Michigan is reporting 562 new cases of COVID-19 for Saturday. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says the total number statewide is now 37,203. The state is reporting 189 additional deaths* for Saturday, bringing that total to 3,274. Berrien County is reporting three new cases of coronavirus for Saturday, bringing the county’s total to 213. The county is also reporting one additional death, bringing Berrien County’s total to 12. The Berrien County Health Department says the patient was a man over the age of 65 with underlying health conditions. It also says 137 patients have recovered. Cass County is reporting one new case, bringing its total to 26 with two deaths. Van Buren County’s case number is holding steady from Friday at 34 with two deaths.
*The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has released the following on the reported number of deaths:
Regular reviews of death certificate data maintained in Vital Records reporting systems are conducted by MDHHS staff three times per week. As a part of this process, records that identify COVID-19 infection as a contributing factor to death are compared against all laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS). If a death certificate is matched to a confirmed COVID-19 case and that record in the MDSS does not indicate the individual died, the MDSS record is updated to indicate the death and the appropriate local health department is notified. These matched deaths are then included with mortality information posted to the Michigan Coronavirus website. As a result of the most recent assessment, today’s data includes 58 additional deaths identified by this methodology.
