Michigan reported 1,526 new cases of coronavirus and 37 new deaths on Thursday, March 4th.
Of the 37 deaths reported Thursday, 29 had occurred previously and were identified through an important report that the state Department of Health does three times a week.
The state has averaged 1,132 new COVID-19 cases per day and 21 new deaths per day during the past week. This is the second time in as many days that the seven-day average for business has increased, and it is the highest weekly business average since February 8th.
Since the pandemic began, Michigan has reported 593,279 confirmed cases and 15,600 deaths related to COVID-19. The state also reported 59,310 probable cases and 989 probable deaths, in which a physician and / or antigen test ruled out COVID-19, but no confirmatory PCR test was performed.
(The graph above shows the 7-day moving average of newly confirmed cases of coronavirus in Michigan. You can place your cursor over a bar to see the number. You can also click on the option below the heading to see the actual number of new to see cases reported during the day.)
Of the 83 provinces of Michigan, 71 reported new cases Thursday. Wayne County led in cases and deaths with 218 and five, respectively.
Other provinces for best reporting were Macomb with 192, Oakland with 124, Kent with 94, Genesee with 77, Calhoun with 44, Kalamazoo with 43, Ottawa with 42, Saginaw with 37 and Livingston with 35.
Twenty-four provinces reported new deaths, including Macomb, Saginaw and Berrien, who each reported three. The provinces of Oakland, Kent, Ottawa and Lapeer each reported two new deaths.
The following provinces each reported one new death: Genesee, Kalamazoo, Livingston, St. Clair, Washtenaw, Monroe, Jackson, Newaygo, Cass, Bay, Shiawassee, Barry, Ionia, Hillsdale, Arenac and Menominee.
Ingham County has removed one death toll from the total total.
(The graph above shows the 7-day average average number of deaths in Michigan in which confirmed coronavirus cases occur. You can place your cursor over a partner to see the number. You can also click on the option just below the heading to see the actual number new deaths reported per day.)
Hospitals across Michigan on Thursday treated 876 patients with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19, including 229 patients in the ICU. This is higher than last Thursday 25 February when hospitals treated 804 such patients with 186 in the ICU.
Of the 46,170 diagnostic tests processed on Wednesday, 3.55% returned positive for SARS-CoV-2. The average positivity rate over the past seven days was 3.7%.
As of Tuesday, Michigan has administered more than 2.35 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine. This includes approximately 1.49 million first doses and 856104 second doses. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines recommend that two doses be administered weeks apart.
Case Report
First is a graph showing new cases that have been reported to the state every day for the past 30 days. This is based on the fact that a confirmed coronavirus test is reported to the state, which means that the patient first became ill days before.
You can call up a chart for each country and place your cursor over a bar to see the date and number of cases.
(In some cases, a state reported a negative number (decrease) in daily new cases after a retrospective reclassification by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. In such cases, we deducted cases from the previous date and 0 in reported date.)
The following graph below shows new cases for the past 30 days based on the onset of symptoms. In this graph, the numbers for the past few days are incomplete due to the delay time between people getting sick and getting a confirmed coronavirus test result, which can last up to a week or longer.
You can call up a chart for each country and place your cursor over a bar to see the date and number of cases.
Visit MLive’s coronavirus database here for more information across the country.
To find a test site in your area, you can visit the state’s online test finder, email [email protected], or call 088-535-6136 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays.
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