DETROIT — Michigan experienced a spike in the coronavirus as it added 16,681 cases and 160 deaths from COVID-19 Tuesday, including totals from the previous six days, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
Michigan reported an average of about 2,383 cases per day over the last seven days, a 27% increase from 1,872 cases per day a week prior. On July 5, the state said it had added 13,102 cases and 64 deaths from the virus in the previous week.
Case rates and hospitalizations increased this week after a slight decline last week. Before that, from May to mid-June, case rates and hospitalizations fell for five weeks.
