Michigan reports 6,604 new COVID cases, 62 deaths, an average of 3,302 cases a day

DETROIT – Michigan reported 6,604 new cases of COVID-19 and 62 virus-related deaths on Wednesday, an average of 3,302 cases over the past two days, the highest since early May.

Wednesday’s update brings the total number of confirmed COVID cases in Michigan to 983,109, including 20,597 deaths. These figures exceed 976,505 cases and 20,535 deaths, as of Monday.

The deaths announced Wednesday include 41 identified during a Vital Records review.

NOTE: The state of Michigan reported that only 44 new deaths had been identified since the last update, but Monday’s report indicated 20,535 people had died from COVID, and Wednesday’s report showed the figure had increased to 20,597. This suggests that 62 new deaths have been identified by COVID.

Tests have increased to approximately 20,000 reported diagnostic tests per day on average, with the Positive rate of 7 days at 9.39% on Wednesday, slightly lower than the previous week. Hospitalizations have steadily increased 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 2,685 on Wednesday, a significant jump since early August. The average seven-day death toll was 25 on Wednesday. The state mortality rate is 2.1%. The state also reports “active cases,” which rose to 68,000 on Wednesday.

Michigan has reported more than that 9.7 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered as of Friday, with 66.6% of more than 16 residents have received at least one dose while 57.9% of more than 16 residents they are considered completely vaccinated.

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According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 40.9 million cases have been reported in the US, with more than 659,900 dead informed of the virus. Globally, more than 3.5 billion doses of vaccine have been administered, including more than 370 million doses in the US alone.

All over the world, more than 224 million infected people have been confirmed and more than 4.6 million have died, according to Johns Hopkins University. The actual figures are certainly much higher, due to limited evidence, of different ways in which nations count the dead, and the deliberate under-reporting of some governments.

Michigan COVID-19 Daily News since August 18:

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

• August 20 – 4,197 new cases (two-day case count)

• 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 (case count for two days)

• 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)

• September 13 – 6,093 new cases (case count for three days)

• September 15 – 6,604 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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