Nearly 500 confirmed cases reported on Saturday
Michigan reported 483 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 15 confirmed deaths due to the disease on Saturday, according to the state’s website.
The state now has, in total, 115,870 confirmed cases and 6,653 confirmed deaths from the virus.
Combined with 12,217 probable cases and 316 probable deaths, Michigan now has 128,087 confirmed and probable cases and 6,969 confirmed deaths, which is nearly 130,000 cases and 7,000 deaths.
Probable cases include individuals who never tested positive for the virus, but who were presumed to be infected due to their symptoms and past exposure.
Similarly, a probable death is defined as those whose death certificate listed COVID-19 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death.
The state also said 12 of the new confirmed deaths reported on Saturday were added from its regular reviews of death certificate data maintained in Vital Records reporting systems, which are conducted by MDHHS staff three times per week.
The systems compare records that identify COVID-19 as a contributing factor to death and all laboratory confirmed cases of the disease in the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS).
If a death certificate is matched to a confirmed cases, but the MDSS record doesn’t indicate the individual died, the record is updated to denote the death and the appropriate local heath department is contacted.
This is how the additional 12 deaths were added to the total on Saturday.
Averages and Totals
The 7-day average on Saturday was about 621 confirmed cases and about 9 deaths.
The 7-day total was 4,4346 new confirmed cases added and 62 confirmed deaths.
So far in September, 13,402 confirmed cases and 169 confirmed deaths have been added, which is an average of about 705 confirmed cases and 9 deaths per day for the month.
Of that, 10,715 confirmed cases and 126 confirmed deaths were reported in the first half of the month, from September 1-15, averaging 714 confirmed cases and 9 confirmed deaths added per day.
In the last half of the month, so far, 2,687 confirmed cases and 41 confirmed deaths have been reported, which is about 537 confirmed cases and 8 confirmed deaths added per day.
In comparison, August 1-15 added 10,536 confirmed cases and 123 confirmed deaths, averaging 702 confirmed cases and 8 confirmed deaths per day.
In the last half of August, from August 16-31, 10,333 confirmed cases and 142 confirmed deaths were added, which is about 646 confirmed cases and 9 confirmed deaths added per day.
August added a total of 20,869 confirmed cases and 265 confirmed deaths, which is an average of about 673 confirmed cases and 9 confirmed deaths added per day.
Disease in Context
According to data accumulated by John Hopkins University, worldwide, over 30.6 million cases have been reported, and 953,562 deaths have occurred.
In the United States, as of Saturday, nearly 6.75 million cases have been reported with more than 198,940 deaths tied to the disease.
India remained second in the world in the number of cases, with over 5.3 million cases, and Brazil was second globally in the number of deaths, with 135,793 deaths, John Hopkins reports.
John Hopkins ranks Michigan as the ninth state in the U.S. with the most total number of deaths, with New York as first.
Tally of Cases
In the city of Detroit on Saturday, 14,170 confirmed cases and 1,516 confirmed deaths were reported, for an addition of 19 new confirmed cases and no new confirmed deaths.
Greater Wayne County saw 17,653 confirmed cases and 1,272 confirmed deaths on Saturday, making 26 new confirmed cases and 4 new confirmed deaths.
Oakland County had 15,964 confirmed cases and 1,144 confirmed deaths on Saturday, meaning there were 31 new confirmed cases and 2 new confirmed deaths since Friday in the county.
In Macomb County, there were 13,460 confirmed cases and 963 confirmed deaths on Saturday, for a total of 40 new confirmed cases and 3 new confirmed deaths.
In Mid-michigan, in Isabella County on Saturday, 583 confirmed cases and 12 confirmed deaths were reported, making 4 new confirmed cases and 1 new confirmed death.
Gratiot County quoted 218 confirmed cases and 15 confirmed deaths on Saturday, adding 5 new confirmed cases and no new confirmed deaths.
Numbers in Clare County remained the same since Friday, with 98 confirmed cases and 4 new confirmed deaths.
In other areas of Michigan,
Ottawa County surpassed 3,000 confirmed cases, adding a total of 15 confirmed cases for a total of 3,001 confirmed cases in the county on Saturday.
Ingham County, where Michigan State is located, added the most cases on Saturday, with 64 new confirmed cases, bringing the county’s total to 3,085 confirmed cases.
Other college towns continued the trend of adding many new confirmed cases, including Kent County, where Grand Valley State University is, which added 41 new cases on Saturday, for a total of 8,572 confirmed cases.
Washtenaw County, where the University of Michigan is, added 15 new confirmed cases on Saturday, totaling 2,958 confirmed cases, which is nearly 3,000 confirmed cases of the virus.
And, Kalamazoo County, where Western Michigan University is, added 9 new confirmed cases on Saturday, totaling 2,144 confirmed cases in the county.
The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) also reported 13 new confirmed cases on Saturday, bringing its confirmed case total to 5,555 confirmed cases.
Who was tested?
Health officials have also been tracking results of statewide testing.
To date, 3,637,568 total diagnostic and serology tests have been conducted within the state of Michigan. So far, 3,353,686 diagnostic tests have been conducted.
As of this Friday, a total of 90,216 Michiganders have recovered from COVID-19 (30 days out from onset of illness), a total which is updated by the state every Saturday.