Just the Facts: Michigan COVID-19 Numbers for Wednesday May 6th

By Duke | 3:30 PM on May 06, 2020

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AP featured image — A protester carries an American flag at the State Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Thursday, April 30, 2020. Hoisting American flags and handmade signs, protesters returned to the state Capitol to denounce Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-home order and business restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic while lawmakers met to consider extending her emergency declaration hours before it expires. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Welcome to week NINE of posting numbers for COVID-19 here in the State of Michigan as released by the Official Michigan Government website. These are the numbers released earlier this afternoon by the State of Michigan

*The total number of confirmed cases: 45,054 which is a 657 person increase from the previous day.

*Deaths: 4,250 total deceased which is a 71 person increase from the previous day.

*Currently 9.4% of those who have been confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 have perished. This leaves the survival rate currently at 90.6%. (This does NOT reflect all 9.9 million people in the state, just those who have tested positive.)

*The state is reporting that only 15,659 have recovered from COVID-19 since May 1st.

*Overall Percentage of Cases by Sex:

46% are Men

53% are Women

1% Unknown

*Overall Percentage of Deceased by Sex:

53% of Men (change of -1% from the previous day)

46% of Women (change of 0% from the previous day)

*Detroit and Wayne County lead the state with 17,571 cases or 38.9% of the total in the state.

*Detroit and Wayne County account for 1,973 of the deaths in the state which are 46.2% of the current total in the state.

The city of Detroit is in the County of Wayne so that is why they are combined here.