CORONAVIRUS: Washtenaw County Reports a Death for the 3rd Straight Day

For the third consecutive day, the Washtenaw County Health Department has reported a COVID-19 death. 112 Washtenaw County residents have died. 

The three new deaths in three days came after a 12-day period with no new deaths reported.

There were four more hospitalizations, bringing that total to 419.

With 14 new lab-confirmed cases, there have been 2,050 cases in the county. There were six new recoveries, for a total of 1,696.

One of the new cases came in Saline's 48176 zip-code, giving Saline 136 positive cases.

Michigan reported 19 deaths - 14 of which were found during a review of vital records. Michigan has now had 6,191 deaths. The state also reported 715 new confirmed cases.

The number of COVID-19 inpatients at Michigan's hospitals fell by five to 438.  The number of patients in critical care dropped by 11 to 228. The number of patients on ventilators increased by seven to 153. See the graphs below.

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