Region sees 12 more COVID deaths

Four fatalities are confirmed in Clare as state sees 3,082 new infections in daily update

Even as new confirmed cases of COVID-19 continued to decline across mid-michigan, the state of Michigan continued to report deaths in the double digits.

Four of the 12 deaths reported across mid-michigan Tuesday were in Clare County, bringing that county’s total to 36.

No information was immediately available about them, although an email was sent to Central Michigan District Health Department seeking general information about their identities.

A new outbreak was recently reported at a second Clare County nursing home, and large daily increases in deaths have previously been linked to nursing home outbreaks.

Another 11 cases were reported in Clare County, bringing its cumulative total to 1,026.

Two of those deaths were reported in Isabella County, bringing its total to 39. Information about the two deaths was also not immediately available.

Isabella and Clare counties are two of the six counties covered by the Central Michigan District Health Department.

An additional 18 cases were reported in Isabella County, bringing its total to 2,923.

Two additional deaths were also reported in Gratiot County, bringing its total to 60. It continues to have the most deaths of any midMichigan county.

An email seeking information was sent to Leslie Kinnee, spokeswoman for Mid-michigan District Health Department. She has not responded yet.

According to the Michigan De

partment of Health and Human Services, an additional six cases were reported for a cumulative total of 2,137.

Elsewhere in mid-michigan, seven new deaths were reported in three counties, with totals and cumulative cases as follows:

• In Montcalm County, an additional two deaths were reported for a total of 59, and an additional 11 cases were announced for a cumulative total of 2,645;

• In Midland County, an additional two deaths were reported for a total of 38, and an additional 44 cases were announced for a cumulative total of 3,288;

• An additional eight cases were reported in Gladwin County for a cumulative total of 973, with 24 deaths; and,

• An additional three cases were reported in Mecosta County for a cumulative total of 1,517, with 12 deaths.

Statewide, another 173 deaths were reported for a total of 11,705, and another 3,082 cases were reported Tuesday for a cumulative total of 466,485. Of those deaths, 72 were discovered through a review of death certificates.