Coronavirus in Michigan: Over 500 new cases reported Saturday

Michigan added to its total of confirmed cases of coronavirus on Saturday, with 504 new cases reported and 50,504 cases overall.

On Saturday afternoon, health officials reported the death toll also rose to 4,880 deaths, with 55 new deaths reported since the previous day.

Forty-four of these 55 new deaths were in southeastern Michigan, including in the City of Detroit, Wayne County, Oakland County and Macomb County, making up for about 80 percent of the state’s total.

The same area had 193 of the state’s 504 newly reported cases, or about 45.4 percent of the total.

Last Saturday, May 9, the state reported 430 additional cases of COVID-19 and 133 deaths, due to the pandemic.

It was seventh in the nation in total cases, with 46,756 cases, and fourth in total deaths, with 4,526 deaths, just behind Massachusetts.

This means the number of cases has jumped by about 9.3 percent since last week, with the number of deaths increasing by about the same percentage.

On Saturday, Michigan maintained its seventh spot in the nation in total cases and deaths, just behind Pennsylvania. Massachusetts has since risen to the fourth spot.

Tally of new cases

The city of Detroit crossed 10,300 cases on Saturday, with 10,327 cases and 1,255 deaths overall reported.

These totals were up by 97 new cases and increased by 15 deaths from the previous day within the city.

Within the rest of Wayne County, however, 37 new cases were reported and 5 deaths, with 8,689 cases and 957 deaths reported overall.

Oakland County crossed 8,000 cases and 900 deaths on Saturday, with 8,023 cases and, notably, 910 deaths reported total.

This was up by 29 new cases and 14 deaths from the previous day.

Macomb County crossed 6,300 coronavirus cases on Saturday, with 6,304 cases reported overall, an increase of 30 cases.

It also reported 10 new deaths, making 739 deaths reported overall within the county.

Where we stand now

Overall, on Saturday, Detroit is still the community with the most cases, trumping Oakland County by 2,304 more cases and 345 more deaths and Macomb County by 4,023 cases and 516 deaths.

The City of Detroit also has 1,638 more cases than the rest of Wayne County, and 298 more deaths.

Genesee County reported 10 new cases and 1 death on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to 1,845 and the number of deaths to 230.

Ingham County reported 14 new cases and 1 death, bringing the total number of cases to 643 and the number of deaths to 21.

Berrien County notably crossed the 500-case threshold on Saturday. It reported 15 new cases and no deaths, bringing the total number of new cases to 500.

Kalamazoo County also crossed the 700-case threshold, reporting 708 total cases and 42 deaths. It had 29 new daily cases and 1 death.

Saginaw County furthermore crossed the 900-case threshold, with 903 total cases and 97 deaths. 26 new cases were reported and 2 deaths.

And, St. Clair County crossed 400 cases, with 408 overall cases and 30 deaths. Nine new cases and no deaths were reported on Saturday.

Finally, on Saturday, Kent County reported 61 new cases, Muskegon had 16 new cases and Ottawa County had 17 cases.

Breaking down the data

Health officials have also been tracking results of statewide testing.

Thursday was the last recorded round of testing. There were 1,922 total tests given and 240 of those tests were positive, which was 12.5 percent of all results.

According to The Associated Press, the Michigan Corrections Department said 28,124 prisoners have been tested, with half the results still pending. Nearly 2,300 have tested positive for the virus, and 55 prisoners have died.

The state is still reporting the coronavirus is deadliest to older people, especially men.

The coronavirus remains deadliest to older people, especially men. While men make up 46 percent of overall cases, they make up 53 percent of those killed.

The opposite is true for women, who make up 53 percent of cases but only 47 percent of those killed by the virus.

The average age of those killed by the virus is 75.3 years old and the median age of those killed is 77. Those 80 and older make up 42 percent of deaths. Those aged 70-79 make up 27 percent of deaths and those aged 60-69 years old make up 18 percent.

But, the age group with the most cases is actually those aged 50 to 59, at 18 percent, even if many in that age group don’t actually die from the virus.

New developments

The state is reporting 28,234 total people have recovered from the virus, a number updated every Saturday.

Recovered is defined as the number of persons with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis who are alive 30 days after they contracted coronavirus.

The number of people recovered on Friday represents COVID-19 confirmed individuals who contracted the virus on or prior to April 15.

Disease in context

As of Friday at 11:46 p.m., according to coronavirus researchers at Johns Hopkins University, worldwide, the number of deaths topped 305,395, and the number of cases is over 4.5 million. Italy, Spain, France and the United Kingdom all had more than 27,000 deaths.

But, as of Saturday, according to data from The New York Times, the number of total worldwide deaths had jumped to 308,131, with Italy and the UK breaking 30,000 deaths, 31,610 deaths in Italy and 33, 998 deaths in the UK.

And according to the same data, in the United States, the total number of confirmed cases still stands over 1.4 million at 1,464,263 total cases with 88,183 deaths.