The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has changed the way it reports coronavirus cases and deaths. The department is now reporting “probable” and “confirmed” cases and deaths combined, rather than separately.
In addition to no longer distinguishing between probable and confirmed cases, MDHHS is also reporting COVID deaths differently. They are no longer separately reporting new deaths and those found by checking pervious death certificates.
Now, deaths are reported with no distinction on how many of them are recent.
On Wednesday, the state reported 3,559 cases and 70 deaths for the five days going back to last Saturday. They are now doing only one report per week.
The county-by-county reports still report “confirmed” and “probable” separately, as has been done since the pandemic began in March, 2020.
Here in the Upper Peninsula, there were 39 new confirmed cases reported over the five-day period, and five new deaths: two in Delta County, and one each in Chippewa Houghton, and Lue Counties.
It’s not known how long ago those people died. One death on Schoolcraft County’s total was deleted, as were cases in Alger and Dickinson Counties.
NEW U.P. CASES REPORTED FOR SAT, SUN, MON, TUE, WED
Alger -1
Baraga 2
Chippewa 11 (and 1 new death)
Delta 2 (and 2 new deaths)
Dickinson -1
Gogebic 2
Houghton 5 (and 1 new death)
Iron 0
Keweenaw 0
Luce 1 (and 1 new death)
Mackinac 4
Marquette 12
Menominee 0
Ontonagon 0
Schoolcraft 0 (1 death subtracted)
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