Michigan Reports 2nd Highest Coronavirus Increase Wednesday

MICHIGAN — Michigan on Wednesday reported its second highest single-day increase of new coronavirus cases.

State health officials reported 3,271 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, an increase that brought Michigan's overall case total to 167,545. Michigan also added 18 more COVID-19 deaths, bringing the coronavirus death toll in the state to 7,257.

Michigan added over 2,300 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, a day after it reported more than 6,000 new cases had been reported over a four-day stretch. Nearly 115,000 people in the state have recovered from the coronavirus, according to state health officials.

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Michigan ranks 15th in the U.S. in reported cases of the coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization. The state is 10th in the nation in reported COVID-19 deaths.

More than 9 million coronavirus cases have been reported in the U.S., according to the World Health Organization. That includes over 232,000 COVID-19 deaths and more than 5.8 million COVID-19 recoveries.

According to the World Health Organization, over 44.5 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported worldwide. More than 1.1 million COVID-19 deaths have been reported around the world, while over 32.6 million people have reportedly recovered from the virus.