Michigan: High Number Of Coronavirus Cases Due To Tech Issue

MICHIGAN — Michigan reported its highest single-day increase in new coronavirus cases Thursday, but officials said the high number of cases is due to a slowdown in the reporting of electronic laboratory results and that Thursday's numbers included cases that should have been reported Wednesday.

State health officials said 2,030 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in Michigan Thursday morning. The increase brings Michigan's coronavirus case total to 141,091.

Officials later said that tens of thousands of test results are sent to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services electronically and that Thursday evening, a slowdown in the processing of the messages was noted. The issue has since been resolved, officials said.

The state also reported 32 new COVID-19 deaths Thursday, increasing Michigan's coronavirus death toll to 6,973.

Michigan added more than 1,300 new cases of the virus on Wednesday. As of Saturday, more than 100,000 people in the state had recovered from the coronavirus, according to state officials.

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

More than 8.1 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported in the U.S., according to the World Health Organization. That number includes over 222,000 COVID-19 deaths and more than 5.2 million COVID-19 recoveries.

Over 39 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. More than 1.1 million COVID-19 deaths have been reported around the world. Over 29.2 million coronavirus recoveries have been reported worldwide.

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