have been administered, including more than 555 million doses in the U.S. alone.
Worldwide, more than 462 million people have been confirmed infected and more than 6 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.
New daily Michigan COVID-19 totals since Feb. 28:
- Feb. 28 -- 1,860 new cases (case count for three days)
- March 2 -- 2,105 new cases (case count for two days)
- March 4 -- 1,842 new cases (case count for two days)
- March 7 -- 1,656 new cases (case count for three days)
- March 9 -- 1,739 new cases (case count for two days)
- March 11 -- 1,819 new cases (case count for two days)
- March 14 -- 1,365 new cases (case count for three days)
- March 16 -- 1,540 new cases (case count for two days)
- March 18 -- 2,770 new cases (case count for two days)
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