More Than 1K New Coronavirus Cases In Michigan, Almost 200 Deaths Reported

Michigan is closing in on 200 COVID-19 deaths and continues to have the fourth-most cases of COVID-19 in the nation.

A statewide coronavirus hotline is open 7 days a week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 1-888-535-6136. Information can be found on the DHHS website or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention website.

There are now 184 people who have died of COVID-19 in Michigan, with 52 more deaths reported by the state as of 3 p.m.

Michigan has 6,498 positive cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by a new coronavirus, although state officials believe the actual number of cases is much higher. There were 1,012 new cases since Sunday.

Only New York, New Jersey and California are the states with more cases than Michigan, per the New York Times tracker.

Sixty-two of Michigan’s 83 counties have cases. Deaths have been reported in 16 counties.

Detroit, which is considered a national hotspot, has 1,801 cases and 52 deaths. Besides Detroit, Wayne County has 1,394 cases and 31 deaths. Oakland County has 1,365 cases and 48 deaths. Macomb County reports 728 cases and 27 deaths.

The new state-reported numbers only recently began incorporating data from other commercial and private labs and hospitals around Michigan, which caused an apparent spike in numbers that speaks more to the number of cases just now being publicly reported.

The first two cases of COVID-19 were reported in the state on March 10. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency that day.

The World Health Organization reports that there are 693,224 confirmed cases worldwide and more than 33,000 deaths. In the United States, there are 156,391 confirmed cases and 2,897 deaths, per the New York Times’ tracking.

This story was originally published by the Michigan Advance. For more stories from the Michigan Advance, visit MichiganAdvance.com.