State adds 982 new confirmed cases
On Thursday, Michigan identified 982 newconfirmed cases of coronavirus and eight new confirmed deaths due to the virus on Thursday, according to the state’s website.
Total, this brings the state to 119,597, nearly 120,000, confirmed cases and 6,700 confirmed deaths.
With 12,740 probable cases and 319 probable deaths, Michigan is now at 132,337 confirmed and probable cases and 7,019 confirmed and probable deaths.
The state also said six of the new confirmed deaths reported on Thursday were added from its regular reviews of death certificate data maintained in Vital Records reporting systems, which are conducted byMDHHS staff three times per week.
Averages and Totals
The seven-day average on Thursday was about 701 confirmed cases and about 10 confirmed deaths added per day.
The seven-day total was 4,905 new confirmed cases added and 68 confirmed deaths.
Sofar inSeptember, 17,129 confirmed cases and 216 confirmed deaths have been added, which is an average of about 714 confirmed cases and nine deaths per day for the month.
Of that, 10,715 confirmed cases and 126 confirmed deaths were reported in the first half of themonth, from Sept. 1-15, averaging 714 confirmed cases and nine confirmeddeaths addedperday.
In the last half of the month, so far, 6,414 confirmed cases and 88 confirmed deaths have been reported, which is about 713 confirmed cases and 10 confirmeddeaths addedperday.
In comparison, Aug. 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 Aug. 16-31, 10,333 confirmed cases and 142 confirmed deaths were added, which is about 646 confirmed cases and nine confirmeddeaths addedperday.
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 32 million cases have been reported, and 979,454 deaths have occurred.
In the United States, as of Monday, over 6.9 million cases have been reported with more than 202,467 deaths tied to the disease.
The U.S. hit 200,000 deaths due to the virus around 11:40 a.m. on Tuesday.
India remained second in the world in the number of cases, with over 5.7 million cases, and Brazil was secondglobally in the number of deaths, with 138,974 deaths, John Hopkins reports.
JohnHopkins ranksMichigan as the ninth state in the U.S. withthemost total number of deaths, withNewYork as first.
On Thursday, The Associated Press reported that thousands of parents around theU.S. are having their childrendelay or skipkindergarten because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Parents are worried about health concerns and the prospect of helping young children to navigate distance learning while also holding onto their jobs. But the opt-outs, combined with huge declines in preschool enrollment, are raising worries about the long-term effects of lost early education.
The Associated Press also reported on Thursday the story of an Austrailian man, Rick Everett, who is currently serving coffee for free outside of his kitchen window to raise spirits amid the pandemic, complete with masks and hand sanitizer on the windowsill.
Everett stressed that it wasn’t a coffee shop business; he just wanted to do somethingnice andmeethis neighbors for a friendly chat during a difficult time.
According to The Associated Press, the United Nations continued to meet virtually on Thursday, as the United States, Russia and China clashed over responsibility for the pandemic, bringing some action to a summit that has otherwise been dominated by pre-recorded speeches from leaders.
The remarks at the U.N. Security Council’s ministerial meeting on the assembly’s sidelines came just after U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Gut err es de cried the lack of international cooperation in tackling the still “out-ofcontrol” coronavirus.
The United Nations chief said in opening the Security Council meeting that the world failed to cooperate in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and said the international community’s failure “was the result of a lack of global preparedness, cooperation, unity and solidarity.”
The clash has led to all three nations opting out of a collaborative effort to develop and distribute a vaccine; and, with some rich nations striking deals with pharmaceutical companies to secure millions of potential doses, the U.N. pleas for an affordable vaccine for all countries are plentiful but likely in vain.
More than 150 countries have joined COVAX, in which richer countries agree to buy into potential vaccines and help finance access for poorer ones, the Associated Press said on Thursday.
TallyofCases
On Thursday, in the city of Detroit, 14,314 confirmed cases and 1,521 confirmed deaths were reported, with gains of 50 new confirmed cases and no new confirmed deaths.
In fact, a decrease of one confirmed death was reported in the county since Wednesday.
The rest of Wayne County quoted 18,092 confirmed cases and 1,282 confirmed deaths, for a total of 140 new confirmed cases and 3 confirmed deaths.
Oakland County cited 16,336 confirmed cases and 1,147 confirmed deaths on Thursday, meaning there were 94 new confirmed cases and no new confirmed deaths since Wednesday.
And, Macomb County had 13,791 confirmed cases and 969 confirmed deaths on Thursday, totaling 91 new confirmed cases and two new confirmed deaths.
In Mid-Michigan on Thursday, Isabella County posted 616 confirmed cases and 13 confirmed deaths, making five newconfirmed cases and no new confirmed deaths.
Gratiot County quoted 227 confirmed cases and 15 confirmed deaths on Thursday, meaning there was no change in the county’s numbers since the previous day.