DETROIT – Michigan reported 19,158 new cases of COVID-19 and 129 virus-related deaths over the past week, an average of about 2,737 cases per day.
Tuesday’s update brings the total number of confirmed COVID cases in Michigan to 2,770,359, including 38,038 deaths. These numbers are up from 2,751,201 cases and 37,909 deaths, as of last Tuesday, including both confirmed and probable cases.
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The state’s positive rate was around 20% as of August 23, slightly higher than the previous week, according to MDHHS analysis. You can find more Michigan COVID data here from MDHHS.
Related: Tracking Michigan COVID-19 hospitalization data trends
Recent weekly COVID updates
- July 5: 13,102 new cases
- July 12: 16,681 new cases
- July 19: 16,445 new cases
- July 26: 19,653 new cases
- Aug. 2: 20,173 new cases
- Aug. 9: 16,137 new cases
- Aug. 16: 23,165 new cases
- Aug. 23: 19,414 new cases
- Aug. 30: 19,158 new cases
Interactive map: COVID spread levels and case rates by Michigan county
Change in COVID data updates
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is only providing updated COVID data on Tuesdays. The updates were previously released each Wednesday, but the state decided to switch the day “to accommodate an anticipated change in CDC data cadence.”
This data now combines confirmed and probable cases and deaths.
Before April 2022, confirmed and probable statistics were separated throughout the pandemic. Due to this significant change in the state’s data reporting, our previous COVID charts and graphs will no longer be updated.
MDHHS is also no longer reporting of the subset of deaths identified via Vital Records review.
