Coronavirus cases in Michigan up to 605,778; The death toll is now 15,737

The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan rose to 605,778 on Friday, including 15,737 deaths, state officials report.

Friday’s update includes a total of 2,403 new cases – the highest total in one day since January. Friday’s update also includes 8 additional virus deaths.

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Testing has been steady at around 35,000 diagnostic tests reported on average per day, with a 7-day positive rate above 4.5% as of Thursday. The state has reported a slight increase in hospital admissions in the past two weeks.

Michigan’s 7-day moving average for daily cases was 1,573 on Friday – an increase from last week. The seven-day death average was 17 on Friday. The state’s death rate is 2.6%. The state is also reporting “active cases,” which were recorded at 40,200 Friday – nearly the lowest since October. More than 549,000 have been restored in Michigan.

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Michigan has more than reported 2.8 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered, starting Friday.

According to Johns Hopkins University more than 29 million cases have been reported in the US., with more than 530,900 dead reported by the virus.

Worldwide more than It has been confirmed that 118.7 million people are infected and more than 2.6 million have diedMore than 67 million have been recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are certainly much higher, due to limited testing, different ways nations count the dead, and deliberate under-reporting by some governments.

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• February 13 – 852 new cases

• February 15 – 1,265 new cases (number of cases for two days)

• February 16 – 775 new cases

• February 17 – 939 new cases

• February 18 – 888 new cases

• February 19 – 1,193 new cases

• February 20 – 635 new cases

• February 22 – 1,484 new cases (number of cases for two days)

• February 23 – 1,316 new cases

• February 24 – 1,245 new cases

• February 25 – 1,388 new cases

• February 26 – 1,073 new cases

• February 27 – 1,156 new cases

• March 1 – 1,569 new cases (number of cases for two days)

• March 2 – 1,067 new cases

• March 3 – 1,536 new cases

• March 4 – 1,526 new cases

• March 5 – 1,486 new cases

• March 6 – 1,289 new cases

• March 8 – 1,960 new cases (number of cases for two days)

• March 9 – 954 new cases

• March 10 – 2,316 new cases

• March 11 – 2,091 new cases

• March 12 – 2,403 new cases

Here’s a timeline of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Michigan:

Here are Michigan COVID-19 cases broken down by gender (check here if you don’t see the table):