Health & Fitness
Michigan Reports 1,819 New COVID-19 Cases Since Wednesday
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that a total of 2,065,912 Michiganders have tested positive since Wednesday.
March 13, 2022
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) reported Friday that a total of 2,065,912 Michiganders have tested positive for COVID-19 and 32,419 have died from the virus — an additional 1,819 cases and 45 deaths since Wednesday.
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The new numbers combine Thursday’s and Friday’s recorded cases and deaths, with an average of 910 new confirmed cases per day. DHHS publishes COVID-19 data three times weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
The deaths announced include 38 deaths identified during a vital records review. DHHS conducts this review process two times per week.
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DHHS also reports that an additional 305,876 Michiganders have been identified as “probable” cases for COVID-19, as well as 2,769 probable deaths. The department began tracking probable cases on April 5, 2020.
Combining the state’s confirmed positive cases with probable cases brings the total up to 2,371,788 statewide cases and 35,188 deaths.
The virus has been detected in all of Michigan’s 83 counties. The state’s COVID-19 fatality rate is currently at 1.6%.
As of Monday, the state reports a total of 853 COVID-19 hospitalizations across Michigan hospitals, with 176 of those in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and an average bed occupancy of 76%.
The first two cases of COVID-19 were reported in the state on March 10, 2020. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency that day.
Johns Hopkins University reports that there are about 454.2 million confirmed cases worldwide and 6 million deaths. The United States makes up a significant portion of those, as 79.4 million confirmed cases and 966,172 deaths have been recorded nationally.
Michigan currently has an overall vaccination rate (one or more doses) of 66.4%, putting it in the bottom third of state vaccination rates. About 60% of the state’s population has been fully vaccinated.
About 77% of the entire United States population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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