Coronavirus Report: Michigan reports 1,661 new cases, 33 deaths over past 2 days

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The Department of Health and Human Services reported 1,661 new cases of COVID and 33 deaths Friday.

The deaths announced includes 27 deaths identified during a vital records review.

During that timeframe, the state averaged 831 cases per day.

Starting April 4, Michigan will switch to reporting COVID data once per week due to declining numbers. This will be the last Friday release of COVID data.

State totals now sit at 2,080,612 cases and 32,863 deaths since the pandemic began two years ago.

As of Friday, 388 adults are hospitalized with COVID.

The state’s positivity rate increased from Wednesday’s 4.46% to 5.04%.

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As of April 1, 2022, there are officially 7,975 confirmed cases of the omicron variant in the state.

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