New cases fall below 2,000 on Saturday for first time in three days

New coronavirus cases in Michigan fell below 2,000 cases for the first time in 3 days on Saturday, according to the state’s website.

There were 1,659 cases and 38 new deaths in the state, bringing Michigan’s totals to 607,437 cases and 15,774 deaths.

The state health department announced 2,403 new cases on Friday, 2,091 new cases on Thursday and 2,316 new cases on Wednesday, as Michigan crossed the one-year mark of the pandemic.

New daily cases continue to be heaviest in the state’s more populated counties.

At least 30 of the 38 new confirmed deaths on Saturday were identified during a vital records review, which are conducted regularly by the state.

These counts exclude probable cases and deaths linked to COVID-19 and include only confirmed cases and deaths.

Health officials have also been tracking results of statewide testing. So far, 10,860,548 diagnostic tests have been conducted.

As of Friday, a total of 556,697 Michiganders have recovered from COVID-19 (30 days out from onset of illness), a total which is updated by the state every Saturday.

According to Michigan’s website, at least 23.1 percent of the state’s population had been vaccinated as of Saturday, or 1,870,979 people.

On Thursday, Michigan reported 2,921,636 vaccines were administered.

Pfizer vaccines make up 1,576,680 of that total, Moderna vaccines account for 1,33,374 and Johnson and Johnson vaccines are about 11,582, after being authorized last week.

In Oakland County, 338,236 vaccines have been administered, in Macomb County, 229,709 and in Wayne County, 312,309.

The state recently added a coronavirus vaccine section to its webpage, explaining the coronavirus vaccine and displaying a dashboard to give an overview on vaccine distribution in Michigan.

According to Johns Hopkins University, worldwide on Saturday, the number of global cases reached the milestone of over 119.3 million with deaths at over 2.6 million.

In the United States, over 29.3 million cases have been reported with nearly 534,000 deaths tied to the disease.

Michigan ranks as the tenth state in the U.S. with the most total number of deaths, with California as first.

The state is also 14th in the nation in cases, Johns Hopkins says, with California as first.