DETROIT – Michigan reported 17,980 new cases of COVID-19 and 128 virus-related deaths Friday -- an average of 8,990 cases over the past two days, nearly the highest daily case total we’ve recorded since the start of the pandemic.
Friday’s update brings the total number of confirmed COVID cases in Michigan to 1,242,253, including 23,232 deaths. These numbers are up from 1,224,273 cases and 23,104 deaths, as of Wednesday.
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The deaths announced Friday include 71 identified during a Vital Records review.
Testing has increased to around 40,000 diagnostic tests reported per day on average, with the 7-day positive rate at 17.07% as of Wednesday -- a more than 2% increase from last week. Hospitalizations have been steadily increasing for several weeks and are at the highest point since the spring surge.
The state’s 7-day moving average for daily cases was 7,654 on Friday, the highest on record. The 7-day death average was 63 on Friday. The state’s fatality rate is 1.9%. The state also reports “active cases,” which were listed at 171,000 on Friday.
Michigan has reported more than 10.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered as of Thursday, with 70.3% of 16+ residents having received at least one dose while 61.3% of 16+ residents are considered fully vaccinated.
According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 46.9 million cases have been reported in the U.S., with more than 762,500 deaths reported from the virus. Globally, more than 7.4 billion vaccine doses have been administered, including more than 435 million doses in the U.S. alone.
Worldwide, more than 252 million people have been confirmed infected and more than 5 million have died, according to Johns Hopkins University. The true numbers are certainly much higher, because of limited testing, different ways nations count the dead and deliberate under-reporting by some governments.
New daily Michigan COVID-19 totals since Oct. 15:
- Oct. 15 -- 8,297 new cases (case count for two days)
- Oct. 18 -- 8,496 new cases (case count for three days)
- Oct. 20 -- 7,108 new cases (case count for two days)
- Oct. 22 -- 7,505 new cases (case count for two days)
- Oct. 25 -- 7,856 new cases (case count for three days)
- Oct. 27 -- 7,867 new cases (case count for two days)
- Oct. 29 -- 8,078 new cases (case count for two days)
- Nov. 1 -- 9,313 new cases (case count for three days)
- Nov. 3 -- 9,764 new cases (case count for two days)
- Nov. 5 -- 10,094 new cases (case count for two days)
- Nov. 8 -- 8,911 new cases (case count for three days)
- Nov. 10 -- 6,283 new cases (case count for two days)
- Nov. 12 -- 15,878 new cases (processing delay inflated the two-day case count)
- Nov. 15 -- 21,034 new cases (case count for three days)
- Nov. 17 -- 14,561 new cases (case count for two days)
- Nov. 19 -- 17,980 new cases (case count for two days)
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