The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday reported 3,896 new positive test results and 32 new deaths.
State officials also went through death certificates and matched them with previous positive test results. They added 155 more deaths to the total.
Michigan now has 458,852 confirmed cases and 11,461 deaths since the crisis began in March.
MDHHS on Saturday reported its largest one-week total of recoveries as well. More than 48,000 people have been listed as “recovered” in the last week alone. The total recoveries now stands at 284,731. This is defined as being alive 30 days after the positive test or diagnosis.
The state also has 37,204 “probable cases” and 613 “probable deaths” that are not confirmed by a positive test result, but COVID-19 is believed to be the cause.
The Upper Peninsula added 57 new cases on Saturday, with 18 of them in Menominee County, 15 in Houghton County, and 13 in Marquette County. There were no new deaths reported in the U.P. on Saturday.
The U.P. now has 13,788 confirmed positive test results, and 304 confirmed COVID-19 deaths since the crisis began in March.
The U.P. has had a total of 2,966 probable cases and 65 probable deaths.
Some local health departments reported different totals, as reporting cutoff times are different than the state report.
For consistency, we use the MDHHS data in our report.
UPPER PENINSULA POSITIVE CASES (DEATHS)
Alger County 185 (1 death)
Baraga County 445 (28 deaths)
Chippewa County 494 (10 deaths)
Delta County 2,429 (56 deaths)
Dickinson County 1,920 (53 deaths)
Gogebic County 701 (13 deaths)
Houghton County 1,547 (20 deaths)
Iron County 746 (32 deaths)
Keweenaw County 62 (1 death)
Luce County 125
Mackinac County 252 (2 deaths)
Marquette County 3,033 (48 deaths)
Menominee County 1,381 (23 deaths)
Ontonagon County 273 (14 deaths)
Schoolcraft County 195 (3 deaths)
UPPER PENINSULA PROBABLE CASES (No positive test result)
Alger County 95 (1 death)
Baraga County 94
Chippewa County 711 (2 deaths)
Delta County 391 (17 deaths)
Dickinson County 159 (11 deaths)
Gogebic County 290 (19 deaths)
Houghton County 381 (6 deaths)
Iron County 43 (5 deaths)
Keweenaw County 14 (1 death)
Luce County 61
Mackinac County 109
Marquette County 383 (1 death)
Menominee County 190
Ontonagon County 29 (1 death)
Schoolcraft County 16 (1 death)
MDHHS STATEWIDE COUNTY-BY-COUNTY REPORT
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