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The state of Michigan did not offer a briefing this week on its latest COVID-19 data, but Local 4′s Dr. Frank McGeorge dug through the latest numbers to see what they reveal about where we are and where we might be heading.
April 22, 2021: Michigan coronavirus cases up to 809,591; Death toll now at 17,139
The reported daily new cases and deaths have been decreasing over the past few days, but the latest COVID data update from the state Thursday confirmed what everyone on the frontline can feel: COVID-related hospitalizations are still a serious issue.
As of April 19, there were 4,211 people in Michigan hospitals for coronavirus. That’s the highest number of patients since April 2020.
Metro Detroit continues to have the highest number of hospitalizations, The only good news is that the area -- including Oakland, Macomb and St. Clair counties -- has not seen an increase in hospitalizations.
As of April 19, there were 895 people in Michigan ICUs with COVID -- well above the peak of 814, during the winter surge. In fact, comparing where we are now to the winter surge, Metro Detroit has nearly 30% more hospitalizations than it did in winter.
An increase in deaths always lags a couple of weeks behind hospitalization increases and the most recent data shows deaths are up 25% since last week.
Variants remain a serious concern across the state. We have all four of the variants of concern -- the UK variant, the South African variant, the Brazilian variant and the two California variants.
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