(WXYZ) — The State of Michigan added 5,989 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 over the past week, according to new numbers released Tuesday from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
That comes out to an average of 856 confirmed and probable cases per day. Last week, there was an average of 1,063 confirmed and probable cases per day (there was a note, however, that this included a backlog of historic test results.)
According to the state, there were 89 weekly deaths from confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19.
In all, there have been 3,077,552 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began in Michigan and 42,367 deaths.
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