Cases in Coronavirus of Michigan up to 764,519; The death toll now stands at 16,621

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan rose from Wednesday to 764,519, including 16,621 deaths, state officials reported.

Wednesday’s update contains a total of 7,955 new cases and 35 additional deaths. The state reported 756,564 cases and 16,586 deaths Tuesday.

The test reported an average of about 35,000 diagnostic tests per day, with the 7-day positive rate above 15% from Tuesday, almost the highest we have ever recorded. Hospitalizations have increased over the past few weeks, now near the peak of the pandemic.

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Michigan continues to lead the country in new COVID-19 cases. The state’s 7-day moving average for daily business was 7,014 on Tuesday – the highest since November. The 7-day mortality rate was 43 on Tuesday, slightly higher than the past two weeks. The death rate of the state is 2.2%. The state also reports ‘active affairs’, which was listed at 154,000 on Tuesday. More than 587,000 recovered in Michigan.

Michigan has more than reported 5.3 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered from Tuesday with 41.9% of inhabitants received at least one dose.

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More: CDC: Michigan’s response to rising COVID cases must be to ‘shut things down’

According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 31 million cases reported in US., with more than 562,000 deaths of the virus reported.

Worldwide, more than It has been confirmed that 136 million people are infected and more than 2.9 million dead. More than 77 million recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University. The true numbers are certainly much higher, due to limited tests, countries count the dead and deliberate underreporting by some governments in different ways.

• March 19 – 3,730 new cases

• March 20 – 2,660 new cases

• March 22 – 4 801 new cases (the case counts 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 (number of cases 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

• 9 – 7 834 new cases

• April 10 – 6,892 new cases

• 12 – 9 674 new cases (case count for two days)

• April 13 – 8,867 new cases

• 14 – 7 955 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):