State: Cases soar more than 24% to 4,454 on Wednesday

New daily cases of coronavirus in Michigan soared more than 24% Wednesday from the previous day to 4,454 along with 16 additional deaths, bringing the state’s total to 637,645 confirmed cases and 15,935 deaths since the pandemic began more than a year ago.

Daily cases of the virus have been trending higher even as more and more people get their vaccinations.

As has most often been the norm, daily case counts have been higher in more populated

areas of the state, particularly in southeast Michigan.

There were 626 new cases in Macomb County, 560 cases and one death in Oakland County, 509 cases and one death in Wayne County, and 199 cases and two deaths in Detroit.

In other areas of the state,

there were 271 cases and one death in Kent County, 166 cases in St. Clair County, 174 cases and one death in Genesee County, 155 cases and one death in Ingham County, 141 cases in Jackson County, and 129 cases and one death in Kalamazoo County.

In mid Michigan, there were seven cases in Clare County, 10 cases in Gratiot County, and 22 cases in Isabella County.

Just three of Michigan’s

83 counties reported no new cases or deaths.

The vaccination rate against the virus in Michigan is just shy of 30$, at 29.6% of the estimated 8,096,917 residents age 16 or older.

So far, 2,400,319 state residents have been completely vaccinated against the virus, including 321,974 in Oakland County, 272,936 in Wayne County, 186,015 in Macomb County, and 87,896 in Detroit.