Thursday’s count adds more than 1,000 cases
Death toll climbs to 4,787; 49,582 infected
Michigan crossed the 49,000case threshold Thursday for infections related to the coronavirus.
On Thursday afternoon, the death total rose to 4,787, along with 49,582 cases overall. Infections rose 2.4 percent from Wednesday.
There were 1,191 new cases reported Thursday with 73 new deaths. Last Thursday, May 7, the state reported 592 cases and 93 deaths.
Tally of new cases
Detroit added 191 new cases and the rest of the county added 190 new cases. Detroit added 18 new deaths and the rest of Wayne County added 9 new deaths on Thursday.
Oakland County added 122 new cases and 14 deaths.
Macomb County added 95 new cases and 11 deaths.
Where we stand now
Overall, Detroit is still the community with the most cases, crossing the 10,000-case threshold with 10,164 cases and 1,236 deaths. Wayne County has 8,606 cases and 947 deaths.
Oakland County crossed the 7,900-case threshold with 7,952 cases and 888 deaths.
Macomb County crossed the 6,200-case threshold
with 6,232 cases and 728 deaths.
Genesee County has 1,813 cases and 228 deaths.
Washtenaw County has 1,231 cases and 86 deaths.
The Michigan prison system has 2,171 cases and 56 deaths.
In mid-Michigan, Isabella County has 62 cases and 7 deaths, Clare County has 14 cases and 2 deaths and Gratiot County has 35 cases and 4 deaths.
Notable developments: Detroit crossed the 10,000case threshold with 10,164 cases, Macomb County crossed the 6,200-case threshold with 6,232 cases and Oakland County crossed the 7,900-case threshold with 7,952 cases.
Breaking down data
Health officials have also been tracking results of statewide testing. On Tuesday, the latest data available, there were 867 positive results for the COVID-19 virus, or 6.1%, from 14,242 total specimens tested.
Overall, the coronavirus remains deadliest to older people, especially men.
The average age of those killed is 75.2 years old and the median age of those killed is 77.
While men make up 46 percent of overall cases, they make up 53 percent of those killed. Those 80 and older make up 42 percent of deaths. Those aged 7079 make up 27 percent of
deaths and those aged 6069 years old make up 18 percent.
New developments
The State Emergency Operations Center reported that the case count released Thursday is a significant increase over reports from previous days, due to backlogged results being reported electronically into the Michigan Disease Surveillance System and increased testing at correctional facilities.
The backlog in reporting did not result in delays of notification to individuals with positive results as those results were transmitted separately to health care providers.
Disease in context
Worldwide, the number of deaths topped 300,315, and the number of cases is over 4.4 million, according to coronavirus researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Italy, Spain, France and the United Kingdom all have more than 27,000 deaths. In the United States, the total number of confirmed cases has topped 1.4 million, standing Thursday at 1,401,948 total cases with 85,066 deaths.
There have been approximately 9.9 million tests conducted in the U.S. Michigan ranks 8th on the list with 308,260 tested, well behind New York’s 1,258,907 and California’s 1,065,592.