US coronavirus death toll tops 400,000 in Trump’s final hours
BALTIMORE (AP) – The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed 400,000 on Tuesday in the waning hours in office for President Donald Trump, whose handling of the crisis has been judged by public health experts a singular failure. The running total of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is nearly equal to the number of Americans killed in World War II. It is just short of the estimated 409,000 Americans who died in 2019 of strokes, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, flu and pneumonia combined. While the count is based on figures supplied by government agencies around the world, the real death toll is believed to be significantly higher, in part because of inadequate testing and cases inaccurately attributed to other causes early on. It took just over a month to go from 300,000 to 400,000.
Virus expands grip in many areas, as US nears 100,000 deaths
Still, optimism over reopening economies from business shutdowns to fight the virus spurred a rally on Wall Street, even as the official U.S. death toll approached 100,000. New Zealand's Ministry of Health reported Wednesday that there were no COVID-19 patients under treatment in hospitals. Authorities were testing 3,600 employees of a local e-commerce giant, Coupang, after discovering dozens of coronavirus infections linked to workers at the companys warehouse near Seoul. Its daily death toll is approaching that of the U.S., at about 620. Brazil currently leads in daily deaths with more than 800.
Michigan reports 206 new coronavirus deaths, highest daily total
Some could have occurred days or weeks earlier but they were added to the official count after death certificates were matched to a registry of confirmed coronavirus cases, the state health department said. “It appears from current COVID-19 cases and modeling that the curve is significantly flattening,” university spokeswoman Mary Masson said. Separately, Mayor Mike Duggan reported seven more deaths among Detroit nursing home residents, raising the city’s total to at least 18. About 27% of Michigan’s coronavirus cases and 25% of deaths were Detroit residents. TESTINGThe state health department expanded the priority testing list to people who are allowed to work in person under Whitmer’s stay-home measure.
In just 3 weeks, more than 1,000 in Michigan died from COVID-19
DETROIT – On March 18, Michigan reported its first COVID-19 related death. The death toll in Michigan has continued to rise, by more than 100 per day in the last four days. Related: Michigan extends ‘stay home’ order to April 30: What you need to knowFor comparison, between November 2019 and March 21, 2020, Michigan reported 210 flu-related deaths, according to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Related: Michigan now reporting coronavirus (COVID-19) recovery numbersOakland County has 4,247 confirmed cases, the second-most in Michigan. Genesee County (755), Washtenaw County (637), Kent County (233), Ingham County (222), Saginaw County (205), Livingston County (181), Monroe County (165), St. Clair County (162) and Jackson County (131) all have more than 100 confirmed cases.