Cases of coronavirus in Michigan up to 624,811; The death toll now at 15,897

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan rose from Saturday to 624,811, including 15,897 deaths, state officials reported.

Saturday’s update contains a total of 2,660 new COVID-19 cases and 47 additional deaths. The deaths announced Saturday include 39 deaths identified during a Vital Records investigation, meaning it did not occur on Friday or Saturday.

On Friday, the state reported a total of 622,151 cases and 15,850 additional deaths.

As of Saturday, a total of 562,775 recovered from COVID-19 in Michigan.

The testing reported an average of about 35,000 diagnostic tests per day, with a positive rate of 7 days above 6% as of Thursday. The state has reported a slight increase in hospitalizations over the past three weeks.

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Michigan’s moving average of 7 days for daily business was Thursday 2149 – the highest since early January. The death toll from 7 days was 16 on Thursday and has been flat for several weeks. The state’s mortality rate is 2.6%. The state also reports ‘active business’, which was listed at 45,900 on Thursday – almost the lowest since October.

Michigan has more than reported 3.3 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered, as of Wednesday, with 25.6% of residents receiving at least one dose.

According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 29.7 million cases reported in US., with more than 541,000 deaths of the virus reported.

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Worldwide, more than It has been confirmed that 122 million people are infected and more than 2.7 million dead. More than 69 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.

• February 20 – 635 new cases

• February 22 – 1,484 new cases (two-day case count)

• February 23 – 1,316 new cases

• February 24 – 1,245 new cases

• February 25 – 1,388 new cases

• February 26 – 1,073 new cases

• February 27 – 1,156 new cases

• March 1 – 1 569 new cases (case count for two days)

• March 2 – 1,067 new cases

• March 3 – 1,536 new cases

• March 4 – 1,526 new cases

• 5 – 1,486 new cases

• 6 – 1,289 new cases

• March 8 – 1 960 new cases (case count for two days)

• March 9 – 95 new business

• 10 – 2316 new cases

• March 11 – 2,091 new cases

• 12 – 2 403 new cases

• March 13 – 1 659 new cases

• 15 – 3 143 new cases (case count for two days)

• 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

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

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