Michigan passes 50k coronavirus cases
But COVID-19 deaths are at lowest rate since March.
The state of Michigan surpassed 50,000 cases of COVID-19 on Friday, according to a report on MLive. As of Sunday, there were 51,142 confirmed infections.
Meanwhile, on Sunday the state reported its lowest COVID-19 deathrate since March. There were reportedly 11 new deaths Sunday, marking the lowest number since March 23, according to an article on MLive.
The majority of cases and deaths have been in the highly-populated east side of the state. While numbers around Detroit have been leveling out, numbers in west Michigan have been growing. Kalamazoo County had 23 new cases Saturday, pushing the total number of cases since March to 709.
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