JUST THE FACTS: Michigan COVID-19 Numbers for July 5th 2020

Welcome to week EIGHTEEN of posting numbers for COVID-19 here in the State of Michigan as released by the Official Michigan Government website. These are the numbers released earlier this afternoon by the State of Michigan. *The total number of confirmed cases: 65,876 which is a 343 person increase from the previous day. *Deaths: 5,972 total deceased which is a 0 person increase from the previous day. *Currently 9.0% of those who have been confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 have perished. This leaves the survival rate currently at 91.0%. (This does NOT reflect all 9.9 million people in the state, just those who have tested positive.) *The state is reporting that only 52,841 have recovered from COVID-19 since July 3rd. *Overall Percentage of Cases by Sex: 47% are Men 53% are Women 1% Unknown *Overall Percentage of Deceased by Sex: 52% of Men (change of 0% from the previous day) 47% of Women (change of 0% from the previous day) **At the suggestion of a reader of these posts, I will also be combining Wayne, Oakland and Macomb County totals being that is the bulk of Metro Detroit.** *Combined tri-county area ( including Detroit) number of cases confirmed 38,644 which accounts for 58.6% of the cases in the state. *Combined tri-county area ( including Detroit) number of deaths confirmed 4,539 which accounts for 76.0% of the deaths in the state. *Detroit and Wayne County lead the state with 22,239 cases or 33.7% of the total in the state. *Detroit and Wayne County account for 2,608 of the deaths in the state which are 43.6% of the current total in the state. The city of Detroit is in the County of Wayne so that is why they are combined here.