Just over three weeks after Michigan’s first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus, the state has over 10,000 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 disease caused by the virus.
The state reported 1,457 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 80 more people have died from COVID-19, as of 10 a.m. Thursday. Those numbers were 1,719 new cases and 78 deaths on Wednesday.
To date, the state health department has confirmed 417 coronavirus-related deaths and 10,791 cases. Michigan has both the third-most confirmed cases and deaths of COVID-19 in the United States, behind New York and New Jersey. The country has more than 240,000 confirmed cases and 5,800 deaths.
Source: Amy Huschka, “Coronavirus live updates, April 2: Michigan remains 3rd in US in cases, deaths”, Detroit Free Press, April 2, 2020.