Michigan Reports 780 New Coronavirus Cases, 7 New Deaths Friday

MICHIGAN — Michigan health officials reported nearly 800 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday.

The state added 780 new confirmed cases of the respiratory illness on Friday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Michigan to 126,358. Meanwhile, officials also reported seven more people in Michigan have died from the virus, increasing the coronavirus death toll in the state to 6,788.

Nearly 900 new cases of the coronavirus were reported in Michigan on Thursday. As of last week, more than 95,000 people in the state had recovered from the virus.

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Michigan is ranked 17th in the U.S. in reported cases of the coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization. Michigan is ninth in reported coronavirus deaths.

According to the World Health Organization, more than 7.5 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported in the U.S. Nearly 213,000 deaths attributed to the virus have been reported in the U.S., while more than 4.7 million people in the U.S. have recovered from the respiratory illness.

Over 34.6 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. That number includes more than 1 million deaths attributed to the virus as well as over 25.7 million recoveries. More than 7.8 million cases of the coronavirus remain active.

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