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The COVID-19 situation in Washtenaw County worsened again this week, despite progress on the vaccination front. While the situation in Washtenaw County is better than it is in nearby counties, a record number of new positives and hospitalizations was recorded this week.
Each Friday, The Saline Post reviews the local COVID-19 data. Here's what we saw this week:
In terms of daily numbers in Washtenaw County, today's health department data showed no deaths, nine hospitalizations and 239 new positives. The positive test rate increase from 4.02 to 4.53 percent.
In Michigan, the positive test rate increased from 13.07 percent to 14.68 percent. There were 8,955 new positives in Michigan. Michigan counted 40 new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total to 16,771.
Michigan's hospitalization numbers remained high. There were 873 patients in critical care beds with COVID-19. That's the highest number since Dec. 1. This number peaked at 874 in the winter. It was over 1,500 in the spring of 2020. There were 491 patients requiring care with ventilators. There were also 59 pediatric patients with COVID-19.