Here’s what to know on April 18, 2021

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DETROIT – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 785,307 since Saturday, including 16,840 deaths, state officials said.

Saturday’s update includes a total of 5,530 new cases and 69 additional deaths – 60 of those deaths were identified from a Vital Records review.

Friday’s update included a total of 8,955 new cases and 40 additional deaths. It was the second-highest total single-day case in Michigan since the beginning of the pandemic. As of November 20, 2020, the state reported a total of 9,779 cases, the highest total number to date.

On Saturday, the state reported a total of 603,094 recoveries from COVID-19.

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The most recent: The total number of COVID-19 deaths is over 3 million

Testing has been consistently around 35,000 diagnostic tests reported on average per day, with 7-day positive rate over 14% since Friday, less than a week ago. Hospitalizations have risen in recent weeks, now at the height of the pandemic.

Michigan continues to lead the nation in the new COVID-19 cases. The state’s 7-day moving average of daily cases was 6,949 on Friday – the highest since November. The average death toll for 7 days was 47 on Friday, slightly higher than in the last two weeks. The fatality rate of the state is 2.2%. The state also reports “active cases,” which were listed at 175,000 on Friday.

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Michigan reported more than 5.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered starting Thursday, with 44% of residents after receiving at least one dose.

According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 31.5 million cases have been reported in the United States., with more than 566,000 deaths reported by the virus.

All over the world, more than 140 million people were confirmed infected and more than 3 million died. More than 79 million were recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University. The real numbers are certainly much higher, due to limited tests, the different ways in which nations count deaths and the deliberate reporting of governments.

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Michigan has expanded COVID-19 order that implemented restrictions on gatherings, restaurants, entertainment venues and more.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has extended the epidemic order to May 24. It has also extended the mask requirements to include children aged 2 to 4 years.

Michigan continues to implement smart health policies and mitigation measures to combat the spread of COVID-19, said MDHHS Director Elizabeth Hertel. “This includes the requirement to wear a mask in public and at meetings, the limits of indoor residential social gatherings of more than 15 people with up to three households, and the extended testing requirements for youth sports.”

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Read the latest information on restrictions here.

director at the CDC said the response to the alarming rise in COVID-19 cases in Michigan is not “vaccinating our way out,” but “shutting things down,” as the state did last spring and summer.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke Monday about the situation of COVID-19 in Michigan.

Friday, Gretchen Whitmer Government called Michigan “COVID hotspot” and asked the federal government to increase additional vaccines here in response to the increasing number of cases.

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Read more here.

Michigan Gretchen Whitmer Government and the state health department requires residents to comply with certain voluntary COVID-19 restrictions, such as avoiding meals indoors, suspending sports, and returning to distance learning.

On Friday, Whitmer and Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, chief medical officer of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, spoke about the alarming trends of COVID-19 in Michigan.

“I am quite concerned about what we see in our data,” Khaldun said. “We are on the verge of seeing an even greater increase in cases than we saw in the autumn.”

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Detroit is launching eight nearby COVID-19 vaccination sites, adding to an expansion at the TCF Center to combat growing cases and hospitalizations in the city.

Detroit’s vaccination rate of 21% since Monday is well below neighboring areas and the overall state average of 35%. The city is expanding residents’ options with an urgent message: get vaccinated.

Next week, the city will offer eight additional locations during the week, in addition to Community Saturday and other information programs, to give Detroiters the opportunity to get vaccinated in a convenient and familiar location close to home.

Read here.

All Michigan residents, ages 16 and older, became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine on April 5, almost a month before May 1, as promised by President Joe Biden.

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People aged between 16 and 49 with certain ailments or disabilities will qualify starting March 22 when children between the ages of 50 and 64 can start receiving photos under a previous announcement. Two days later, on March 24, a federally selected regional mass vaccination site will open at Ford Field in Detroit to administer another 6,000 doses a day for two months.

Find out more here.

MORE: Updated COVID-19 immunization program in Michigan: who is eligible and when

The COVID-19 variant detected in Brazil was identified in Bay County. This variant is known as strain P1 and is more contagious and more than 50% capable of reinfection.

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The infected person in Bay County and the people they have been in contact with will have to be quarantined for 14 days. It is not clear what effect, if any, it will have on those, including the elderly, who have already been vaccinated, because there is not enough research to know exactly.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer released a statement Tuesday after White House officials announced they would increase the doses of COVID-19 vaccine available for Michigan starting next week.

