by: WOODTV.com staff
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Health department officials say Michigan has recorded seven more deaths linked to coronavirus and on Sunday confirmed 451 more cases, the latest state data shows.
The figures released Monday afternoon bring the total number of deaths to 6,480 and the total number of cases to 102,468 since the virus was first identified in Michigan in March.
On Sunday labs in the state tested 19,760 samples for the virus and 627 came back positive; the number of positive tests does not equal the number of new cases because people may be tested more than once. Overall, the percentage of positive tests was 3.17%.
Officials said the state’s daily county-by-county case breakdown spreadsheet was blank when initially downloaded Monday afternoon. State health officials say they are investigating the problem.
Additionally, the state is now releasing information on the types of places where outbreaks have been identified. Long-term care facilities like nursing homes continue to have the most outbreaks; separately, the state is listing the number of cases at skilled nursing facilities.
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