Coronavirus in Michigan: Here’s what to know Dec. 12, 2020 - WDIV ClickOnDetroit

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DETROIT – The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 430,780 as of Saturday, including 10,662 deaths, state officials report.

Saturday’s update includes 4,486 new cases and 206 additional deaths, but state officials said 176 deaths were identified during a review of vital records -- meaning they did not occur between Friday and Saturday. The state crossed the 10,000 mark in total deaths earlier this week.

On Saturday, the state reported a total of 236,369 recoveries from the coronavirus in Michigan.

Read: Michigan officials: COVID vaccine to be distributed in 4 phases, prioritize frontline workers

New COVID-19 cases are slowing but deaths continue to rise in Michigan. Testing has remained steady, with more than 46,000 diagnostic tests reported per day, but the positive rate has increased to near 13% over the last week. Hospitalizations have slowed but remain high over the last five weeks, including upticks in critical care and ventilator use.

U.S. officials say the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning.

Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna said Saturday that shipping companies UPS and FedEx will deliver Pfizer’s vaccine to nearly 150 state locations. Another 450 sites will get the vaccine on Tuesday and Wednesday.

New today: US says COVID-19 vaccine to start arriving in states Monday

Michigan’s 7-day moving average for daily cases was 5,106 on Friday, the lowest in nearly a month. The 7-day death average was 125, the highest since April. The state’s fatality rate is 2.5%. The state also reports “active cases,” which were listed at 218,700 on Friday, near its highest mark on record.

Report: COVID surge shows signs of slowing in Michigan

According to Johns Hopkins University, 15.8 million cases have been reported across the country. More than 295,000 have died in the U.S.

Worldwide, more than 71.2 million people have been confirmed infected and more than 1.5 million have died, according to Johns Hopkins University. The true numbers are certainly much higher, because of limited testing, different ways nations count the dead and deliberate under-reporting by some governments.

Coronavirus headlines:

VIEW: Tracking Michigan COVID-19 testing data

VIEW: Tracking coronavirus cases, outbreaks in Michigan schools

Michigan health officials plan for COVID-19 vaccine

With the announcement of the Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory panel recommending the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine needs granted an emergency use authorization, Michigan is developing a distribution plan once the vaccine is authorized.

Initially, five Michigan hospitals would be the first to get the vaccine, according to the Michigan Health and Hospital Association.

The hospitals are Beaumont Hospital in Troy, Ascension Macomb-Oakland in Warren, University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Spectrum Health Butterworth in Grand Rapids and MidMichigan Medical Center in Midland.

3 takeaways from Michigan Gov. Whitmer’s COVID briefing

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer held a COVID-19 news briefing on Thursday afternoon.

Whitmer was joined by Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun.

Here were some of the main takeaways from the briefing.

Michigan extends COVID-19 restrictions for 12 days to gauge Thanksgiving impact

Michigan health officials announced an extension of COVID-19 restrictions in the state as deaths continue to rise and the state’s test positivity rate remains high.

Gov. Whitmer said MDHHS will extend the three-week pause for 12 days. MDHHS said the additional 12 days will allow the department to determine the full impact of the Thanksgiving holiday on the spread of COVID-19 across Michigan.

More details from MDHHS:

Under today’s order, MDHHS continues to urge families to avoid indoor gatherings, and only two households may gather inside, with strict protocols recommended.
Individuals should wear masks consistently whenever they are inside with individuals not in their household, and are recommended to pick only a small group to see regularly.
Bars and restaurants must remain closed for dine-in service, but can remain open for outdoor dining, carry-out and delivery. Gyms are open for individual exercise with mandatory masking and additional strict safety measures. Casinos, movie theaters and group exercise classes remain closed.
Professional and college sports meeting extraordinary standards for risk mitigation may continue without spectators.
Colleges, universities and high schools will continue with remote learning, with no in-person classes.

COVID-19 now leading cause of death in US topping heart disease, researchers say

COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States topping heart disease, according to The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine.

IHME says COVID-19 was the cause of nearly 12,000 deaths last week, putting it ahead of ischemic heart disease and lung cancer. Health officials warn the pandemic will likely get worse. However, there is some hope on the horizon.

Whitmer urges residents not to travel for holidays but ‘great hope is on the horizon’

Michigan is currently in the latter third of a three-week “pause” that shut down indoor dining at restaurants, in-person classes for colleges and high schools, and much more.

As COVID-19 cases remain high, people are wondering if Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will extend the “pause.”

Whitmer said she’s working with Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and other health experts to examine options.

In a press conference Thursday, Whitmer said she is concerned about the amount of Thanksgiving travel and how likely that would impact Michigan hospitals.

“So we really are encouraging people not to travel for Christmas and start figuring out how to use Zoom to stay close,” Whitmer said.

Bed capacity dwindling at some Michigan hospitals amid COVID surge

Several Michigan hospitals, including some in Metro Detroit, are seeing more and more beds filled as COVID-19 continues to surge in the state.

Here’s a look at some bed occupancy percentages at hospitals in Southeast Michigan as of Nov. 30: (The percentage of staffed inpatient beds occupied by any patient regardless of COVID-19 status. This includes surge or overflow beds.) View here.

Much of US experiencing ‘severe’ virus outbreaks amid ‘third COVID wave,’ researchers say

Since the summertime, we’ve been following data from Covid Act Now, a group of technologists, epidemiologists, health experts and public policy leaders that monitors and identifies each state’s risk level for a COVID-19 outbreak. For months, the group had only four risk level categories: “low,” “medium,” “high” and “critical.” As of Saturday, however, the group has included a new, fifth risk level: “severe.”

