Michigan reports 4,271 new COVID cases, 312 deaths -- average of 2,136 cases per day

Michigan’s COVID fatality rate around 1.5%

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DETROIT – Michigan reported 4,271 new cases of COVID-19 and 312 virus-related deaths Wednesday -- an average of 2,135.5 cases over the past two days.

Wednesday’s update brings the total number of confirmed COVID cases in Michigan to 2,042,013, including 31,271 deaths. These numbers are up from 2,037,742 cases and 30,959 deaths, as of Monday.

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The deaths announced Wednesday include 274 identified during a Vital Records review.

Testing has increased to around 50,000 to 60,000 diagnostic tests reported per day on average, with the 7-day positive rate at 11.75% as of Feb. 14 -- the lowest it has been since the end of October. Hospitalizations have decreased over the last three weeks.

The state’s 7-day moving average for daily cases was 2,660 on Monday, Feb. 14, lower than the previous week. The 7-day death average was 69 on Feb. 14. The state’s fatality rate is 1.5%.

Michigan has reported more than 11.2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered as of Feb. 14, with 69.9% of 16+ residents having received at least one dose, while 64.1% of 16+ residents are considered fully vaccinated.

Across Michigan’s entire population, 65.7% have received at least one COVID vaccine dose.

According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 76 million cases have been reported in the U.S., with more than 902,200 deaths reported from the virus. Globally, more than 10 billion vaccine doses have been administered, including more than 539 million doses in the U.S. alone.

Worldwide, more than 393 million people have been confirmed infected and more than 5.7 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 Jan. 26:

  • Jan. 26 -- 27,423 new cases (case count for two days)
  • Jan. 28 -- 26,309 new cases (case count for two days)
  • Jan. 31 -- 21,242 new cases (case count for three days)
  • Feb. 2 -- 18,803 new cases (case count for two days)
  • Feb. 4 -- 9,805 new cases (case count for two days)
  • Feb. 7 -- 9,898 new cases (case count for three days)
  • Feb. 9 -- 7,527 new cases (case count for two days)
  • Feb. 11 -- 5,716 new cases (case count for two days)
  • Feb. 14 -- 5,380 new cases (case count for three days)
  • Feb. 16 -- 4,271 new cases (case count for two days)

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About the Authors:

Derick is the Lead Digital Editor for ClickOnDetroit and has been with Local 4 News since April 2013. Derick specializes in breaking news, crime and local sports.

Ken Haddad has proudly been with WDIV/ClickOnDetroit since 2013. He also authors the Morning Report Newsletter and various other newsletters, and helps lead the WDIV Insider team. He's a big sports fan and is constantly sipping Lions Kool-Aid.