Isabella County remains Michigan’s only county coded red as of Friday morning, while Houghton has replaced Calhoun in the orange category, based on a metric developed by the Harvard Global Health Initiative to assess coronavirus risk levels.
Also coded orange: Lenawee, Ottawa, Branch, Menominee and Delta counties.
The Harvard institute metric looks at a seven-day average of new cases per 100,000 residents. The newest assessment is based on data for Aug. 28-Sept. 3.
Counties coded red should consider lockdown, the Harvard Global Health Institute says. Orange signals heightened concern.
Four of the seven counties with the highest COVID-19 transmission rates -- Isabella, Houghton, Ottawa and Lenawee -- have outbreaks related to college campuses.
Isabella County remains under a public health emergency from a coronavirus surge at Central Michigan University; Ottawa’s numbers are rising from outbreaks at Grand Valley State University, and in Lenawee, coronavirus has infected more than 150 students at Adrian College.
Houghton, home of Michigan Tech University, recorded 10 new cases Thursday, making for a total of 28 cases in the past seven days compared to five total cases for Aug. 21-27.
Meanwhile, 10 Michigan counties haven’t reported a single new coronavirus case in the past week.
The 10 counties: Alpena, Crawford, Roscommon, Lake, Montmorency and Presque Isle in the Lower Peninsula, and Alger, Baraga, Keweenaw and Schoolcraft in the Upper Peninsula.
They are among 11 counties in the green zone as of Friday morning, based on the Harvard Global Health Institute metric. The other county was Ogemaw, with one case in the past week.
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 (Aug. 28-Sept. 3) has gone up or down compared to the previous seven days (Aug. 21-27).
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
Only three Michigan counties have a positive rate of at least 5% in coronavirus tests reported in the last 14 days ending Sept. 2. The state is averaging more than 29,000 tests a day.
Macomb County had the highest 14-day average at 6.7%, Isabella County was at 6.6% and Ontonagon County at 6.2%. 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.
(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 Thursday, the state reported 685 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 10 deaths.
Michigan is averaging 634 new cases and 12 new deaths per day.
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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