Here’s what you need to know on December 19, 2020

DETROIT – The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan rose to 458,852 on Saturday, including 11,461 deaths, state officials report.

Saturday’s update includes 3,896 new cases and 187 additional deaths – including 155 deaths identified during a review of records, meaning they didn’t occur between Friday and Saturday.

The state reported a total of 284,731 recoveries on Saturday.

On Friday, the state reported a total of 454,956 confirmed cases and 11,274 deaths.

Michigan’s seven-day average for new COVID cases dropped to 4,010 as of Saturday, December 19. The state had a total of approximately 162,700 active cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.

Hospital admissions began to decline in December. Friday night, there were 3,261 patients with COVID in Michigan hospitals.

According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 17.5 million COVID cases were reported across the country on Saturday. More than 315,000 have died from the virus in the US.

According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 76 million people are infected worldwide and more than 1.6 million have died. The actual numbers are certainly much higher, due to limited testing, different ways nations count the dead, and deliberate under-reporting by some governments.

Headlines about the coronavirus:

VISION: Track COVID-19 Vaccine Doses by Michigan County

VISION: Tracking cases of coronavirus outbreaks in Michigan schools

The Michigan Senate passed a $ 465 million COVID-19 bill during its session on Friday, December 19. Part of the cash distribution includes $ 220 million for unemployment and $ 48 million for the distribution and testing of COVID vaccines.

The bill goes to Michigan House Monday.

Read more here.

The US added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal on Friday, December 19, ramping up efforts to combat an outbreak so dire that the country regularly records more than 3,000 deaths a day.

The much-needed doses will arrive Monday after the Food and Drug Administration clears an emergency rollout of the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that the state is reviewing its COVID-19 order to resume in-person high school classes, reopen certain indoor entertainment venues, and allow contactless outdoor sports and fitness classes.

LAKE: Here’s everything reopening under Michigan’s revised COVID-19 order

The state is currently under a “pause” that imposed tougher COVID-19 regulations at restaurants, schools and more, but that order was due to expire on Sunday (the 20th of December).

Now the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has issued a revised version of the order, which will be effective until Jan. 15.

This is what will be opened and what will remain closed under the order.

Here we follow COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed per 1,000 residents in each Michigan county:

A new tool created by Michigan Health Officers can calculate the likelihood of a person getting COVID-19 and how serious the infection could be based on their life situation and personal behavior.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services launched “CV19 CheckUp” – a free, anonymous tool that evaluates a person’s risks associated with COVID-19.

Click here to visit the CV19 CheckUp tool online.

“This tool, which we will be making available to all Michiganders, will help individuals understand their risk based on their life situation and personal behavior, and provides recommendations to reduce those risks while connecting people to services as needed,” said Dr. Alexis Travis, Senior Assistant Director of the Aging & Adult Services Agency.

Travis said the tool can be used by all Michigan residents, but it is specifically designed to help adults aged 60 and over. It is anonymous and does not require a name, email address or identification of any type.

The tool used artificial intelligence to analyze each person through an online questionnaire. It is designed for those who are considered to be at high risk.

The tool’s algorithms are driven by science and medicine, using data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organisation.

Michigan COVID-19 Cases Reported Daily Since Dec. 1:

December 1 – 5,793 new cases
December 2 – 6,955 new cases
December 3 – 7,146 new cases
December 4 – 8,689 new cases
December 5 – 6,004 new cases
December 6 – 4,675 new cases
December 7 – 4,675 new cases
December 8 – 5,909 new cases
December 9 – 4,905 new cases
December 10 – 5,937 new cases
December 11 – 5,157 new cases
December 12 – 4,486 new cases
December 13 – 3,602 new cases
December 14 – 3,603 new cases
December 15 – 4,730 new cases
December 16 – 4,037 new cases
December 17 – 4,024 new cases
December 18 – 4,180 new cases
December 19 – 3,896 new cases

Michigan COVID-19 reported daily deaths since December 1:

December 1 – 190 new deaths (30 from vital signs)
December 2 – 81 new deaths
December 3 – 175 new deaths (112 from vital signs)
December 4 – 81 new deaths
December 5 – 193 new deaths (145 from vital signs)
December 6 – 46 new deaths
December 7 – 47 new deaths
December 8 – 191 new deaths
December 9 – 75 new deaths
December 10 – 182 new deaths (132 from vital signs)
December 11 – 61 new deaths
December 12 – 206 new deaths (176 from vital signs)
December 13 – 45 new deaths
December 14 – 45 new deaths
December 15 – 183 new deaths (71 from vital signs)
December 16 – 83 new deaths
December 17 – 190 new deaths (125 from vital signs)
December 18 – 66 new deaths
December 19 – 187 new deaths (155 from vital signs)

Coronavirus Sources:

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