New cases stay below 2,700 on Saturday after tumultuous week
New coronavirus cases in Michigan stayed below 2,700 on Saturday after a tumultuous week of high new case counts, with some days topping 3,000 new cases, the state reported on its website.
There were 2,660 new cases of coronavirus and 47 new deaths due to the virus, accumulating 624,811 total cases statewide, as well as 15,897 new deaths.
At least 39 of the 47 new confirmed deaths on Saturday were identified during a vital records review, which are conducted regularly by the state.
These counts exclude probable cases and deaths linked to COVID-19 and include only confirmed cases and deaths.
Health officials have also been tracking results of statewide testing. So far, 11,104,442 diagnostic tests have been conducted.
As of Friday, a total of 562,775 Michiganders have recovered from COVID-19 (30 days out from onset of illness), a total which is updated by the state every Saturday.
According to Michigan’s website, at least 27.1 percent of the state’s population had been vaccinated as of Saturday, or 2,192,421 people.
On Thursday, Michigan reported 3,412,372 vaccines were administered.
Pfizer vaccines make up 1,779,273 of that total, Moderna vaccines account for 1,594,885 and Johnson and Johnson vaccines are about 38,214, after being authorized two weeks ago.
In Oakland County, 454,330 vaccines have been administered, in Macomb County, 266,673 and in Wayne County, 370,402.
The state recently added a coronavirus vaccine section to its webpage, explaining the coronavirus vaccine and displaying a dashboard to give an overview on vaccine distribution in Michigan.
According to Johns Hopkins University, worldwide on Saturday, the number of global cases reached the milestone of over 122.6 million with deaths at over 2.7 million.
In the United States, over 29.7 million cases have been reported with over 541,000 deaths tied to the disease.
Michigan ranks as the tenth state in the U.S. with the most total number of deaths, with California as first. The state is also 13th in the nation in cases, Johns Hopkins says, with California as first.