According to a press release, next week’s transport will increase by 66,020, bringing the total number of doses to 620,040 – a weekly record for the state. Officials said the allocation includes 147,800 doses of Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine.

This comes after Whitmer recently requested more vaccines, as the state sees an increase in COVID.

The CDC said Michigan is leading the country in new cases of COVID-19 per population.

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On Tuesday, officials reported 5,177 new cases of COVID and 48 additional deaths, including 20 from a Vital Records review. On Monday, the state reported a total of 660,771 cases and 16,034 deaths.

Dr. Frank McGeorge, local 4, said he saw a very clear increase in COVID patients at the hospital where he works.

“Many of them have to be hospitalized. Honestly, I find this worse here in southeast Michigan than during the wave that started in November. Now, the most worrying trend is the number of middle-aged people with severe COVID, ”said McGeorge.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced that the first case of variant B.1.351 COVID-19 was identified in a child in Jackson County.

The health department has not said how the boy became infected, but a case investigation is ongoing to establish close contacts and whether there are any additional cases associated.

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This new variant was initially detected in South Africa in October 2020 and shares some mutations with variant B117. The first case of variant B117 – initially detected in the United Kingdom – was identified in Washtenaw County.

Michigan COVID-19 reported daily cases since March 15:

  • March 15 – 1,572 new cases

  • March 16 – 2,048 new cases

  • March 17 – 3,164 new cases

  • March 18 – 2,629 new cases

  • March 19 – 3,730 new cases

  • March 20 – 2,660 new cases

  • March 21 – 2,400 new cases

  • March 22 – 2,401 new cases

  • March 23 – 3,579 new cases

  • March 24 – 4,454 new cases

  • March 25 – 5,224 new cases

  • March 26 – 5,030 new cases

  • March 27 – 4,670 new cases

  • March 28 – 4,101 new cases

  • March 29 – 4,101 new cases

  • March 30 – 5,177 new cases

  • March 31 – 6,311 new cases

  • April 1 – 6,036 new cases

  • April 2 – 5,498 new cases

  • April 3 – 8,413 new cases

  • April 4 – 5,146 new cases

  • April 5 – 5,147 new cases

  • April 6 – 4,964 new cases

  • April 7 – 8,015 new cases

  • April 8 – 7,819 new cases

  • April 9 – 7,834 new cases

  • April 10 – 6,892 new cases

  • April 11 – 4,837 new cases

  • April 12 – 4,837 new cases

  • April 13 – 8,867 new cases

  • April 14 – 7,955 new cases

  • April 15 – 6,303 new cases

  • April 16 – 8,955 new cases

  • April 17 – 5,530 new cases

Michigan COVID-19 reported daily deaths since March 15:

  • March 15 – 5 new deaths

  • March 16 – 27 new deaths (6 of vital records)

  • March 17 – 0 new deaths

  • March 18 – 25 new deaths (24 of vital records)

  • March 19 – 15 new dead

  • March 20 – 47 new deaths – (39 of vital records)

  • March 21 – 3 new deaths

  • March 22 – 3 new deaths

  • March 23 – 16 new deaths (8 of vital records)

  • March 24 – 16 new deaths

  • March 25 – 49 new deaths (30 of vital records)

  • March 26 – 20 new dead

  • March 27 – 22 new dead

  • March 28 – 4 new deaths

  • March 29 – 4 new deaths

  • March 30 – 48 new deaths (20 of vital records)

  • March 31 – 10 new deaths

  • April 1 – 49 new deaths (33 of vital records)

  • April 2 – 20 new dead

  • April 3 – 57 new deaths (51 from vital records)

  • April 4 – 11 new deaths

  • April 5 – 10 new deaths

  • April 6 – 58 new deaths (16 of vital records)

  • April 7 – 30 new dead

  • April 8 – 73 new deaths (43 of vital records)

  • April 9 – 26 new deaths

  • April 10 – 74 new deaths (57 of vital records)

  • April 11 – 6 new deaths

  • April 12 – 6 new deaths

  • April 13 – 74 new deaths (37 of vital records)

  • April 14 – 35 new deaths

  • April 15 – 112 new deaths (81 from vital records)

  • April 16 – 40 new dead

  • April 17 – 69 new deaths (60 from vital records)

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