Michigan reports 28,458 new COVID-19 cases, 350 deaths in 2 days

Detroit Free Press - 1/12/2022

The Michigan health department on Wednesday reported 28,458 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 350 new deaths over a two-day period.

That's an average of 14,229 new cases per day.

Of the 350 deaths, 282 were identified during a vital records review, which the department conducts three times a week.

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Michigan now has a total of 1,709,593 confirmed cases and 28,228 confirmed deaths since March 2020, when the pandemic began.

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