Lansing — As other states have experienced spikes in COVID-19 in recent days, they’ve nudged Michigan out of the top 10 states for …
Lansing — As other states have experienced spikes in COVID-19 in recent days, they’ve nudged Michigan out of the top 10 states for cases of the virus, according to tracking by Johns Hopkins University.
On Sunday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services confirmed 252 new cases of the coronavirus, pushing the overall total of confirmations to 63,261. With “probable” cases included, there were 69,946 cases overall.
The number of new deaths linked to the virus here remained low Sunday with only five new deaths reported. The state’s overall death toll stood at 5,912, according to the data.
Michigan, which ranked third nationally for confirmed cases in early April, ranked 11th early Sunday afternoon. A handful of states in the southern half of the U. S. have moved ahead of Michigan in recent weeks, including Georgia and Arizona.
As of early Sunday afternoon, the other top 10 states were New York, New Jersey, California, Texas, Illinois, Florida, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
