Coronavirus Update: Michigan reports 15,578 new cases, 137 deaths over past 7 days

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - For the fourth consecutive week, the amount of new coronavirus cases reported in Michigan has dropped.

During that timeframe, the state averaged about 2,225 cases per day, a decrease from last week’s average of 2,636 cases per day.

State totals now sit at 2,581,397 cases and 36,675 deaths since the pandemic began two years ago.

As of Wednesday, 756 adults are hospitalized in Michigan with COVID, a significant decrease from the 817 hospitalized a week ago.

The state’s positivity reported Wednesday was 9.01%, another decrease from the 9.65% last week.

As of June 15, 2022, there are officially 13,817 confirmed cases of the omicron variant in the state.

The next COVID update from the state will be June 22.

County	Confirmed COVID cases	Confirmed Omicron cases	COVID-related deaths	New cases per 100,000 people
Clinton County	14,585	27	195	163.3
Eaton County	23,893	42	388	234.9
Ingham County	57,531	150	746	176.5
Jackson County	36,216	159	539	167.8
Shiawassee County	15,048	35	214	123.3