As of Tuesday the state is reporting a total of 79,176 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 6,170 deaths -- an increase of 669 new cases since Monday. Dr. Khaldun said Tuesday that there have been more than 70 COVID-19 outbreaks in Michigan within the last week. Officials cant be sure of where 68 percent of recent COVID-19 cases were exposed at. To get tested for COVID-19, contact your primary care physician or find a free testing site in Michigan online here. The state has reportedly budgeted $10 million for local health departments to ramp up their contact tracing efforts, officials said Tuesday.

The state of Michigan has now been labeled “medium risk” for coronavirus (COVID-19) spread and is no longer “on track to contain COVID,” according to data from Covid Act Now. Now Michigan is seeing a slight uptick in COVID-19 cases as much of the nation experiences case and death spikes. According to Covid Act Now Michigan currently has a low infection rate of 0.88, which means each Michigan resident infected with the virus is infecting 0.88 other people. Experts recommend that at least 90 percent of new COVID-19 cases are traced within 48 hours to contain the virus. A map of Michigan counties and their assigned COVID-19 risk levels from research led by Covid Act Now.