1,197 new infections, 22 new deaths reported
Michigan added nearly 1,200 new confirmed cases of coroanvirus, 1,197 exactly, aswell as 22 new confirmed deaths on Thursday, the state reported on itswebsite.
This brings the state to 132,039 confirmed cases and 6,869 confirmed deaths.
Together with 14,454 probable cases and 324 probable deaths statewide, this makes 146,493 confirmed and probable cases and 7,193 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 20 of the 22 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 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( MD SS ).
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 20 deaths were added to the total on Thursday.
The update Thursday came as the worldwide number of infection stopped 36.2 million with nearly 1.06 million killed, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. In the United States, the number of cases of COVID-19 neared 7.6 million with about 212,000 deaths tied to the disease.
Michigan has continued to rank 17th in the U.S. in the total number of cases, between South Caroline and Wisconsin, according to Johns Hopkins.
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Kent County added the most cases in the state on Thursday with 113 new confirmed cases, totaling 10,112 confirmed cases in the county, a numberwhich surpasses the 10,000 casemark.
It is the only county in the state other than the counties in the DetroitMetro Area to have done so.
In the Detroit area on Thursday, Wayne County reported the most new cases with 98, making 19,165 confirmed cases total.
Oakland County followed with 96 newcases, leaving it with 17,309 confirmed cases.
After that was Macomb County, with 83 new confirmed cases, making 14,868 total confirmed cases in the county.
The city of Detroit itself added the least number of new cases in the area, with 26 new confirmed cases, for a total of 14,641 cases.
In Mid-Michigan on Thursday, Isabella County reported 13 new confirmed cases, bringing its total to 706 confirmed cases.
Gratiot County and Clare County added 7 and 2 new confirmed cases, making 281 and 117 total confirmed cases for the counties, respectively.