LANSING, MI – Michigan announced 1,659 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, March 13, breaking a three-day trend of more than 2,000 new daily cases.
In addition to the new cases, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, 38 new deaths due to the virus were announced on Saturday. Of the 38 deaths, 30 were identified during a Vital Records investigation.
(The chart above shows Michigan’s 7-day moving average of newly confirmed cases of coronavirus. You can place your cursor over a bar to see the number. You can also click on the option just below the heading to see the actual number of new cases per day.)
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, each recorded more than 2,000 new coronavirus cases. Friday in particular had 2,403 new cases, the largest one-day count since mid-January. Prior to that, Michigan had less than 2,000 new cases for 46 consecutive days.
Michigan has averaged 1,573 new cases per day over the past week – the highest rate since late January. The average of seven days dropped to 814 cases per day in mid-February, but has risen since then.
The state had a total of 607,437 confirmed cases of coronavirus resulting in 15,774 deaths.
(The graph above shows the 7-day average number of deaths in Michigan where confirmed coronavirus cases occur. You can place your cursor over a bar to see the number. You can also click on the option just below the heading to see the actual number of new deaths per day.)
Although no updated figures were available on March 13, the MDHHS reports that 1,870,979 residents of Michigan were vaccinated as of March 11. About 23.1% of adults in Michigan received at least one shot.
Michigan has fired more than 2.8 million shots since vaccinations began in December – including nearly 1.6 million Pfizer shots, 1.3 million Moderna shots and 11,582 Johnson & Johnson vaccinations.
State leaders announced Friday that anyone 16 years and older will be eligible for a vaccine from April 5. The suitability will also be open to people aged 50 and over, as well as people with disabilities or medical conditions.
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 has reported a negative number (decrease) in daily new cases following a retrospective reclassification by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. In such cases, we deducted business from the previous date and placed 0 in the 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, visit the state’s online test finder here. Send an email to [email protected], or call 088-535-6136 between 8am and 5pm on weekdays.
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