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Michigan adds 2,589 cases, 42 deaths from COVID-19
Michigan on Wednesday added 2,589 new cases and 42 deaths from COVID-19, as the state continues to lead the nation in new infections per capita.
The latest figures bring the state s total number of cases to 854,536 and deaths to 17,939 since the virus was first detected in March 2020, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.
The state continues to lead the nation in new cases per capita for the fifth straight week despite nearly two-fifths of its residents being fully vaccinated. However, cases and hospitalizations are trending downward.
Last week, Michigan added 25,065 new cases and 454 deaths. Cases are decreasing but deaths are rising. Deaths are a lagging indicator of cases and hospitalizations.
In the midst of a Covid-19 spike, Michigan s mask mandate is expanded to kids ages 2-4
By Leah Asmelash, CNN
Updated 4:49 PM ET, Mon April 26, 2021
Elizabeth Hertel, director of Michigan s health department, addresses the state regarding an expanded pandemic order that requires masks in public, even for children in day care. (CNN)As Michigan grapples with a surge of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, state officials have expanded the mask mandate to include children as young as 2.
The mandate, which went into effect Monday, requires children ages 2 to 4 to wear face masks while in public spaces, including day care and camps. Before Monday, the mandate only extended to children ages 5 and older.
Deaths among children are rising against the backdrop of the deadly reopening of public schools and the spread of new contagious variances of the virus.
Credit Carlos Osorio / Associated Press
Michigan is one of the nation’s hotspots right now for COVID-19 cases. The Takeaway explored the increase in hospitalizations of younger people due to the virus.
While other surges have hit elderly people harder, this time people in their 20s, 30s and 40s. As the Takeaway puts it.
In Michigan one of the country’s current hotspots hospitals are admitting more young people than at any other point in the pandemic, twice the rate they saw last fall according to the Michigan Health & Hospital Association.