This is what you need to know on September 12, 2021

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.

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 10.72% on Friday, slightly higher than the previous week. The positive percentage of tests has been steadily increasing since the end of June, when it was at a minimum. 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 2,110 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 57,000 on Wednesday.

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 have been reported in the U.S., with more than 650,000 deaths reported by the virus. Globally, more than 5.5 billion doses of vaccine have been administered, including more than 370 million doses in the United States alone.

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I’LL SEE: Graph: Michigan COVID vaccine coverage

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

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The flu is expected to circulate more this year due to fewer precautions against COVID

While precautions against the coronavirus pandemic helped keep the flu away last year, experts are concerned that we won’t be so lucky this year.

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Precautions and restrictions designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 also helped prevent the spread of the flu, a respiratory disease caused by the flu virus, during the 2020 flu season. This time last year, experts in health care were concerned that the United States would experience a “twindemic” with COVID and the flu, but this did not happen, probably due to a combination of masked dress, social distancing, most schools closed, and in general, reduced travel.

But this year, many of these precautions and restrictions are no longer in place and the flu is expected to circulate more widely.

More information here.

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Detroit opens the programming of the third dose of COVID vaccines

Detroit has opened schedules for residents with compromised immune systems to receive a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Residents must have been fully vaccinated for at least six months and have compromised the immune system to schedule an appointment for a third dose.

The third doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which were approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be offered at the TCF Center for those who have an appointment.

Read more here.

MDHHS “strongly recommends” that Michigan schools require universal masking when students return

Michigan health officials strongly recommend that schools require universal masking when students return to learn in person.

Last month, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services updated its guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to school buildings.

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“As many students have not yet been vaccinated and students under the age of 12 are not yet eligible, layered prevention measures, including universal masking, should be put in place for consistent in-person learning to keep children, staff and families safe, ”an MDHHS said release.

This update supports the MDHHS guidelines in the Centers for disease prevention and control.

Read more here.

CDC recommends that vaccinated people wear masks to schools, in some indoor settings

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that even vaccinated people wear masks inside areas of the United States where coronavirus is on the rise.

The CDC on Tuesday, July 27, cited new information about the ability of the delta variant to spread among vaccinated people. The CDC also recommended indoor masks for all teachers, staff, students, and school visitors regardless of vaccination status.

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The CDC said that in the United States most new infections occur among unvaccinated people. But “advanced” infections, which usually cause milder illnesses, can occur in vaccinated people.

More information here.

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Michigan COVID-19 reported cases daily from August 16:

• August 16 – 1,184 new cases

• August 17 – 1,345 new cases

• August 18 – 1,345 new cases

• August 19 – 2,098 new cases

• August 20 – 2,099 new cases

• August 21 – 1,306 new cases

• August 22 – 1,307 new cases

• August 23 – 1,307 new cases

• August 24 – 2,163 new cases

• August 25 – 2,163 new cases

• August 26 – 1,979 new cases

• August 27 – 1,979 new cases

• August 28 – 1,673 new cases

• August 29 – 1,673 new cases

• August 30 – 1,674 new cases

• August 31 – 2,247 new cases

• September 1: 2,247 new cases

• September 2 – 2,224 new cases

• September 3: 2,224 new cases

• September 4: 1,578 new cases

• September 5: 1,578 new cases

• September 6: 1,578 new cases

• September 7: 1,579 new cases

• September 8: 2,364 new cases

• September 9: 3,047 new cases

• September 10: 3,048 new cases

Michigan COVID-19 reported daily deaths since August 16:

• August 16 – 7 new deaths (8 of the last three days according to vital records)

• August 17 – 23 new deaths

• August 18 – 23 new deaths (15 of the last two days of life records)

• August 19 – 18 new deaths

• August 20 – 19 new deaths (13 of the last two days of life records)

• August 21 – 4 new deaths

• August 22 – 4 new deaths

• August 23 – 2 new deaths (5 of the last three days according to vital records)

• August 24 – 19 new deaths

• August 25 – 19 new deaths (10 of the last two days of life records)

• August 26 – 34 new deaths

• August 27 – 35 new deaths (42 deaths in the last two days due to life records)

• August 28 – 9 new deaths

• August 29 – 9 new deaths

• August 30 – 8 new deaths (6 in the last three days according to vital records)

• August 31 – 45 new deaths

• September 1 – 46 new deaths (36 in the last two days of life records)

• September 3: 51 new deaths (28 of the last two days of life records)

• September 4 – 7 new deaths

• September 5 – 7 new deaths

• From 6 to 7 September. New deaths

• September 7 – 8 new deaths (10 of the last four days according to vital records)

• September 8: 51 new deaths (10 vital records)

• September 9 – 30 new deaths

• From September 10 to 29 new deaths (44 of the last two days of life records)

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