Month: April 2020

The Lenawee County Health Department has reported a second death attributed to COVID-19, according to its mid-day report Thursday. No further information on that death was provided.

All told, the county reported 92 confirmed cases (the state, later in the day reported 93), with 49 males and 43 females. Three people from the county are hospitalized at this time; 42 are monitoring symptoms at home; and 45 people have discontinued isolation. The health department reports there are another 20 “probable” cases, with 11 males and nine females. None of the probable cases are hospitalized, but 12 are monitoring at home and eight have discontinued isolation.

Statewide, there are now 41,379 coronavirus cases in Michigan, with 3789 deaths. Today, there were 980 new cases confirmed in the state. New deaths were reported to be 119 with 40 of those added after “a review of vital records and testing data.” Also, 8342 Michiganders have reportedly recovered.

With increased testing, today’s total positive cases represented 12.5 percent of the 7927 tested. That is down considerably as a percentage and up as a total in testing from the week of April 6 when percentages of positive cases ranged from 29.2 percent to 46.3 percent with roughly half the tests being administered at that time as compared to current testing.

In Ohio, there were 18,027 total cases including 742 identified by the CDC expanded definition; and 975 deaths, 77 of which were identified by the CDC expanded guidelines.

In Lucas County, there are now 1251 people who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, with 401 hospitalizations and 117 deaths.

Other neighboring areas are reporting the following statistics: Hillsdale County, 125 cases and 17 deaths; Jackson County 364 cases and 22 deaths; Monroe County, 287 cases and 12 deaths; and Washtenaw County, 1075 cases with 61 deaths.

The coronavirus count of confirmed cases climbed to 91 Wednesday and the “probable” list grew by two to 20 in Lenawee County.

Of the 91, there are 48 males, 43 females and two are hospitalized. There are a total of 43 Lenawee residents monitoring symptoms at home and there are now 45 who have discontinued isolation – an increase of five today. The number of deaths among Lenawee residents remains at one.

The probably count in the county is now 20, with 11 males and nine females believed to have COVID-19. None of them are in the hospital, but 12 are monitoring their symptoms at home and eight – an increase of two – have discontinued isolation.

The state numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases exceeded 40,000 today – 40,399 – for the first time. The death toll rose by 103 to a total of 3670 Michiganders who have lost their lives to COVID-19. The additional deaths was a lower number than Tuesday.

In surrounding counties, Monroe had another seven cases for 284 with 12 deaths; Jackson had nine new cases for 351 and one more death (19). Hillsdale County saw its death toll rose to 17 and its case count rise by three to 121.

In the Detroit area, there are 8957 cases in Detroit City where 1008 Detroiters have lost their lives 7537 cases in Wayne County with 719 deaths; 7159 cases in Oakland county with 668 deaths; and 5430 cases in Macomb County with 597 deaths.

In Ohio, the case county is up to 17,303 with 702 cases added by expanded CDC guidelines, with 3421 hospitalizations. There have been 937 deaths in Ohio which includes 138 deaths included under expanded CDC guidelines.

Lucas County now has 1208 cases with 392 hospitalizations. The Ohio figures said Lucas had 68 deaths on that date. Fulton County saw its count rise to 21 cases with five hospitalizations and zero fatalities.

After reporting that Lenawee County’s first death from the coronavirus had occurred Monday in a 31-year-old woman, the Lenawee County Health Department reported Tuesday, April 28, that there were now 88 confirmed COVID-19 cases and another 18 probable cases in the county.

Of the confirmed cases, 47 are males, 41 are females. Two are hospitalized – one of the lowest hospitalization rates in weeks – and 45 people are monitoring their symptoms at home. All told, 40 people have discontinued isolation and are improving, the health department reported.

Of those deemed probables, 10 are males, eight are females and none of the probable case patients are hospitalized. Twelve are monitoring symptoms at home and six people with probable cases of coronavirus have discontinued their isolation process as of Tuesday.

