Cases for coronavirus in Michigan up to 723,297; The death toll now stands at 16,400

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan rose from Thursday to 723,297, including 16,400 deaths, state officials reported.

Thursday’s update contains a total of 7,819 new cases and 73 additional deaths, including 43 from a Vital Records review. The state reported 715,478 cases and 16,327 deaths on Wednesday.

The test reported an average of about 35,000 diagnostic tests per day, with the 7-day positive rate above 16% from Wednesday, the highest since early December. The state has reported an increase in hospitalizations in recent weeks, now at its highest level since mid-December.

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Michigan’s 7-day moving average for daily falls was 6,174 on Wednesday – the highest since December. The 7-day mortality rate was Wednesday 31, slightly higher than the past two weeks. The state’s mortality rate is 2.3%. The state also reports “active cases”, which were listed at 122,000 on Tuesday. More than 577,000 have recovered in Michigan.

Michigan has more than reported 4.9 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered from Wednesday, with 37% of the inhabitants received at least one dose.

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According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 30.9 million cases reported in US., with more than 559,000 deaths of the virus reported.

Worldwide, more than It has been confirmed that 133 million people are infected and more than 2.8 million dead. More than 75 million recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University. The true numbers are certainly much higher, due to limited tests, counting different ways countries count the dead and deliberate underreporting by some governments.

• March 16 – 2,048 new cases

• 17 – 3 164 new cases

• March 18 – 2,629 new cases

• March 19 – 3,730 new cases

• March 20 – 2,660 new cases

• March 22 – 4 801 new cases (case count for two days)

• March 23 – 3,579 new cases

• 24 – 4 454 new cases

• March 25 – 5 244 new cases

• March 26 – 5 030 new cases

• March 27 – 4,670 new cases

• 29 – 8 202 new cases (case count for two days)

• 30 – 5 177 new cases

• March 31 – 6,311 new cases

• April 1 – 6,036 new cases

• April 2 – 5,498 new cases

• 3 – 8 413 new cases

• 5 – 10 293 new cases (case count for two days)

• April 6 – 4,964 new cases

• 7 – 8 015 new cases

• 8 – 7 819 new cases

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

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Here are Michigan COVID-19 cases broken down by gender (see here if you do not see the table):