Michigan reports 58,749 coronavirus cases; death toll reaches 5,652

Miriam Marini
Detroit Free Press

The state health department has reported an additional 224 coronavirus cases Saturday, bringing the statewide total to 58,749 cases. 

Michigan's death toll has also increased Saturday with an addition 36 deaths reported since Friday. This brings the total COVID-19 death toll to 5,652 since the first death in the state was reported in March.

Saturday's report includes 42,041 recovered COVID-19 cases, 3,942 reported in the last week, according to data from the health department.

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The state also reported 5,234 probable cases and 239 probable deaths, for a total of 63,983 cases and 5,891 deaths.

In a release Friday, the state said probable cases and deaths are determined by using a national standard, and that identifying those cases and deaths "provides a more complete picture about how COVID-19 has impacted the state." Probable cases or deaths are defined as:

  • Having clinical disease AND an epidemiologic link.
  • Having a presumptive lab result AND either clinical disease OR an epidemiologic link.
  • Having a death certificate that lists COVID-19 disease as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death without a positive COVID-19 confirmed lab result.

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Contact Miriam Marini: mmarini@gannett.com

Editor's note: A previous version of this story had different totals for probably coronavirus cases and deaths, due to a reporting error by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The totals have been updated.