Michigan Surpasses 11,000 Coronavirus Deaths Wednesday

MICHIGAN — More than 11,000 Michiganders have died from the coronavirus, according to data released by state health officials Wednesday.

Michigan reported 83 additional COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, bringing the coronavirus death toll in the state to 11,018. The state also reported 4,037 new cases of the coronavirus, growing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Michigan to 446,752.

On Saturday, Michigan health officials said that 236,369 people in Michigan had recovered from the coronavirus.

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More than 17.2 million COVID-19 cases have been reported in the U.S., according to the World Health Organization. Nearly 313,000 COVID-19 deaths have been reported across the nation, while the number of recoveries from the virus has surpassed 10 million.

Michigan, according to the World Health Organization, is in the nation's top 10 in both COVID-19 cases and deaths.

Over 74 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported worldwide as of Wednesday, according to the World Health Organization. Of those cases, more than 1.6 million have been reported as COVID-19 deaths, while over 52.1 million are reportedly COVID-19 recoveries.

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