Statewide, there were 160 deaths reported Tuesday on www.michigan.gov, which includes 40 deaths added after a review of death certificates by the Michigan Disease Surveillance System. Overall, there have been 39,262 confirmed cases in Michigan with 3567 deaths. The daily new-case count of 1052 was an increase from the past few days.

Surrounding counties are reporting the following cases and death tolls: Hillsdale 118 (up four) and 16 deaths; Jackson 342 (up one) and 18 deaths; Monroe, 277 (up two) and 12 deaths; and Washtenaw, 1033 (up 29) and 56 deaths (up one).

The number of deaths increased by the following numbers in the hard-hit metropolitan Detroit area: Wayne County up 18; Detroit City, up 38; Oakland County, up 24; and Macomb County, up 45.

In Ohio, the total case count of 16,769 includes 641 probable cases as designated by the CDC’s expanded definition, with 3340 hospitalizations, and 799 deaths, 42 of which were included by the expanded CDC definition.

Lucas County, home of Toledo, Ohio, is reporting 1166 cases since numbers began to be kept with 388 hospitalizations. The Ohio coronavirus website reported 66 deaths in Lucas County on that date. Fulton County, which stood at 19 cases for several days, has added one case and still has had five of its residents hospitalized with COVID-19.

While it is impossible to know if these statistics are because of the weekend or an actual trend until weekday COVID-19 statistics are posted, the Sunday, April 26, statistics reported on www.michigan.gov shows a marked decline in new daily cases and deaths from earlier last week.

The daily case count was 575 Sunday and 562 Saturday, at least half of the new daily cases reported over much of the past week; and the death count Sunday was 41 statewide, compared to 189 Saturday (which did include 58 reclassified deaths identified by the Michigan Disease Surveillance System). And most of those 41 new deaths came from the Metro Detroit area with 10 in Detroit City, 10 in Wayne County, eight in Oakland County, and three in Macomb County. The added daily cases from those municipalities totaled 260, with 135 of those cases reported in Wayne County, 65 in the city of Detroit, 57 in Oakland County and just three in Macomb County which now has 5203 total reported cases and 520 deaths as opposed to Detroit City with 8613 cases and 922 deaths. Wayne County has 7135 total cases and 658 deaths, and Oakland County has 6928 COVID-19 cases and 520 deaths.

The overall number of coronavirus cases stood at 37,778 cases Sunday with 3315 deaths statewide.

Lenawee County remained at 82 confirmed cases, but its probable caseload rose by two to 14. There are still no deaths officially attributed to the coronavirus in the county.

In surrounding counties, Washtenaw County actually showed one less case than Saturday with 1001, and 50 deaths (no additional); Hillsdale County added four cases for 113 cases and held at 14 deaths; Monroe County added six cases rising to 273, and one more person died for a total of 12. Jackson County reported four new cases for a total of 327, but its death toll remained at 16.

Over the stateline, Ohio now has 145,963 cases including 603 probable cases by CDC expanded guidelines, 3178 hospitalizations, and 728 deaths, including 41 deaths classified as such by CDC expanded guidelines, according to Ohio’s state coronavirus website.

Lucas County registered a marked increase to 1104 cases, which is a gain of 71, 375 hospitalizations, and 59 deaths, which is no increase from Saturday. Fulton County also remained at its Saturday level of 19 cases and five hospitalizations with no deaths there attributed to COVID-19.

The Lenawee County Health Department’s statistics regarding presence of COVID-19 locally showed no changes on the 82 cases reported Saturday, April 25. However, there are two more “probable” cases in the county.

The “probable” category reflected its increase of two to 14 as seven males and seven females. None of them are hospitalized. Nine are monitoring their symptoms at home and five had discontinued isolation, according to the health department website, early Sunday afternoon.

A drizzly Saturday found positive news in the state of Michigan’s report of new daily cases of the novel coronavirus, which stood 562 as opposed to 1350 on Friday.

There are 37,203 Michiganders with confirmed cases of COVID-19 and a total of 3274 who have died with it. A total of 189 deaths were added to the toll Saturday, including 58 identified by the Michigan Disease Surveillance System.

