Jackson County Cumulative Report: 46,472 COVID-19 Positive Cases and 603 Deaths
(October 5, 2022 12:00 PM) The Jackson County Health Department released the COVID-19 positive numbers for Jackson County. As of 12:00 PM today, there are 46,472 positive cases (cumulative), and 603 deaths (cumulative)*. There are 281 new cases and 1 new death since last Wednesday’s report. The next report will be on October 12. Cumulative recovered, as of October 5: 44,655**. *These numbers do not reflect any cases or deaths identified through Michigan Department of Corrections. Their numbers are listed under a separate category and reported by the state at Michigan Statistics. Cases reported involving Jackson County school students or staff are included in our posted numbers. For details regarding cases and outbreaks at Michigan schools please see https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163_98173_102480---,00.html * Cases, Deaths, and Recovered all include confirmed and probable. **Recovered is defined as the number of persons with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis who are alive 30 days post-onset (or referral date if onset is not available). Confirmed Cases- PCR test processed at lab Probable Cases- positive antigen test or link to PCR confirmed case 39,901 6,571 Probable cases include individuals with either a positive proctored rapid antigen test OR COVID-19 symptoms and an epidemiologic link to a confirmed COVID-19 case. If a…