St. Joseph County's COVID new cases flat; Michigan cases surge 30.8%
New coronavirus cases leaped in Michigan in the week ending May 8, rising 30.8% as 18,945 cases were reported. The previous week had 14,482 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
St. Joseph County reported 21 cases and no deaths for the week.
The highest number of weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Washtenaw County with 398 cases per 100,000 per week; Oakland County with 266; and Keweenaw County with 236. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.
Adding the most new cases overall were Wayne County, with 4,124 cases; Oakland County, with 3,341 cases; and Macomb County, with 2,017. Weekly case counts rose in 75 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in Wayne, Oakland and Kent counties.
Cases fell in seven counties, with the best declines in Luce County, with six cases from 12 a week earlier; in Dickinson County, with 35 cases from 40; and in Mecosta County, with 31 cases from 35.
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Michigan ranked 17th among the states where coronavirus was spreading 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 U.S. increased 33.2% compared to the prior week, with 501,037 cases reported. With 3% of the country's population, Michigan had 3.78% of the country's cases.
Michigan ranked 35th among states in share of people receiving at least one shot, with 67% of its residents at least partially vaccinated. The national rate is 77.7%, a USA TODAY analysis of CDC data shows. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which are the most used in the United States, require two doses administered a few weeks apart.
In the week ending May 4, Michigan reported administering another 89,246 vaccine doses, including 9,262 first doses. In the previous week, the state administered 77,455 vaccine doses, including 6,524 first doses.
In Michigan, 62 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 67 people were reported dead.
A total of 2,444,891 people in Michigan have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 36,064 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 81,863,725 people have tested positive and 997,526 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, May 8.
Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:
Last week: 1,133
The week before that: 915
Four weeks ago: 605
Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:
Last week: 45,875
The week before that: 42,092
Four weeks ago: 37,354
Hospitals in 36 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 32 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 35 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 Sturgis Journal: St. Joseph County reported 21 additional COVID-19 cases this week
