Michigan coronavirus data for Monday, April 19: Two hopeful signs in the numbers
Updated 9:08 AM;
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After weeks of unnerving increases in new coronavirus cases and positivity rates in Michigan, there are a couple signs the numbers may be cresting.
The most hopeful sign: The statewide positivity rate on coronavirus diagnostic tests is dropping. It was 12.1% for test results reported Friday, April 16, with a seven-day average of 14.3%. The former was the lowest one-day rate since March 26, and the latter was the lowest since April 1.
The number of daily new cases also seems to be plateauing: The seven-day average rose only 2.8% last week, April 11-17, compared to the week before. And that increase is largely explained by a spike in testing:There were 22% more coronavirus tests performed last week (an average of 51,271 a day) compared to the previous seven days (41,960 daily average).
Michigan coronavirus data for Monday, April 12: Michigan had more cases in April 7-10 than all of February
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How fast are coronavirus cases rising in Michigan?
Consider this: More cases were reported between Wednesday and Saturday, April 7-10, than the entire month of February.
Michigan reported 28,391 new cases in February compared to a total of 30,560 in the last four daily reports.
Below is a look at state and county numbers for new cases and positivity rates, as well as statewide numbers on hospitalizations, deaths and vaccinations..
New cases: The state is averaging 6,545 new cases a day.
That’s up 16% from 5,662 a week ago.
Michigan coronavirus data for Wednesday, April 7: Hospitalizations up by 1,000 plus in past week
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Hospitalizations for COVID-19 have jumped by more than 1,000 in the past seven days, yet another worrisome sign of Michigan’s coronavirus surge.
There are now more than 3,500 inpatients in Michigan hospitals with COVID, including 676 in intensive care units. While that’s below the peak of about 4,300 in early December, health experts say the current upward trend shows no sign of slowing.
About 2,000 of those patients are being hospitalized in the six-county region of Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Monroe and St. Clair.
Hospitals with the most COVID-19 patients as of Monday include: Beaumont in Royal Oak, with 173: Henry Ford Macomb, 159; Beaumont in Troy, 155; Henry Ford in Dearborn, 115, and Sparrow in Lansing,112.
Sonia Eden
Dr. Sonia Eden and her mother, Doris LaGrone, in Paris on one of their many overseas adventures.
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Sonia Eden, M.D.
Dr. Sonia Eden took the job in September as chief of neurosurgery at DMC Harper University Hospital in Detroit because she felt like the offer was a calling for her to make a difference in the care of the many medically and socially underserved patients in her hometown. My work is very mission driven. Serving the underserved is what fills my tank, said Eden, who spent the last 12 years at Ascension Borgess Brain and Spine Institute in Kalamazoo. The cases are similar here, but the patient population is different.
Newborn babies celebrate 313 Day with Detroit apparel at DMC hospital
Newborns at DMC Hutzel Women’s Hospital wear Detroit, 313 gear on March 13
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DETROIT – The most precious new Detroiters born Saturday were just handed a pretty cool birth date.
The Detroit Medical Center’s Hutzel Women’s Hospital welcomed several newborn Detroiters on Saturday, March 13 or, better known as 313 Day in the city.
To commemorate the doubly-special occasion, Pure Detroit helped dress the babies in appropriate gear for their first photographs, decking them out in Detroit-themed clothes and accessories.
You can see photos of the babies below, courtesy of the Detroit Medical Center.