One of Michigans largest weekly COVID-19 case increases is in Washtenaw County – MLive.com

ANN ARBOR, MI - Washtenaw County has seen one of the states biggest one-week increases of COVID-19, according to data released on Monday, Oct. 19.

The county went from 200 cases the week of Oct. 4-10 to 433 new cases the week of Oct. 11-17 - the second largest increase in the state. Washtenaw Countys has had an average of 16.83 new cases a day during the past week, per the Harvard Institute.

The countys accelerated rate of COVID-19 transmission has moved it from the yellow zone to orange, based on a metric developed by the Harvard Global Health Initiative to assess coronavirus risk levels.

To date, Washtenaw County has reported 4,229 laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases, along with 631 probable cases, according to Washtenaw County Health Department data. Thats an increase from the 4,028 the county reported on Friday, Oct.16, including 47 cases that were reported in the past 24 hours.

Eleven percent of cases have resulted in hospitalization, while 119 people from the county have died.

The county had a weekly testing positivity rate of 1.9% as of Oct. 15.

Countywide, 3,484 people have recovered from the coronavirus, which means they are alive 30 days after the start of the virus, per the health department.

Washtenaw Countys increase is similar to neighboring counties like Livingston County, which saw the states third largest increases from week to week, from 85 the week of Oct. 4-10 to 162 new cases the week of Oct. 11-17.

Livingston County reported 68 COVID-19 cases over the weekend. A total of 14 recent COVID-19 cases from the area can be attributed to individuals who attended services at Brighton Assembly of God, after attending services at the church on Oct. 4, Oct. 7 and Oct. 11

Washtenaw Countys daily cases are the closest to Jackson Countys 16.94 new cases a day, with an average of 16.83 new cases a day, per the Harvard Institute.

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