State reports over 1.1Knew cases
Michigan reported over 1,100 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Saturday, according to the state’s website.
In total, the state saw 1,158 new confirmed cases of the virus and 13 new confirmed deaths due to the virus
his brings Michigan to 127,516 confirmed cases and 6,801 confirmed deaths, which, with 13,755 probable cases and 323 probable deaths, brings the state to 141,271 confirmed and probable cases and 7,124 confirmed and probable 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 11 of the 13 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 13 deaths were added to the total on Saturday.
Disease in Context
A feverish and fatigued President Donald Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment of COVID-19 on Friday evening, where he will spend the weekend.
Simultaneously, several other White House staffers tested positive for coronavirus, including former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, the president of the University of Notre Dame, and at least two Republican lawmakers— Utah Sen. Mike Lee and North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis.
In Michigan on Saturday, a 1945 law repeatedly used by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to respond to the coronavirus pandemic was declared unconstitutional on Friday by the Michigan Supreme Court.
The governor expressed her disappointment at the ruling but said her emergency orders will still remain in place for at least 21 days, however, and then many of them will continue “under alternative sources” of law.
Globally, the number of cases of COVID-19 reached over 34.7 million with deaths at more than 1.03 million.
And, in the United States, which still has the most cases and deaths worldwide, the caseload exceeded 7.35 million and deaths were over 209,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Johns Hopkins ranks Michigan as the ninth state in the U.S. with themost total number of deaths, with New York as first.
Testing
Health officials have also been tracking results of statewide testing.
To date, 4,093,018 total diagnostic and serology tests have been conducted within the state of Michigan. So far, 3,800,035 diagnostic tests and 297,983 serology tests have been conducted.
A diagnostic test looks for genes or proteins from SARS- CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It indicates whether a person currently has the virus.
Serology tests look for the possibility of a previous infection by scanning for antibodies.
As of Friday, a total of 99,521 Michiganders have recovered from COVID-19 (30 days out from onset of illness), a total which is updated by the state every Saturday.
Averages and Totals
The 7- day average on Saturday was 870 new confirmed cases and about 11 new confirmed deaths added per day.
The 7- day total for this week was 6,089 new confirmed cases added and 75 new confirmed deaths.
So far in October, the last three days have seen 2,829 new confirmed cases and 39 confirmed deaths.
This means there were, on average, 943 confirmed cases and 13 confirmed deaths added per day so far in October.
This is in comparison to the first three days of September, which added 1,927 new cases and 39 new deaths, surprisingly the same number of deaths added over the same period in October.
For these first three days of September, this was an average of about 642 new cases and about 13 deaths per day.
In total, September added 22,219 confirmed cases and 278 confirmed deaths, averaging 741 new confirmed cases and nine confirmed deaths per day for the entire month.