Michigan public health officials confirmed Monday an additional 5,020 COVID-19 cases and 27 virus deaths.
Those cumulative totals represent testing data collected Thursday and Friday. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) publishes new case, death, and vaccination numbers every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Of the 27 deaths reported, 6 were identified during a vital records review. Over the past three days, the state has averaged 1,673 cases per day, down from 1,979 cases per day Aug. 25-27, a 15.4 percent dcrease.
The three-day case total brought the state’s total confirmed cases and deaths to 946,698 and 20,256 since the onset of the pandemic.
Oakland County saw the largest increase in cases at 601 followed by Wayne County at 524 (excluding Detroit), Macomb County at 495, Kent County at 433 and Genesee County at 206. Detroit saw an increase of 211 cases.
15 of the state’s 83 counties reported at least one new death, according to MDHHS data.
The state’s COVID-19 case and testing positivity rates continue to remain high due to the spread of the Delta variant. Statewide, there are over 1,246 Michiganders hospitalized with COVID-19, the majority being in southeast Michigan, with 77 percent of the state’s hospital beds occupied.
Michigan’s 7-day average case rate currently stands at 112 cases per 100,000 residents, a 19.3 percent decrease from Aug. 27 at 138.9 cases per day. Even with the decrease, Michigan is still in the high community transmission category, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The state’s 7-day average testing posivity rate is around 8-10 percent.
The CDC is also reporting that 92.98 percent of U.S. counties have had high community transmission levels, including the majority of Michigan’s 83 counties. The CDC defines high community transmission as averaging at least 100 new cases per day per 100,000 residents over a 7-day period.
As of Aug. 30, most of the state’s 79 new virus outbreaks were concentrated in the long-term care (15 new outbreaks) and manufacturing setttings (16 new outbreaks). Outbreak numbers are updated by MDHHS each Monday.
As of Aug. 27, the state’s vaccination coverage rate for residents 16 and older was 65.8 percent with 5,326,373 residents receiving at least one dose including 36.7 percent for those aged 12-15, 45.1 percent for those aged 16-19, 43.1 percent for those aged 20-29, and 53.4 percent for those aged 30-39.
Among the older groups, vaccination rates are 57.5 percent for those aged 40-49, 68.7 percent for those aged 50-64, 82.9 percent for residents aged 65-74, and 79.7 percent for Michiganders aged 75 and older.
Last week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued support for local health departments and school district that issued indoor mask mandates to help keep students safe and slow the spread of COVID-19. The Wayne County Health Department joined five other local health departments Friday, including Oakland County, when it issued a new health order mandating indoor masks for educational settings.
“Districts and local public health leaders should keep working together to implement mask guidelines and create buy-in at the community level, which leads to better outcomes and better adherence to policies that keep kids, teachers, staff, and parents safe,” said Whitmer.
Whitmer also issued an executive directive to state departments and agencies to begin preparing the state’s vaccine response to administer booster COVID-19 vaccine doses to Michiganders beginning Sept. 20. Whitmer added that Michigan “has an ample supply of the COVID-19 vaccine to meet the projected demand.”
You can view the directive here:
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In that directive, Whitmer also directed the state’s vaccine providers to prioritize booster doses beginning with residents in long-term care facilities, including nursing homes and adult foster care.
“With booster doses on the horizon, we are reactivating our close partnerships with local health departments and pharmacies to get shots in arms as quickly as possible,” said Whitmer. “We know that this virus still disproportionately affects older Michiganders, which is why I’m also prioritizing booster shots for residents in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.”
President Biden, CDC, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that Pfizer and Moderna booster doses would be available for the general public beginning the week of Sept. 20, following FDA authorization, for anyone at least 8 months out from their initial two-dose vaccine series.
As of Aug. 27, over 22,000 booster doses have been administered statewide. 85 percent of those third doses have been administered to Michiganders age 50 and older. Right now, the only groups eligible for a third dose include those the federal government identifies as immunocompromised such as organ transplant, active cancer, and HV patients at least six months out from their two-dose series.
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also gave full use approval to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which could lead to increased confidence and decreased relunctancy among the unvaccinated to get vaccinated and allow more employers and universities to feel comfortable implementing vaccine mandates. This approval also gives way to doctors being allowed to prescribe the vaccine for children under age 12.
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