Wayne County's COVID cases up 12.8%; Michigan cases surge 16.5%
Editor's note: Due to a calculation error, local communities' death records from the latest week were repeated as the previous week in these reports between July 26 and Aug. 30. They have been removed.
New coronavirus cases leaped in Michigan in the week ending Sunday, rising 16.5% as 14,036 cases were reported. The previous week had 12,043 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Michigan ranked 47th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States increased 5.4% from the week before, with 1,086,936 cases reported. With 3% of the country's population, Michigan had 1.29% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 39 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
Wayne County reported 2,102 cases and 26 deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 1,863 cases. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 175,021 cases and 5,276 deaths.
Oakland County reported 1,637 cases and 12 deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 1,506 cases. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 125,917 cases and 2,508 deaths.
Within Michigan, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Otsego County with 336 cases per 100,000 per week; Mackinac County with 324; and Alcona County with 298. The Centers for Disease Control says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.
Adding the most new cases overall were Wayne County, with 2,102 cases; Oakland County, with 1,637 cases; and Macomb County, with 1,117. Weekly case counts rose in 64 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in Wayne, Macomb and Kent counties.
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Michigan ranked 33rd among states in share of people receiving at least one shot, with 55.2% of its residents at least partially vaccinated. The national rate is 61.6%, a USA TODAY analysis of CDC data shows. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which are the most used in the United States, require two doses administered a few weeks apart.
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In the week ending Sunday, Michigan reported administering another 101,600 vaccine doses, including 46,623 first doses. In the previous week, the state administered 93,792 vaccine doses, including 45,889 first doses. In all, Michigan reported it has administered 10,167,391 total doses.
Across Michigan, cases fell in 18 counties, with the best declines in Branch County, with 100 cases from 123 a week earlier; in Clinton County, with 90 cases from 104; and in Ontonagon County, with 9 cases from 20.
In Michigan, 127 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 109 people were were reported dead.
A total of 1,054,709 people in Michigan have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 21,520 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 38,796,746 people have tested positive and 637,531 people have died.
Note: In the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus data, cases and deaths for the Michigan Department of Corrections and the Federal Correctional Institution separately from Michigan counties.
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USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, Aug. 29.
Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:
- Last week: 1,272
- The week before that: 1,158
- Four weeks ago: 735
Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:
- Last week: 130,817
- The week before that: 126,409
- Four weeks ago: 83,804
The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have questions about the data or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.
