Lenawee County's new COVID-19 cases tick upward; Michigan cases fall

Mike Stucka and David Panian
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Lenawee County and most of Michigan and Ohio are in the "low" community COVID-19 level, which is marked in green on this map. Counties in the "medium" level are in yellow, and those in the "high" level are in orange.
Lenawee County and most of Michigan and Ohio are in the "low" community COVID-19 level, which is marked in green on this map. Counties in the "medium" level are in yellow, and those in the "high" level are in orange.

Lenawee County reported an increase in new COVID-19 cases and one additional death in the past week as Michigan's new cases fell.

Michigan reported 13,102 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending Sunday, down 8.7% from the previous week. The previous week had 14,353 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Michigan ranked 44th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week, coronavirus cases in the United States decreased 4.6% from the week before, with 750,600 cases reported. With 3% of the country's population, Michigan had 1.75% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 24 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.

The Fourth of July holiday disrupted who got tested, when people got tested and when both test results and deaths were reported. This may skew week-to-week comparisons.

Lenawee County reported 102 cases and one death in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 90 cases and zero deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 26,383 cases and 328 deaths.

Lenawee County and most of Michigan and Ohio are in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "low" community COVID-19 level. No Michigan counties are in the "high" level. Four counties around Midland, Mount Pleasant, Clare and Gladwin as well as Kent County, a group of counties in the northwestern Lower Peninsula and the counties in the Upper Peninsula along the Wisconsin border are in the "medium" category. In the medium category, the CDC recommends people at risk of serious illness from a COVID-19 infection wear a mask while visiting indoor, public places.

In the "low" category, the CDC recommends staying up to date with vaccinations and getting tested if you have COVID-19 symptoms, such as fever or chills, a cough, shortness of breath, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or a runny nose, nausea or vomiting, or diarrhea.

In the "high" category, the CDC recommends everyone wear a mask while at indoor, public places.

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Within Michigan, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Gogebic County with 293 cases per 100,000 per week; Kent County with 214; and Washtenaw County with 195.

Lenawee County had 117 new cases per 100,000 for the week ending July 7, according to the COVID data-tracking website mistartmap.info. That is up from that statistic's most recent low point of 83 news cases per 100,000 people on June 25.

In Michigan, 64 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 174 people were reported dead.

A total of 2,619,533 people in Michigan have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 36,982 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 88,593,875 people have tested positive and 1,020,861 people have died.

Note: In the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus data, cases and deaths for the Michigan Department of Corrections and the Federal Correctional Institution separately from Michigan counties.

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Michigan's COVID-19 hospital admissions rising

USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, July 10. Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:

  • Last week: 1,001

  • The week before that: 860

  • Four weeks ago: 1,037

Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:

  • Last week: 69,400

  • The week before that: 63,341

  • Four weeks ago: 57,327

Hospitals in 39 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 35 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 42 states admitted more COVID-19 patients in the latest week than a week prior, the USA TODAY analysis of U.S. Health and Human Services data shows.

The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have questions about the data or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Telegram: Lenawee County reported 102 additional COVID-19 cases this week