Michigan Coronavirus Cases Surpass 95,000 Friday

MICHIGAN — The state reported fewer than 400 new coronavirus cases Friday, but said the number was lower than normal due to a reporting error.

Michigan added 374 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday, bringing the statewide case total to 95,071. The state also added 10 new deaths being attributed to the virus, bringing Michigan's coronavirus death toll to 6,378.

State health officials said Friday's amount of new cases was lower than normal due to an issue with the reporting of electronic lab results.

"A large number of received lab messages were improperly formatted and temporarily blocked some valid results from being processed and entered into the reporting system," the state said on its coronavirus web page. "This issue is currently being fixed. As the valid results enter the system over the next day or two, there will likely be higher than expected numbers of daily case counts. This lab result backlog should not affect the 7-day rolling average or the cases by date of onset in the dashboard data."

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According to the World Health Organization, Michigan has the 18th most cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. It is ranked ninth in the nation in coronavirus deaths.

The U.S., more than 5.7 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, according to the World Health Organization. Over 177,000 people in the U.S. have died from the coronavirus, while more than 3.1 million people have recovered from it.

More than 23 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported worldwide as of Friday morning, according to the World Health Organization. Nearly 800,000 people around the world have died from the virus, while more than 15.6 million people have recovered. Over 6.5 million cases remain active.