Lenawee County saw its total cases increase by two to 82, but all residents thus far have survived it, according to the Lenawee County Health Department Saturday.

There are 44 males and 38 females among those confirmed cases. Six are hospitalized, 46 are monitoring their symptoms at home, and 36 have discontinued isolation. There are another 12 “probable cases”with six males and six females. None of them are hospitalized, with seven monitoring their symptoms at home, and five who have now discontinued isolation.

In surrounding counties, the following Saturday statistics were logged: Hillsdale County, 104 cases, 14 deaths; Washtenaw County, 1002 cases, 50 deaths; Jackson County, 323 cases, 16 deaths; and Monroe County, 267 cases, 11 deaths.

Over the Ohio line, where the case count has reached 15,587 including 604 probable cases under CDC guidelines with 711 total deaths, including 40 considered probable coronavirus deaths under CDC guidelines, Fulton County has 19 cases with five hospitalizations and no deaths. To the east in Lucas County which includes Toledo, the case count topped 1000 at 1033 with 371 people hospitalized and 59 who have died.

The metropolitan Detroit area, which has all but about 10,000 cases and all but about 600 deaths in Michigan, now reports 8574 cases in the city of Detroit with 912 deaths there; 7000 cases in Wayne County with 648 deaths; 6881 cases in Oakland County with 612 deaths; and Macomb County with 5139 cases and 517 deaths. These figures were gleaned from www.michigan.gov.

Lenawee County had 80 cases of the coronavirus since statistics began being kept as of Thursday, April 23, per michigan.gov. That number did not change at the state level and 80 was the number on the Lenawee County Health Department’s website Friday as well.

There are now 43 males who have been confirmed with COVID-19 and 37 females. The hospitalization rate dropped by one to six, and the number of those monitoring symptoms at home rose by one to 44. There are 30 people now who have discontinued isolation, according to the health department report.

There are also 12 “probable” cases in the county consisting of six males and six females. None of the “probable” cases are hospitalized, but seven are monitoring their symptoms at home and five have discontinued their isolation period.

Officially, no one has died in Lenawee County of the coronavirus.

Michigan’s number of cases has risen to 36,641 with 3089 deaths attributed to COVID-19. This is the first day the death toll exceeded the 3,000 mark. The new daily cases added totaled 1350 today and the new deaths added totaled 108.

Among neighboring counties, Hillsdale County saw a major increase in cases from 98 to 109 – an 11-case addition in 24 hours. Deaths, however, remained at 12. Jackson County also saw a sizeable increase in cases — 15 from 298 to 313 in the past 24 hours. There was one more death added for a total of 15. Monroe County’s count rose from 255 to 262, and one more person has died from that county for a total of 11 Monroe County residents’ lives lost.

In Washtenaw County, the case count rose from 960 Thursday to 974 Friday, and the death toll increased from 42-47.

Just over the state line, Ohio’s case count has increased to 15, 169 including 588 “probable” cases; with 690 total deaths, 41 of which are listed as “probable” under the “CDC expanded death definition,” according to the state of Ohio’s COVID-19 website.

Lucas County, home of Toledo, now has 985 cases (up from 936 Thursday) with 365 hospitalizations (up from 347), and 58 deaths, up from 55 Thursday. In Fulton County, just south of Lenawee, the case count holds at 19 with five hospitalizations and no deaths.

There is a one-case difference between figures reported on the Lenawee County Health Department website regarding confirmed coronavirus cases and those listed by the state. The county states 79 cases, the state reports 80. However, the state’s report is posted three hours after the county, but there was no formal reason states for the discrepancy.

The Health Department’s figures reflect a two-case increase over Wednesday with 42 males, 37 females making up the 79. There are seven residents hospitalized; 43 people monitoring symptoms at home; and 29 who have discontinued isolation and are improving, the county website stated.

In addition, the Health Department lists 12 “probable” cases – six males and six females – none of whom are hospitalized. Seven of them are monitoring their symptoms at home and five have discontinued isolation.

As of 3 p.m. today, there still had been no deaths reported in Lenawee County.

