Michigan coronavirus cases up to 642,869; The death toll is now 15,984

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 642,869 since Thursday, including 15,984 deaths, state officials said.

Thursday’s update includes a total of 5,224 new cases and 49 additional deaths, including 30 from a review of Vital Records. On Wednesday, the state reported a total of 637,645 cases and 15,935 deaths. It is the highest one-day total in 2021 and the highest since December 11, 2020.

Testing was steady at around 35,000 diagnostic tests reported on average per day, with a positive rate of 7 days over 9% as of Wednesday. The state has reported an increase in hospitalizations in the past three weeks.

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Michigan’s 7-day moving average for daily cases was 3,493 on Thursday – the highest since early January. The average death of 7 days was 22 on Thursday and was paid for a few weeks. The fatality rate of the state is 2.5%. The state also reports “active cases”, which were listed at 64,200 on Thursday. More than 562,000 have recovered in Michigan.

Michigan reported more than 3.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered, as of Wednesday, 29.6% of residents received at least one dose.

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According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 30 million cases have been reported in the United States., with more than 545,200 deaths reported by the virus.

All over the world, more than 124.9 million people were confirmed infected and more than 2.7 million died. More than 70 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.

• March 5 – 1,486 new cases

• March 6 – 1,289 new cases

• March 8 – 1,960 new cases (number of cases for two days)

• March 9 – 954 new cases

• March 10 – 2,316 new cases

• March 11 – 2,091 new cases

• March 12 – 2,403 new cases

• March 13 – 1,659 new cases

• March 15 – 3,143 new cases (number of cases for two days)

• 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 22 – 4,801 new cases (number of cases for two days)

• March 23 – 3,579 new cases

• March 24 – 4,454 new cases

• March 25 – 5,224 new cases

Here is a chronology of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan:

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Here are the cases of Michigan COVID-19 broken down by gender (view here if you don’t see the table):