by: WOODTV.com staff
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Officials say Michigan has confirmed six more deaths linked to COVID-19 and on Sunday confirmed 604 more cases of the virus, the latest state data shows.
Data from Monday afternoon, showed the total number of deaths to 6,212 deaths and the number of cases to 83,386 since the virus was virus detected in Michigan in March.
The percentage of positive tests Sunday was 3.25%; that percentage was between 3% and 4% for the bulk of July, whereas it was mostly below 3% in June.
Data showed of the 604 cases new cases, 127 were in Kent County, which has now had 6,599 cases since the outbreak started. The number of deaths remained steady at 151.
MDHHS issued an emergency order Monday requiring that agricultural and food processing employees get tested for the virus. The state cited 11 outbreaks at farms and food processing plants in Michigan, as well as disproportionate infection rates among Latino people.
The order requires all migrant housing camp operators test everyone over the age of 18.
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