This is what you need to know on January 1, 2021

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DETROIT – The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 488,144 since Wednesday, including 12,333 deaths, state officials report.

Wednesday’s update includes 4,222 new cases and 51 additional deaths. The next a data update is expected on January 2, 2021.

New cases of COVID-19 are slowing, but deaths remain high in Michigan. Tests have slowed over the holidays, with more than 35,000 diagnostic tests reported a day, with a positive rate that has dropped by about 8% over the past week. Hospitalizations have slowly declined, but remain relatively high, even in critical care and ventilator use.

Michigan’s 7-day moving average for daily cases was 2,602 on Wednesday, nearly the lowest in several weeks. The seven-day average death toll was 74. The state’s mortality rate is 2.5%. The state also reports “active cases,” which were recorded Wednesday at 157,500. More than 318,000 have recovered in Michigan.

According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 6.5 million have recovered in the U.S., with more than 20 million cases reported nationwide. More than 340,000 have died in the United States

Worldwide, more than 82.5 million people have been confirmed infected and more than 1.8 million have died, 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

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 Michigan’s revised COVID-19 order

The state is it is currently in a “pause” that put 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 we track the doses of COVID-19 vaccine 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 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
  • December 24: 2,447 new cases
  • December 25: 2,447 new cases
  • December 26: 2,447 new cases
  • December 28 – 3,239 new cases (case count for two days)
  • December 29: 3,414 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
  • December 24 – 84 deaths (62 according to vital records)
  • December 25 – 85 new deaths (63 according to vital records)
  • December 26 – 85 new deaths (63 according to vital records)

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