Michigan Coronavirus Cases Eclipse 53,000

MICHIGAN — More than 53,000 cases of the coronavirus have been reported in Michigan as of Wednesday, state health officials reported.

The state reported 659 new cases of the coronavirus as of 10 a.m. Wednesday, bringing Michigan's case total to 53,009.

Meanwhile, another 43 people have died from the virus, bringing Michigan's death toll to 5,060.

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State numbers are released daily at 3 p.m. but are indicative of what has been reported by 10 a.m. that day.

Numbers are sometimes altered as public health officials investigate individual cases. Case numbers sometimes do not match numbers provided by respective counties due to several variables, including testing done by private organizations that report to either the state or the county but not both.

Deaths are reported by health care providers and recorded by local health departments. Other data, such as the number of individuals who have recovered at the state level, are released on Saturdays.

Trump Threatens Michigan Coronavirus Relief Funding

Federal funding to provide relief to Michigan amid the coronavirus pandemic was the subject of a tweet by the president Wednesday morning.

Trump tweeted a threat to "hold up funding to Michigan" while addressing a move by Michigan Secretary of to send applications for absentee ballots to registered voters in Michigan.

"Breaking: Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ahead of Primaries and the General Election," Trump tweeted. "This was done illegally and without authorization by a rogue Secretary of State. I will ask to hold up funding to Michigan if they want to go down this Voter Fraud path!.."

Trump made similar threats to Nevada, which sent ballots to voters for its June 9 state primary due to the coronavirus, the Associated Press reported.

Coronavirus Trend in Michigan

The number of new coronavirus reported in Michigan continues to plateau. The state has not reported more than 1,000 new cases during a single day since April 29 aside from one day in which the state said a large number of backlogged test results were counted.

Coronavirus Cases in Southeast Michigan

Detroit, which reports separately from Wayne County, has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the state, according to data provided by state health officials.

Wayne County leads Michigan counties in cases and deaths. Oakland County is close behind in both categories.

Michigan in National, Global Context

More than 5 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported across the globe as of Wednesday morning, according to the World Health Organization. Of those, more than 327,000 people have died. However, the organization has reported that nearly 2 million people have recovered from the virus.

The U.S., with it's 1.5 million reported cases of the coronavirus and nearly 94,000 deaths attributed to the virus, leads the world in both categories.

Michigan ranks seventh in the U.S. in total number of confirmed coronavirus cases, according to the World Health Organization. Michigan is fourth in the country in deaths attributed to the virus.