Statewide, there are now 35,291 confirmed coronavirus cases among Michigan residents, and 2977 of those people have died. There was an uptick of daily confirmed cases at 1325, with 164 new deaths added to the state toll. However, 55 of those deaths were added after a review of “vital records and testing data.”

In neighboring counties, Hillsdale has 98 cases, 12 deaths; Jackson County has 298 cases and 14 deaths; Monroe County has 285 cases with 10 deaths; and Washtenaw County has 960 cases with 42 deaths. These figure do not include prisoners, according to michigan.gov.

Detroit City has 8317 cases with 799 deaths as of today; followed by Wayne County with 6677 cases, 597 deaths; Oakland with 6634 cases, 567 deaths; and Macomb County with 4862 cases, 493 deaths.

Ohio now has 14,694 total cases including 552 “probable” coronavirus cases There have been 656 deaths including 38 deaths that are probable COVID-19 cases under the CDC expanded coronavirus death definition. There are 2960 hospitalizations.

Lucas County, which is home to Toledo, Ohio, just southeast of this area has seen its caseload advance to 936 cases with 347 hospitalizations and 55 deaths. Fulton County, south of Lenawee, has 18 cases, five of whom are hospitalized, but none of whom have died.

Lenawee County’s novel coronavirus case count has risen with six new cases to 77 as of Wednesday, April 22, but according to www.michigan.gov, there are still no deaths in the county directly tied to COVID-19. There were no updated figures on Lenawee County’s health department website as of 3 p.m. when Michigan released its April 22 coronavirus statistics.

The total number of Michiganians who have had COVID-19, according to www.michigan.gov, is now 33,966 with 2813 residents who have died. Today 999 cases were added along with 113 deaths.

In the area, Hillsdale County added three cases (97 total) and one death (12 total). Jackson added nine cases (289 total), but its death toll remained at 12. Monroe County had no new deaths in the last 24 hours, but its case count rose from 241 to 247. Washtenaw County has had 912 cases and 40 deaths.

Ohio’s total coronavirus cases now stands at 14,117, its first day over the 14,000 mark. There have been 610 deaths in Ohio. Lucas County, where nearby Toledo is located, has had 878 cases, 335 hospitalizations and 44 deaths. Fulton County, just to Lenawee County’s south, has had 18 cases with five hospitalizations and no fatalities. Williams County has had 16 cases with three hospitalizations and one death.

In the county that houses the Michigan state capital of Lansing – Ingham County – there have been 350 cases and seven deaths. Other counties with medium-sized cities report the following numbers: Kent (Grand Rapids), 757 cases and 25 deaths; Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo), 212 cases and 11 deaths; Genesee (Flint) has 1362 and 138 cases; and Saginaw (Saginaw) 474 cases and 35 deaths.

The metro Detroit area reported the following statistics today: Detroit City, 8026 cases, 747 deaths; Wayne County, 6535 cases, 572 deaths; Oakland County, 6463 cases, 529 deaths; and Macomb County, 4544 cases and 445 deaths.

News release from the Michigan Department of State 4-22-2020

LANSING — The Michigan Department of State (MDOS) will temporarily lay off more than 900 members of its staff starting Sunday, April 26. The layoffs will last two weeks, and could be extended.

“This is an extremely challenging time for our state, our state government, and our department,” said Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. “This decision was not easy, but is necessary to responsibly steward taxpayer funds at this time.”

The Department is laying off all staff who are not able work full-time under the Stay Home, Stay Safe order. The majority of them are staff who typically work in Secretary of State branch offices, which are currently closed, the release said, and all laid off MDOS employees, like all state employees who will be laid off at this time, will be automatically enrolled in the state’s unemployment system.

The layoffs will not impact MDOS services available to the public, the release stated. Many driver and vehicle transactions can be carried out online and at self-service stations located in grocery stores across the state. A list of online services and stations is at Michigan.gov/SOS. Additionally, the Bureau of Elections remains open, as elections are considered a critical infrastructure sector in the Stay Home, Stay Safe order per the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.