An additional positive case was reported in St. Joseph County Tuesday, putting the county’s number of positive cases at 22, while the number of confirmed deaths within the county related to COVID-19 remains at one, according to data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. 

Total cases statewide — based on data collected by MDHHS that was released shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday — stand at 27,001 with 1,769 deaths attributed to COVID-19. The data also puts daily confirmed cases at 1,366 and daily COVID-19 deaths at 166.

Alek Haak-Frost is the executive editor of Watershed Voice.