Michigan reported 6,773 new coronavirus cases, an average of 3,387 a day, and 100 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, Sept. 28, and Wednesday, Sept. 29.
Of the new deaths, 50 were identified in a review of death certificates, done three times a week, and the case count represents new referrals of confirmed cases to the Michigan Disease Surveillance System since the last web update on Monday, Sept. 27
Michigan is now averaging 2,941 reported confirmed cases and 31 confirmed deaths per day over the last week, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. A week ago, the average was 2,697 cases and 26 deaths. (These numbers are calculated based on the day the state reports them, not on the day of death or onset of illness.)
Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 1,022,575 reported coronavirus cases and 20,998 confirmed deaths. Additionally, the state has reported 127,489 probable cases and 1,357 probable deaths, in which a physician and/or antigen test ruled it COVID-19 but no confirmatory PCR test, which detects the presence of a virus, was done.
Below is a chart that indicates the seven-day average for new cases reported per day throughout the pandemic. (Can’t see the chart? Click here.)
All of Michigan’s 83 counties reported new cases Tuesday and/or Wednesday.
The three counties with the highest number of new cases per 100,000 people in the last two days are all in the Upper Peninsula: Keweenaw County with 293, Schoolcraft County with 286 and Mackinac County with 249. Ogemaw County in northeast Michigan had 231 and Osceola County north of Muskegon reported 197. Rounding out the top 10 are: Isabella (180), Baraga (172), Clare (162), Ionia (162), and Oceana (161).
Without adjusting for population the counties with the most new cases are: Wayne with 855, Oakland (590), Macomb (586), Kent (480), Genesee (240), Ottawa (218), Monroe (179), Muskegon (172), Washtenaw (153) and Livingston (149).
Thirty-four counties documented one or more new deaths in the last two days. Wayne County led with 19. Kent and Macomb counties each had eight. Seven were in Genesee County. Five people died in each of Monroe, Muskegon and Oakland counties. Four died in St. Clair County, three died in Bay, Lapeer and Lenawee counties, and two died in each of Allegan, Calhoun, Cass, Livingston, Otsego, Ottawa, Van Buren and Washtenaw counties. One death was reported in Chippewa, Eaton, Emmet, Hillsdale, Houghton, Huron, Ingham, Ionia, Iosco, Kalkaska, Mason, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Shiawassee and St. Joseph counties.
As of Tuesday, the number of eligible people in Michigan who have received at least a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine moved up to 62.2%.
Below is a chart that shows vaccination rates by county, which have varied little in recent weeks. (Can’t see the chart? Click here.)
As of Wednesday, hospitals statewide were treating 1,711 patients patients with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19, with 436 patients in the ICU. Of those hospitalized, 40 are children and 199 are on ventilators. The numbers are up from a week ago, when there were 1,578 patients in the hospital and 415 in the ICU.
Of the 40,345 diagnostic tests processed on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 9.5% came back positive for SARS-CoV-2. This brought the seven-day average to 9.1%, up a bit from a week ago, when on average, 8.8% were positive.
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The chart below shows new cases for the past 30 days based on onset of symptoms. In this chart, numbers for the most recent days are incomplete because of the lag time between people getting sick and getting a confirmed coronavirus test result, which can take up to a week or more.
You can call up a chart for any county, and you can put your cursor over a bar to see the date and number of cases.
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The seven-day average of deaths in Michigan is 31, the highest it has been since June 10. It was 26 a week ago. (This average is based on the date reported by MDHHS, not on the actual date of death.)
At its worst last year, the state was averaging more than 130 new reported daily deaths per week.
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For more statewide data, visit MLive’s coronavirus data page.
To find a testing site near you, check out the state’s online test find send an email to COVID19@michigan.gov, or call 888-535-6136 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.
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