Michigan reports 1,358 new cases of coronavirus and 104 deaths as of Saturday, January 30, although the majority of the deaths are due to a review of death certificates.
The released data shows a steady downward trend in new cases.
Of the total of Saturday’s death toll, all but 11 cases were added late during a routine death certificate review. As such, it has not necessarily happened in the last 24 hours.
The state has now recorded 559,241 cases since the pandemic began in March, as well as 14,601 deaths.
Along with the decrease in daily cases, the percentage of positive cases also improves compared to tests administered.
Saturday’s data shows the positivity rate at 4.4 percent, based on 41,497 total tests. The rate has been below 5 percent for the past three days.
Earlier in the pandemic, health officials set a measure of 3 percent ‘positivity’ as a measure to show that the spread of coronavirus was under control.
The number of people in COHID-19 hospitals in Michigan is also still declining. The latest data show that 1,447 people were admitted to hospital with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, with 364 people in intensive care units.
About a week ago, there were a total of 1843 coronavirus patients. Two weeks ago, it was 2222 patients.
The state publishes coronavirus recovery data once a week.
As of Friday, January 29, the total recovery was 481,801 people. A recovery is considered a person who is still alive 30 days after the onset of COVID-19 symptoms.
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