Covid-19 Death Count gets reduced in Michigan due to data error

The State of Michigan has reduced the number of recorded COVID-19 deaths due to data entry errors.

On Friday, the state said the total number of deaths linked to coronavirus was 6,151. On Saturday, the modified total of COVID-19 deaths was listed at 6,149.

The state says the errors were discovered while reviewing the data, which resulted in 16 being subtracted from the cumulative death total. 

Officials say the errors occurred during a local case investigation, which involved mistakenly indicating people were dead when they were not.

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