by: WOODTV.com staff
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Health department officials say Michigan has recorded five more deaths linked to coronavirus and on Sunday confirmed 488 more cases, the latest state data shows.
The latest data from Monday afternoon bring the total number of deaths to 6,154 and the total number of cases to 78,507 since the virus was first detected in Michigan in March.
On Sunday, labs in Michigan on Sunday tested 19,275 samples for coronavirus and 589 came back positive. The number of new cases and positive tests do not match because people may be tested more than once. The state says its reporting system accounts for repeat tests so a single person can’t account for more than one case.
Data showed the percentage of positive tests was 3.06%, a drop of more than .6% from the previous day and the lowest it had been since July 18, when it was below 3%.
Throughout most of July, the percentage has been above 3% amid a mild uptick in cases. Aiming to bring that rate consistently below 3%, where it was for much of June, state officials are calling on everyone to wear a mask in public.
Health department officials said forty-two of the newly confirmed cases were in Kent County, which has now had 6,226 cases since the start of the outbreak
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