Michigan reports 6,095 new COVID cases, 59 deaths – an average of 3,047.5 cases a day

DETROIT – Michigan reported 6,095 new cases of COVID-19 and 59 virus-related deaths on Friday, an average of 3,047.5 cases over the past two days, the highest since late April.

Friday’s update brings the total number of confirmed COVID cases in Michigan to 970,412, including 20,506 deaths. These figures exceed 964,317 cases and 20,447 deaths as of Wednesday.

The deaths announced Friday include 44 identified during a Vital Records review.

Tests have increased to approximately 20,000 reported diagnostic tests per day on average, with the Positive rate of 7 days at 10.7% on Wednesday, slightly higher than the previous week. The positive percentage of tests has been steadily increasing since the end of June, when it was the lowest. Hospitalizations have been on the rise for several weeks.

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Cases are on the rise again in Michigan. The state’s 7-day moving average for daily cases was 2,110 on Friday, a significant jump since early July. The seven-day average death toll was 21 on Friday. The state mortality rate is 2.1%. The state also reports “active cases,” which rose to 63,000 on Friday.

Michigan has reported more than that 9.6 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered as of Wednesday, with 66.3% of more than 16 residents have received at least one dose while 57.7% of more than 16 residents they are considered completely vaccinated.

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According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 40 million cases were reported in the U.S., with more than 650,000 deaths reported by the virus. Globally, more than 5.5 billion doses of vaccines have been administered, including more than 370 million doses in the United States alone.

Michigan COVID-19 Daily News since August 11:

• August 11 – 2,786 new cases (case count for two days)

• August 13 – 3,127 new cases (case count for two days)

• August 16 – 3,554 new cases (case count for three days)

• August 18 – 2,690 new cases (case count for two days)

• August 20 – 4,197 new cases (case count for two days)

• August 23 – 3,920 new cases (case count for three days)

• August 25 – 4,326 new cases (case count for two days)

• August 27 – 3,958 new cases (case count for two days)

• August 30 – 5,020 new cases (case count for three days)

• September 1 – 4,494 new cases (two-day case count)

• September 3 – 4,448 new cases (two-day case count)

• September 7 – 6,313 new cases (case count for four days)

• September 8: 2,364 new cases (case count for one day)

• September 10 – 6,095 new cases (case count for two days)

Most recent COVID-19 data in Michigan:

The following is a chronology of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan:

Here are COVID-19 cases from Michigan broken down by sex (see them here if you don’t see the table):

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