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A weekly review of local COVID-19 data shows continued improvement.
Each Friday, The Saline Post reviews the week's data from county and state sources. Here's what we saw this week:
In terms of daily data, there were no new COVID-19-related deaths in Washtenaw County for the second straight day. 236 Washtenaw County residents have died with COVID-19. There were also no new hospitalizations for the second straight day. There 38 new infections recorded for the second consecutive day. The positive test rate fell from 1.33 percent to .98 percent. It's the first time the county's positive test rate has been below 1 percent since Sept. 19. The high rate of testing in Washtenaw County contributes to the low rate.
In Michigan, the positive test rate has been more stubborn. It rose from 3.55 to 3.95 percent. Michigan reported 10 new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total to 15,610. There were 1,486 new infections reported in Michigan.
Hospitalization data showed the number of patients in critical care beds falling after four straight days of rising. There were 222 patients in critical care beds, down seven from the previous day. There were 97 patients receiving care with ventilators, down by five from the previous day. The number of pediatric COVID-19 patients rose from 11 to 14.