The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday reported 1,597 new positive test results and 33 new deaths.
Michigan now has 150,989 positive test results since the crisis began back in March, and 7,086 deaths.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, at a Wednesday afternoon news conference, says things don’t look good.
“I’m just going to be frank: our numbers are not good. They’re moving in the wrong direction,” Whitmer said. “We are in a dangerous moment, where there’s the possibility of it just becoming community spread that becomes out of control,” Whitmer said. “We’re seeing that in a lot of our neighboring states. That’s what we’re trying to avoid. I’m sounding the alarm bell right now. We have to take this seriously.”
Whitmer also tied the rise in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, to the Michigan Supreme Court ruling that was issued nearly three weeks ago that declared her executive orders to be unconstititional. But the governor’s orders were quickly reimposed under Michigan Department of Health and Human Services emergency rules, and by local health departments, so it is unclear what effect, if any, the Court ruling truly had.
Whitmer continued to plead with Michigan residents to wear a mask. In fact, she, for the first time, wore a mask throughout her entire press conference, even when she was speaking.
The Upper Peninsula added roughly 100 new cases on Wednesday (there were some numbers that didn’t reconscile with Tuesday’s state report). One new death was reported in Delta County.
The U.P. now has 4,491 total cases since the crisis began in March. There have been 79 deaths reported in the U.P. during the pandemic.
The state also has 16,883 “probable cases” and 332 “probable deaths” that are not confirmed by a positive test result, but COVID-19 is believed to be the cause.
The U.P. has had 764 probable cases and four probable deaths.
As of Monday, the U.P.’s ten hospitals were caring for a combined 39 COVID patients, with 19 of them at U.P. Health System hospitals. There were 15 other patients in U.P. intensive care units, for a total of 54.
This was not updated on either Tuesday or Wednesday.
The state says that 109, 539 people have recovered from the virus. This is defined as being alive 30 days after the positive test or diagnosis. That will be updated again on Saturday.
UPPER PENINSULA POSITIVE CASES (DEATHS)
Alger County 77 (1 death)
Baraga County 62 (4 deaths)
Chippewa County 66
Delta County 916 (19 deaths)
Dickinson County 493 (12 deaths)
Gogebic County 224 (1 death)
Houghton County 726 (7 deaths)
Iron County 353 (20 deaths)
Keweenaw County 17
Luce County 34
Mackinac County 117
Marquette County 725 (12 deaths)
Menominee County 559 (3 deaths)
Ontonagon County 69
Schoolcraft County 53
UPPER PENINSULA PROBABLE CASES (No positive test result)
Alger County 24
Baraga County 13
Chippewa County 47
Delta County 135 (1 death)
Dickinson County 11 (1 death)
Gogebic County 91 (1 death)
Houghton County 149
Iron County 33 (1 death)
Keweenaw County 1
Luce County 11
Mackinac County 29
Marquette County 137
Menominee County 75
Ontonagon County 5
Schoolcraft County 3
UPPER PENINSULA HOSPITALIZATIONS (THRU MONDAY)
Aprirus 7 patients, 2 in ICU
Baraga County 0 patient, 0 in ICU
Dickinson Memorial 4 patients, 3 in ICU
Helen Newberry Joy 0 patient, 0 in ICU
Mackinac Straits Hospital 0 patients, 0 in ICU
Munising Memorial 1 patient, 0 in ICU
OSF St. Francis Hospital 6 patients, 2 in ICU
Schoolcraft Memorial 0 patient, 0 in ICU
UP Health System 19 patients, 6 in ICU
War Memorial Hospital 2 patients, 2 in ICU
MDHHS STATEWIDE COUNTY-BY-COUNTY REPORT
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