903 new cases reported, 22 deaths
Michigan reported 903 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, aswell as 22 new deaths. Of those deaths, 7 were reported during a Vital Records review.
The state’s totals are now just short of 129,826 cases and 6,838 deaths since the onset of the pandemic.
Tuesday saw Macomb County adding 55 new cases and one new COVID-19 death to its total.
Oakland County add 65 new COVID-19 cases, aswell as four new coronavirus-related deaths.
Wayne County, excluding Detroit, saw 31 new cases and a single new death.
Within Detroit, 26 new confirmed cases were added to the total, along with two new deaths.
In mid-Michigan, Isabella County reported 12 new cases, Gratiot County reported four new cases, and Clare County reported three new cases. Of the three counties, only Clare reported a single new death. Isabella and Gratiot reported zero.
To the west, Kent County saw 71 new cases and a single new death. Neighboring Ottawa County and Kalamazoo County saw 32 new cases and 43 new cases respectively, but reported no new deaths from the previous day.
State impact
After the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Whitmer’s executive orders were invalid without legislative approval, a handful of Michigan counties passed mandates or orders locally upholding several of Whitmer’s restrictions.
Oakland County passed a mask mandate Saturday, while Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel issued a declaration Monday stating “Macomb County will continue to operate as it did before the Court made its decision” unless instructed otherwise. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services also issued a new order “requiring masks, limiting gatherings, and safeguarding nursing homes.”
An additional MD H HS order requires schools to issue public notification of “probable and confirmed COVID-19 cases.”
Outside Michigan
Theglobal number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 35.62 million, with global deaths at 1.04 million, according to Johns-Hopkins University.
In the U.S., 7.47 cases have been reported, with more than 210,000 deaths.
While the United States has around 4.25 percent of the world’s population, it has 20.9 percent of all reported cases and percent of all reported 20.1 COVID-19 deaths.
India has the secondhighest amount of reported COVID-19 cases with just over 6.68 million, and the third-highest amount of COVID-19 deaths with more than 103,000.
Brazil has the third-highest amount of cases with 4.93 million cases, and the second-highest death toll at 146,000 cases.
Michigan has the 18th highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to the CDC’s COVID data tracker.