Michigan reports 3,082 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday

By Laina G. Stebbins, Michigan Advance

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) reported Tuesday that a total of 466,485 Michiganders have tested positive for COVID-19 and 11,705 have died from the virus — an additional 3,082 cases and 173 deaths since Monday. 

The deaths announced Tuesday include 72 identified during a vital records review, meaning that those individuals had already died, but are just now being flagged by the state as official COVID-19 deaths. The DHHS conducts this review process three times per week.

DHHS also reports that an additional 38,144 Michiganders have been identified as “probable” cases for COVID-19, as well as 637 probable deaths. The department began tracking probable cases on April 5.

Combining the state’s confirmed positive cases with probable cases brings the total up to 504,629 statewide cases and 12,342 deaths.

The virus has been detected in all of Michigan’s 83 counties. The state’s COVID-19 fatality rate remains at 2.5%.

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

Johns Hopkins University reports that there are more than 77.8 million confirmed cases worldwide and 1.7 million deaths. The United States makes up a significant portion of those, as more than 18.1 million confirmed cases and 322,611 deaths have been recorded nationally.

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