This is what you need to know on December 25, 2020

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DETROIT – The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 469,928 as of Wednesday, including 11,775 deaths, state officials report.

Wednesday’s update includes 3,443 new cases and 70 additional deaths. On Tuesday, the state reported a total of 466,485 confirmed cases and 11,705 deaths.

  • According to its website, the state will not provide the updated COVID-19 numbers on Christmas Day. The last update was on December 23 and the next update is expected on Saturday, December 26.

The Michigan 7-day average for new COVID cases dropped to 3,311 as of Wednesday. The state had a total of about 173,400 active cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday.

Hospitalizations began to decline in December. As of Wednesday, there were 3,086 COVID patients in Michigan hospitals, of whom 738 were in critical care.

According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 18 million cases of COVID have been reported nationwide since Wednesday afternoon. More than 329,000 have died in the United States from the virus.

Worldwide, more than 78 million people have been confirmed infected and more than 1.7 million have died as of Wednesday afternoon, according to Johns Hopkins University. The actual figures are certainly much higher, due to limited evidence, different ways in which nations count the dead, and the deliberate misinformation of some governments.

Coronavirus titles:

I’LL SEE: COVID-19 vaccine dose monitoring by Michigan County

I’LL SEE: Follow-up of coronavirus cases, outbreaks in Michigan schools

Michigan restaurants are still struggling to retake the inner dining room, which is banned by state order COVID-19, however Governor Gretchen Whitmer hinted that good news might come soon.

“My hope is that if people do what they did around Thanksgiving and don’t travel, they do the right thing and keep the meetings in one or two homes, maximum and wear masks, that we are in a good position. right after the first of the year to take another step forward, ”Whitmer said.

Read more here.

The United States added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal on Friday, December 19, boosting efforts to combat such a serious outbreak that the nation regularly records more than 3,000 deaths a day.

The much-needed doses are expected to arrive Monday after the Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency deployment of the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health.

Governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer announced that the state is reviewing its COVID-19 order to resume high school face-to-face classes, reopen certain indoor entertainment venues, and allow contactless outdoor sports and fitness classes.

MONTH: Here’s everything that reopens under the revised Michigan COVID-19 order

The state is it is currently in a “pause” that puts stricter COVID-19 regulations in restaurants, schools and more, however this order was scheduled to expire on Sunday (December 20).

Now, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has released a revised version of the order, which will run through Jan. 15.

This is what opens and what is closed under the order.

Here are the doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed per 1,000 residents in each Michigan county:

A new tool created by Michigan health officials can calculate the likelihood that a person will have COVID-19 and the severity of their infection based on their life situation and personal behaviors.

He Michigan Department of Health and Human Services launched “CV19 CheckUp”: a free and anonymous tool that assesses the risks of someone associated with COVID-19.

Click here to visit the CV19 online verification tool.

“This tool, which we will make available to all Michiganders, helps people understand their risk based on their life situation and personal behavior, and offers recommendations to reduce these risks and at the same time connect people to services if it is necessary, ”said Dr. Alexis Travis, senior deputy director of the Agency for Aging and Adult Services.

Travis said the tool can be used by all Michigan residents, but is specifically designed to help adults 60 and older. It is anonymous and does not require any name, email address or identifier of any kind.

The tool used artificial intelligence to analyze each person using an online questionnaire. It is designed for those who are considered high risk.

The tool ‘s algorithms are driven by science and medicine, using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.

Michigan COVID-19 reported cases daily from December 1:

  • December 1: 5,793 new cases
  • December 2 – 6,955 new cases
  • December 3 – 7,146 new cases
  • December 4: 8,689 new cases
  • December 5 – 6,004 new cases
  • December 6: 4,675 new cases
  • December 7: 4,675 new cases
  • December 8: 5,909 new cases
  • December 9: 4,905 new cases
  • December 10: 5,937 new cases
  • December 11: 5,157 new cases
  • December 12: 4,486 new cases
  • December 13: 3,602 new cases
  • December 14: 3,603 new cases
  • December 15: 4,730 new cases
  • December 16: 4,037 new cases
  • December 17: 4,024 new cases
  • December 18: 4,180 new cases
  • December 19: 3,896 new cases
  • December 20: 2,275 new cases
  • December 21 – 2,276 new cases
  • December 22: 3,082 new cases
  • December 23: 3,443 new cases

Michigan COVID-19 reported daily deaths since December 1:

  • December 1 – 190 new deaths (30 vital records)
  • December 2 – 81 new deaths
  • December 3 – 175 new deaths (112 according to vital records)
  • December 4 – 81 new deaths
  • December 5 – 193 new deaths (145 by vital records)
  • December 6 – 46 new deaths
  • December 7 – 47 new deaths
  • December 8 – 191 new deaths
  • December 9 – 75 new deaths
  • December 10 – 182 new deaths (132 according to vital records)
  • December 11 – 61 new deaths
  • December 12 – 206 new deaths (176 according to vital records)
  • December 13 – 45 new deaths
  • December 14 – 45 new deaths
  • December 15 – 183 new deaths (71 according to vital records)
  • December 16 – 83 new deaths
  • December 17 – 190 new deaths (125 by vital records)
  • December 18 – 66 new deaths
  • December 19 – 187 deaths (155 by vital records)
  • December 20 – 35 new deaths
  • December 21 – 36 new deaths
  • December 22 – 173 new deaths (72 according to vital records)
  • December 23 – 70 new deaths

Coronavirus resources:

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