Five counties in the Upper Peninsula are among the nine Michigan counties now coded orange or red, indicating heightened concern about coronavirus spread, based on a metric developed by the Harvard Global Health Initiative to assess coronavirus risk levels.
The U.P. counties are Houghton, Delta, Luce, Iron and Keweenaw, while the other four are Ingham, Ottawa, Mecosta and Cass.
The metric uses a seven-day average of new cases per 100,000 residents. The newest assessment is based on data for Sept. 10-16.
The only county coded red in the state remains Ingham County, which is continuing to struggle with outbreaks among Michigan State University students.
Since Sept. 1, Ingham has had 1,096 new cases, compared to 1,765 total cases from March until the end of August.
On Monday, the Ingham County Health Department ordered a mandatory quarantine for people living in 23 fraternity and sorority houses and seven large rental houses near MSU.
Ingham County orders mandatory quarantine for 23 Greek houses near MSU campus
Outbreaks linked to college students also are an issue for Houghton, Ottawa and Mecosta counties, while Luce is being impacted by corona at Newberry Corrrectional Facility.
Ottawa has reported 866 new cases of coronavirus since Sept. 1, many of them linked to Grand Valley State University. On Wednesday, the Ottawa County Health Department ordered a two-week stay-at-home order for GVSU students.
Emergency stay-home order issued for Grand Valley State University students
Houghton County has had 133 new coronavirus cases since Sept. 1, many linked to students at Michigan Tech University, while Mecosta, home of Ferris State University, has had 80 new cases in that time frame.
In both case, the college outbreaks have doubled or more the total number of coronavirus cases in those counties: Before September, Houghton had only 63 total cases and Mecosta had 82.
In Luce County, infections in the prison are not included in county numbers. But the county does report secondary infections, such as household members infected by prison staff.
On the other end of the spectrum, seven counties are in the green zone as of Thursday morning, based on the Harvard Institute metric. Those counties have minimal transmission of coronavirus right now.
One county-- Alger -- has reported no new cases in the past week.
The other “green counties” are Chippewa, Lake, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Arenac and Huron.
The map below is shaded by the average number of new cases per day per 100,000 residents. The arrows indicate whether the total number of cases over the past seven days (Sept. 10-16) has gone up or down compared to the previous seven days (Sept. 3-9).
Readers can put their cursor over a county to see the underlying data. If you can’t see the map, click here.
Latest on coronavirus testing
Two Michigan counties have a positive rate of at least 5% in coronavirus tests reported in the last 14 days ending Sept. 15. The state is averaging more than 28,000 tests a day.
Macomb County had the highest 14-day average at 5.8%, with Oakland County at 5%.
Note: The number of positive tests does not match confirmed cases because a single patient may be tested multiple times.
The World Health Organization says schools are safe to reopen if fewer than 5% of coronavirus tests over the past two weeks are positive.
The map below shows the 14-day average testing rate by county. Once again, readers can put their cursor over a county to see the underlying data. If you can’t see the map, click here.
Below are online databases that allow readers to look up county-level data for each of the last 20 days.
Cases by day it was reported to the state
First is a chart showing new cases reported to the state each day for the past 20 days. This is based on when a confirmed coronavirus test is reported to the state, which means the patient first became sick days before.
You can call up a chart for any county, and you can put your cursor over a bar to see the date and number of cases. (As of Sept. 1, the state stopped reporting numbers on Sundays, so numbers on Sept. 7 and Sept. 14 cover two days.)
(In a few instances, a county reported a negative number (decline) in daily new cases, following a retroactive reclassification by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. In those instances, we subtracted cases from the prior date and put 0 in the reported date.)
The next chart below shows new cases for the past 20 days based on onset of symptoms. In this chart, numbers for the most recent days are incomplete because of the lag time between people getting sick and getting a confirmed coronavirus test result, which can take up to a week or more.
You can call up a chart for any county, and you can put your cursor over a bar to see the date and number of cases.
More localized maps
Below are two maps created by the EpiBayes research group at University of Michigan’s Department of Epidemiology, which has access to sub-county data collected by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
The interactive maps break down the state into 10 kilometer hexogons to provide more a more localized look at where coronavirus cases are occurring. You can click here to get to the research project website.
The first map looks at confirmed and probable coronavirus cases in the past week. You can click on a hexagon to see the underlying data.
You can use the triangle button at the upper right of the map to toggle to the second map, which shows total confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Latest daily report
On Wednesday, the state reported 680 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 11 deaths.
The state is now averaging 742 new cases, compared to an average of 696 a week ago. The seven-day average of deaths is 10 deaths a day compared to an average of eight a week ago.
The map below shows total confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths since the start of the pandemic. You can put your cursor over a county to see the underlying numbers.
For more statewide data, visit MLive’s coronavirus data page, here. To find a testing site near you, check out the state’s online test finder, here, send an email to COVID19@michigan.gov, or call 888-535-6136 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.
COVID-19 PREVENTION TIPS:
In addition to washing hands regularly and not touching your face, officials recommend practicing social distancing, assuming anyone may be carrying the virus.
Health officials say you should be staying at least 6 feet away from others and working from home, if possible.
Use disinfecting wipes or disinfecting spray cleaners on frequently-touched surfaces in your home (door handles, faucets, countertops) and carry hand sanitizer with you when you go into places like stores.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has also issued executive orders requiring people to wear face coverings over their mouth and nosewhile in public indoor and crowded outdoor spaces. See an explanation of what that means here.
Additional information is available at Michigan.gov/Coronavirus and CDC.gov/Coronavirus.
For more data on COVID-19 in Michigan, visit https://www.mlive.com/coronavirus/data/.
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