Michigan reports 16,137 COVID-19 cases, 137 deaths over the past week

Arjun Thakkar, Detroit Free Press
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Over the last week, Michigan reported 16,137 new COVID-19 cases, an average of 2,305.3 cases per day, and 137 new deaths, according to data released Tuesday by the state health department.

New cases decreased by 20% compared to last week, and new deaths represent a 29.2% increase from the previous report.

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Over the last week, the positivity rate for diagnostic tests is 21.55%%, with 19,629 of 91,098 tests positive.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the state has had 2,708,622 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 37,671 deaths due to COVID-19.

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