Coronavirus cases in Michigan totaled 57,397 on Sunday, May 31. The state reported 513 new cases and 28 deaths.
In total, there have been 5,491 deaths related to the virus. On Saturday, the state released the latest recovery data totaling 38,099 people who are 30 days out from their onset of illness to represent recovery status.
The number of cases and deaths must be reported by health care providers, medical examiners/coroners, and recorded by local health departments in order to be counted, according to the state. Not all counties report this data on weekends, which may skew weekend data.
Health officials encourage looking at weeklong data to identify trends. The latest numbers for the week ending May 27 show an average of 360 cases per day and 34 deaths a day. That’s compared to an average of 552 cases per day for the week prior and an average of 49 deaths per day.
The average age of the deceased is 75 with the largest age group being 70 to 79, according to state data.
On Friday, Dr. Joneigh Khaldun addressed the widespread fatalities among those in nursing homes, but acknowledged the data currently available likely doesn’t paint the full picture.
With 91 percent of nursing facilities reporting, 4,949 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,216 deaths have been in nursing homes, Khaldun said Friday during an afternoon news briefing.
About 23 percent of COVID-19 deaths in Michigan have been in nursing homes, but Khaldun said that number will likely grow as more data is made available.
Of the deaths, 53% have been male and 47% female.
The percentages are reversed for coronavirus cases, with 52% female, 47% male and 1% listed as unknown.
The virus continues to disproportionately affect people of color with 31% of cases and 40% of deaths among the African American community. In contrast, Michigan’s population is 14% African American, according to the most recent census data.
Detroit continues to be an epicenter of the virus with a total of 1,1041 cases and 1,374 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Kent and Genesee counties remain the top five in terms of highest number of cases, each with 2,000 or more.
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