Michigan Adds 2,300 New Positive Tests; 18 In U.P.

There’s been an increase in coronavirus cases in Michigan.

The state health department on Wednesday reported 2,316 new positive tests in the past 24 hours. The state also reported seven new COVID deaths. None of those deaths were in the Upper Peninsula.

Michigan now has recored 601,284 total cases and 15,706 total deaths. This as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer marked the exact one-year anniversary Wednesday of the first virus case being confirmed in Michigan.

The Upper Peninsula added 18 new cases on Wednesday: four in Houghton County, three each in Marquette, Delta, and Menominee Counties, and one new positive test in both Baraga and Chippewa Counties.

MDHHS STATEWIDE COUNTY BY COUNTY REPORT