by: WOODTV.com staff
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — On Thursday Health Department officials in Michigan has recorded an additional 26 deaths linked to coronavirus and on Wednesday confirmed 218 more cases of the virus, state numbers show.
Officials said that data released Thursday increased the total number of deaths to 5,737 and the total number of confirmed cases to 59,496 since the outbreak began in March.
Officials in Kent County recorded four more deaths, bringing the total to 111. It added 27 cases for a total of 4,029 since the outbreak began.
Michigan labs tested 15,549 samples for coronavirus on Wednesday and about 2.5% came back positive. In early April, the percentage of positive tests was around 40%.
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