COVID-19 cases up by 780 on Friday
Nearly new 800 confirmed cases of coronavirus were reported in the state of Michigan on Friday, according to the state’s website.
Michigan reported 780 new confirmed cases and 7 new confirmed deaths, bringing its total to 125,578 cases and 6,781 deaths.
With 13,434 probable cases and 321 probable deaths, this means there are now 139,012 confirmed and probable cases and 7,102 probable deaths in Michigan.
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.
Disease in Context
The update in Michigan Friday came on a day that the national focus on news about the coronavirus spiked with President Donald Trump announcing that he had tested positive along with First Lady Melania Trump.
Both Vice President Pence and Joe Biden and their wives were tested on Friday, and all four tests came back negative for the virus.
Biden planned to campaign in Grand Rapids on Friday morning, but was delayed because of the testing.
Globally, the number of cases of COVID-19 neared 34.4 million with deaths at more than 1.02 million.
And, in the United States, which still has the most cases and deaths worldwide, the caseload approached 7.3 million
and deaths were nearly at 208,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Johns Hopkins ranks Michigan as the ninth state in the U.S. with themost total number of deaths, with New York as first.
Testing
Health officials have also been tracking results of statewide testing.
To date, 4,053,442 total diagnostic and serology tests have been conducted within the state of Michigan. So far, 3,759,598 diagnostic tests have been conducted.
A diagnostic test looks for genes or proteins from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It indicates whether a person currently has the virus.
Serology tests look for the possibility of a previous infection by scanning for antibodies.
As of last Friday, a total of 95,051 Michiganders
have recovered from COVID-19 (30 days out from onset of illness), a total which is updated by the state every Saturday.
Averages and Totals
The 7- day average was 833 new confirmed cases and about 9 new confirmed deaths added per day.
The 7-day total for this week was 5,832 new confirmed cases added and 65 new confirmed deaths.
So far in October, over the past 2 days, there have been 1,671 new confirmed cases reported and 26 new confirmed deaths.
This is an average of 835 new cases and 13 new deaths added per day for the month.
This is in comparison to the first two days of September, which added 1,242 new cases and 29 new deaths, averaging 621 new cases and about 15 deaths per day.
In total, September added 22,219 confirmed
cases and 278 confirmed deaths, averaging 741 new confirmed cases and 9 confirmed deaths per day for the entire month.
Tally of Cases
Kent County in west Michigan added the most cases in the state on Friday with 88, pushing its total to 9,534.
Genesee County added 55 new cases, for a total of 4,013; and, Kalamazoo County saw 42 new cases on Friday, totaling 2,547.
In the Metro Detroit area, Macomb County added the most new cases with 63, leaving it with 14,394.
Oakland County had the second most on Friday, with 54 new cases, to reach 16,826.
Wayne County, excluding Detroit, followed with 47 new cases to reach 18,638.
The city of Detroit, long the hardest-hit area in the state, reported 19 new cases to reach 14,487 on Friday.