Michigan Health Authorities Report 91 New Coronavirus Cases

Michigan Health Authorities reported 91 new coronavirus cases and 15 new deaths for Tuesday, June 22. Of the new deaths, eight occurred before the last 24 hours and were identified in a vital records review.According to data from the Department of Health and Human Services the state is averaging 133 new cases and 13 new deaths per day over the last week. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 893,582 reported coronavirus cases and 19,662 deaths.

The state has reported 105,059 probable cases and 1,250 probable deaths, in which a physician and/or antigen test ruled it COVID-19 but no confirmatory PCR test was done. Thirteen counties reported at least one new death, led by Genesee with four, Ottawa with three and Oakland with two.

Hospitals statewide were treating 393 patients with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, with 106 patients in the ICU. That’s down from 553 patients being treated a week ago. Of the 11,116 diagnostic tests processed on Monday, June 21, 1.3% came back positive for SARS-CoV-2. The latest seven-day average has been 1.4%, the same as about a week ago.

Michigan Health authorities distributed over 11.377 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine as of Monday, including 6.008 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine, 4.722 million doses of the Moderna vaccine and 647,200 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. A total of 51.1% of Michiganders age 12 and older are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 while 61.2% have received at least one dose of vaccine.