Coronavirus Report: Michigan reports 3,215 new cases, 70 deaths over past 5 days

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The Department of Health and Human Services reported 3,215 new cases of COVID and 70 deaths over the past 5 days Wednesday.

During that timeframe, the state averaged 752 cases per day.

State totals now sit at 2,392,265 cases and 35,776 deaths since the pandemic began two years ago.

As of Wednesday, 392 adults are hospitalized with COVID. The state’s positivity rate dropped from Friday’s 5.04% to 3.61%.

As of April 6, 2022, there are officially 8,329 confirmed cases of the omicron variant in the state.

County	Confirmed COVID cases	Confirmed Omicron cases	COVID-related deaths
Clinton County	13,706	14	195
Eaton County	22,233	31	377
Ingham County	53,219	114	723
Jackson County	34,201	87	524
Shiawassee County	14,297	16	212

The next COVID update from the state will be April 13.

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