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

DETROIT – Michigan reported 6,604 new COVID-19 cases and 62 virus-related deaths on Wednesday – an average of 3,302 cases in 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. Those numbers are up from 976,505 cases and 20,535 deaths as of Monday.

The deaths announced Wednesday include 41 identified during a review of vital records.

REMARK: The state of Michigan announced that only 44 new deaths had been identified since the last update, but Monday’s report said 20,535 people had died from COVID, and Wednesday’s report showed that number was increased to 20,597. This suggests that there were 62 new identified COVID deaths.

Testing has grown to around 20,000 diagnostic tests reported per day on average, with the Positive rate over 7 days at 9.39% Wednesday, slightly lower than the previous week. Hospitalizations have been increasing 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 from early August. The 7-day death average was 25 on Wednesday. The state’s death rate is 2.1%. The state is also reporting “active cases,” which were listed at 68,000 as of Wednesday.

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

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According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 40.9 million cases have been reported in the United States, with more than 659,900 deaths reported by the virus. Worldwide, more than 3.5 billion doses of vaccines have been administered, including over 370 million doses in the United States alone.

In the world, more than 224 million people have been confirmed infected and more than 4.6 million died, according to Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are certainly much higher, due to the limited testing, the different ways nations count the dead, and the deliberate underreporting of some governments.

New daily Michigan COVID-19 totals since August 18:

• August 18 – 2,690 new cases (number of cases over two days)

• August 20 – 4,197 new cases (number of cases over two days)

• August 23 – 3,920 new cases (number of cases over three days)

• August 25 – 4,326 new cases (number of cases over two days)

• Aug 27 – 3,958 new cases (number of cases over two days)

• August 30 – 5,020 new cases (number of cases over three days)

• September 1 – 4,494 new cases (number of cases over two days)

• September 3 – 4,448 new cases (number of cases over two days)

• September 7 – 6,313 new cases (number of cases over four days)

• September 8 – 2,364 new cases (number of cases for one day)

• September 10 – 6,095 new cases (number of cases over two days)

• September 13 – 6,093 new cases (number of cases over three days)

• September 15 – 6,604 new cases (number of cases over two days)

Latest COVID-19 data in Michigan:

Here is a timeline of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan:

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

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