Over 4,000 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Michigan on Thanksgiving eve | Coronavirus

More than 4,000 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Michigan on Wednesday, according to the state’s website.

With 4,273 cases and 73 deaths from the virus on Wednesday, the state had 324,779 confirmed cases and 8,761 confirmed deaths.

Michigan currently has 352,433 cases and 9,170 deaths, combined with an estimated 27,654 cases and 409 estimated deaths.

Since the pandemic began in November, the number of cases per day has consistently increased compared to any other month.

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— — Michigan.gov (@Migov) November 25, 2020

Previously, the total for October was the highest since spring, but November continues to exceed the total for October by more than 93,000.

Except for Sundays when no cases and deaths have been reported, Wednesday is the 21st consecutive day in which Michigan added more than 3,000 cases a day.

But most notably, 136,407 were added between May and October, and now exceeds 146,000 in November alone.

Similarly, the number of deaths in November has skyrocketed, with no deaths since May.

Discounting Sunday, Wednesday was the 18th consecutive day reporting more than 40 new deaths.

The dates for reporting more than 100 cases in November are as follows:

• 118 new deaths on Friday the 13th of November
• 134 new deaths on Thursday, November 19th
• 101 new deaths on Saturday, November 21
• 145 new deaths on Tuesday, November 24

By comparison, there were a total of four in May, with more than 100 cases in just one day.

• 102 new deaths on Tuesday, May 19
• 69 new deaths on Thursday, May 21
• 65 new deaths on Saturday, May 23
• Wednesday, May 27, 68 people died

Overall, this means that November hasn’t seen record highs since the spring when the pandemic began, and continues to record a surge in cases and deaths.

Average and total

Friday’s seven-day average dropped to 6,710, adding about 82 new deaths per day.

A total of 46,973 new cases were added and 571 new deaths occurred during the seven days of this week.

With only five days left in November, 146,599 new cases and 1,421 new virus deaths were added this month, averaging about 5,863 new cases and 57 new deaths per day. Added.

Michigan has had more cases and deaths than any other month since the end of October and the start of the pandemic, with 53,483 new cases and 578 deaths that month.

In October, an average of about 1,725 ​​cases and about 19 cases were added per day of the month.

During the same seven days of October, the state added a total of 13,129 cases and 172 deaths, with an average of about 1,876 cases and 25 deaths per day.

Also, between October 1st and 25th, between November 1st and 25th, 33,329 new cases were added, 420 died, with an average of about 1,333 new cases per day. 17 deaths have been added.

test results

Health officials are also tracking the results of state-wide tests. So far, 6,462,837 diagnostic tests have been performed.

As of last Friday, a total of 152,267 Missiganders had recovered from COVID-19 (30 days after the onset of the disease). Totals are updated by the state every Saturday.

Global situation

According to Johns Hopkins UniversityOn Fridays around the world, the number of cases exceeded 60 million and the death toll reached nearly 1.4 million.

More than 12 million cases have been reported in the United States, with nearly 262,000 associated with the disease.

Michigan is ranked first in New York and the tenth largest state in the United States with the highest total death toll.

According to Johns Hopkins, the state is the ninth in the state and Texas is the first.

As the coronavirus pandemic rampages nationwide this year and surges across Michigan, leaders expect December to be no more dangerous than November.

We hope that more people will stay and remain sluggish, especially with the rules of restricting meetings, temporarily closing high school face-to-face learning, and eating out. As the spread of the virus slows, the number of new cases decreases.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer sent a Thanksgiving video message on Twitter Wednesday calling on Michigan residents to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on vacation.

“”As Thanksgiving is imminent and the number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow, I’ll take a moment to protect our families, frontline workers, and our small businesses. I wanted to encourage Michiganers around the world to play your part, “she tweeted in a video message.

As Thanksgiving is imminent and the number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow, I’ll take a moment to protect our families, frontline workers, and our small businesses. I wanted to encourage Michiganers around the world to play your part. pic.twitter.com/gMoD2At1Bo

— Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) November 24, 2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local governments have begged people not to travel and urged them to keep Thanksgiving celebrations small, according to the Associated Press.

Nonetheless, millions of Americans ignored the warning and went to the sky and highways to spend their vacation with their families the day before Thanksgiving.

According to the Associated Press, some people have been fed up with social distances of more than eight months and decided to spend time with their loved ones.

The Associated Press also acknowledged a manufacturing error in which AstraZeneca and Oxford University questioned the preliminary results of the COVID-19 vaccine a few days after declaring the vaccine “very effective.” Said that.

In a statement Wednesday, Oxford University said that some volunteers took half the dose because some of the vials used in the study did not have the proper concentration of vaccine.

However, the vaccine appeared to be effective for those who took half the dose. Therefore, more tests are needed to verify that half the dose of the vaccine is actually more effective.

Sara Gilbert, one of the Oxford scientists leading the study, said the answer was probably related to providing the exact right amount of vaccine to provoke the best immune response. It was.

Aggregation of cases

In the Detroit area on Wednesday, Oakland County has the highest number of cases in the area, with 488 new cases totaling 37,323 cases in the county.

Wayne County, excluding Detroit, was followed by 425 new cases, with a total of 36,277 cases in the county.

Next was Macomb County with 410 new cases, for a total of 32,382 cases.

And the city of Detroit was the last in the metro area with 172 new cases, citing a total of 19,263 cases.

In other parts of the state, there were 362 new cases in Kent County, for a total of 28,960 cases within the county.

Other regions of Michigan that have reported more than 100 cases are:

• Ottawa County, 190 new cases, 12,085
• Genesee County, 127 new cases, 11,816
• Kalamazoo County, 113 new cases, 7,545
• Ingham County, 111 new cases, 8,117

In central Michigan, Isabella County had 52 new cases, with a total of 2,049 cases in the county.

There were 35 new cases in Gratiot County, 1,343, and 27 new cases in Clare County, for a total of 618 cases.