by: WOODTV.com staff
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Health Department officials say Michigan has confirmed more than 3,100 more cases of coronavirus as the percentage of positive tests on Monday spiked above 10%.
Labs in Michigan on Monday tested 42,0460 samples for the virus and 4,401 came back positive, a rate of 10.47%. The last time the positivity percentage was above 10% was May 1. The rate has been climbing for weeks, one of several indicators that Michigan’s outbreak is worsening.
Data released Tuesday by the state indicated 3,106 more cases of the virus, bringing Michigan’s total to 187,995 since the start of the outbreak in March.
Data also showed 43 more related deaths, 17 of which were added to the tally when public health officials reviewed death certificates to find any that had not previously been reported to the state.\
Officials said Kent County alone added 357 new COVID-19 cases for a total of 16,072 in the last eight months.
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