According to Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan reported 5,530 new COVID-19 cases and 69 additional deaths on Saturday, April 17th.
Of the 69 deaths reported on Saturday, 60 were identified during a major review record, which occurs three times a week.
The new cases reported on Saturday now bring the confirmed case of the state to 785 307. The state’s total death toll from COVID-19 is 16,840.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, the worldwide death toll from COVID-19 on Saturday reached 3 million people. The actual number is believed to be significantly higher due to concealment by the government and cases overlooked in the early stages of the outbreak that began in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, according to the Associated Press.
The death toll from the Coronavirus is 3 million people worldwide
New cases of coronavirus are generally on the rise in Michigan, as the state continues to lead all other states per 100,000 inhabitants per day in new cases. Healthcare leaders called it a ‘perfect storm’, combining more contagious variants of the virus with relaxed restraints, increased mobility and fatigue that reduce the defenses against transmission.
As of Friday, April 16, the state’s data showed that Michigan had an average of 6,789 cases per day. According to state data, the average positive percentage of seven days in the state is 15.3% as of Friday.
All eight of Michigan’s MI Start regions are back at level E for the second consecutive week – the highest level – in the state’s overall risk assessment. In allocating the risk scores, MDHHS looks at factors such as new cases and deaths per capita, test positivity, number of tests administered, and visits to the emergency department for COVID-19 symptoms. The scale used by MDHHS has six levels – ‘low’ plus AE levels.
More than 3.5 million Michigan residents have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, meaning 43.3% of Michigan residents 16 and older are at least partially vaccinated, according to MDHHS.
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