State to halt Sunday COVID reporting

Officials from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced they are going to stop reporting COVID-19 infection numbers on Sundays beginning this weekend, according to a report from Crain’s Detroit Business.

The director of the MDHHS, Robert Gordon, said the change is partly meant to give a break to the department’s epidemiologist who have been working seven days per week since the start of the pandemic in March.

It’s also to help even out reporting irregularities that have been popping up on Sundays.

“That Sunday report is often particularly bouncy because there are more irregularities of testing on the weekends,” said Gordon.

Sunday reports often show much lower numbers of COVID-19 infections than other days due to some counties not reporting until the next day.

Gordon said the department would resume Sunday reporting if there is a significant surge in coronavirus cases in Michigan.

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