The map of color-coded states in “America’s COVID Warning System,” as the group calls it, is doing just that with its daunting red hues: warning Americans that the entire country has reached a critical moment with the virus. Covid Act Now has even labeled this virus surge as the country’s “third wave” of the coronavirus.

As of Saturday, 20 states -- primarily those in the midwest -- are colored maroon, meaning they are identified as experiencing a “severe outbreak” of COVID-19. Most of the remaining states -- 27, to be exact -- are labeled red, meaning they are experiencing “an active or imminent outbreak,” according to the data.

Michigan is currently labeled as experiencing an active or imminent outbreak, which is considered the critical level.

Read more here.

Michigan’s ‘3-week pause’ COVID restrictions in effect

Michigan is entering a three-week “pause” to several activities in an effort to help stop a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

Under new restrictions issued Sunday evening by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), here’s what will be closed starting Wednesday, Nov. 18 until Dec. 8 in Michigan.

Note: The map in the article shows the entire state of Michigan under what MDHHS calls risk “Level E” -- read that here.

What’s closed starting Wednesday, Nov. 18:

High schools (in-person learning)
Theaters, movie theaters, stadiums, arenas,
Colleges and universities (in-person learning)
Bowling centers, ice skating rinks, indoor water parks
Work, when it can be done from home
Bingo halls, casinos, arcades
Dine-in restaurants and bars (indoor dining)
Group fitness classes
Personal services (salon, spa) that involve mask removal*
Organized sports, except professional sports and certain NCAA sports (Big Ten football, for example)

*For more information, view the MDHHS' official Gatherings and Face Mask emergency order, which goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Nov. 18, right here.

What remains open during this three-week period:

Indoor gatherings are still allowed but only between two households and with no more than 10 people.
Small outdoor gatherings (25 people)
Retail
Preschool through 8th grade (local district choice)
Childcare
Manufacturing, construction, other that is impossible to do remotely
Public transit
Hair salons, barber shops, other personal services (Per the MDHHS order -- Section 4.e.: In facilities offering non-essential personal care services, including hair, nail, tanning, massage, traditional spa, tattoo, body art, and piercing services, and similar personal care services, gatherings are only permitted to the extent that services do not involve the removal of face masks. All services must be provided by appointment, and gatherings in waiting areas are prohibited.)
Gyms and pools (for individual exercise only)
Restaurants and bars (for outdoor dining, takeout, and delivery only)
Professional sports (without spectators)
Parks and outdoor recreation
Funerals (25 people)
Health care

Michigan rolls out coronavirus exposure app statewide: How it works, how to download

Michigan is expanding its COVID-19 exposure app for residents to use statewide after a successful pilot program in October.

The anonymous, no cost and voluntary app, piloted in Ingham County and on the campus of Michigan State University last month, lets users know whether they may have recently been exposed to COVID-19. Users can confidentially submit a positive test result into the app and alert others in recent proximity that they may have also been exposed to the virus.

Read about it here.

Coronavirus research headlines:

Michigan COVID-19 daily reported cases since Nov. 15:

Nov. 15 -- 6,381 new cases
Nov. 16 -- 6,382 new cases
Nov. 17 -- 7,458 new cases
Nov. 18 -- 5,772 new cases
Nov. 19 -- 7,592 new cases
Nov. 20 -- 9,779 new cases (new single-day record)
Nov. 21 -- 7,528 new cases
Nov. 22 -- 5,755 new cases
Nov. 23 -- 5,756 new cases
Nov. 24 -- 6,290 new cases
Nov. 25 -- 4,273 new cases
Nov. 26 -- 8,581 new cases
Nov. 27 -- 8,581 new cases
Nov. 28 -- 8,080 new cases
Nov. 29 -- 5,214 new cases
Nov. 30 -- 5,214 new cases
Dec. 1 -- 5,793 new cases
Dec. 2 -- 6,955 new cases
Dec. 3 -- 7,146 new cases
Dec. 4 -- 8,689 new cases
Dec. 5 -- 6,004 new cases
Dec. 6 -- 4,675 new cases
Dec. 7 -- 4,675 new cases
Dec. 8 -- 5,909 new cases
Dec. 9 -- 4,905 new cases
Dec. 10 -- 5,937 new cases
Dec. 11 -- 5,157 new cases
Dec. 12 -- 4,486 new cases

Michigan COVID-19 daily reported deaths since Nov. 15:

Nov. 15 -- 27 new deaths
Nov. 16 -- 28 new deaths
Nov. 17 -- 79 new deaths (24 from vital records)
Nov. 18 -- 62 new deaths
Nov. 19 -- 134 new deaths (61 from vital records)
Nov. 20 -- 53 new deaths
Nov. 21 -- 101 new deaths
Nov. 22 -- 32 new deaths
Nov. 23 -- 33 new deaths
Nov. 24 -- 145 new deaths (51 from vital records)
Nov. 25 -- 73 new deaths
Nov. 26 -- 86 new deaths
Nov. 27 -- 86 new deaths
Nov. 28 -- 103 new deaths (70 from vital records)
Nov. 29 -- 49 new deaths
Nov. 30 -- 49 new deaths
Dec. 1 -- 190 new deaths (30 from vital records)
Dec. 2 -- 81 new deaths
Dec. 3 -- 175 new deaths (112 from vital records)
Dec. 4 -- 81 new deaths
Dec. 5 -- 193 new deaths (145 from vital records)
Dec. 6 -- 46 new deaths
Dec. 7 -- 47 new deaths
Dec. 8 -- 191 new deaths
Dec. 9 -- 75 new deaths
Dec. 10 -- 182 new deaths (132 from vital records)
Dec. 11 -- 61 new deaths
Dec. 12 -- 206 new deaths (176 from vital records)

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