by: WOODTV.com staff
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Data release Monday showed Michigan’s tally of deaths linked to COVID-19 rose by one Sunday as 465 more cases of the virus were confirmed, the latest state data shows.
State officials said figures released Monday afternoon bring the total number of COVID-19-related deathsin Michigan to 6,325 and the total number of confirmed cases to 93,185 since the virus was first detected in the state in March.
Officials in Kent County confirmed 56 more cases for a total of 7,116 since the start of the outbreak. The number of deaths remained unchanged at 155.
Officials stressed that Michigan is seeing positive trends in key metrics like the percentage of positive tests daily, the number of new cases per million people per day and the number of deaths each day. Hospitalizations remain low. The state has also been steadily increasing how many tests are run each day.
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