Jackson County Cumulative Report: 1,098 COVID-19 Positive Cases and 43 Deaths

(September 29, 2020 12:04 PM) The Jackson County Health Department released the COVID-19 positive numbers for Jackson County. As of 12 PM today, there are 1,098 positive cases (cumulative), and 43 deaths (cumulative)*.

There are 22 new cases since yesterday’s report. This is Jackson County’s largest single day increase since the pandemic began.

Cumulative recovered, as of September 29, 2020: 789**

The Michigan Department of Corrections is reporting as of 6:45 PM September 25, there are 1,677 confirmed positive cases at Jackson facilities and 168 confirmed positive staff cases. MDOC positive case numbers are cumulative.

As of 7 AM September 24, there 4 persons at Henry Ford Allegiance Health being treated as inpatients for COVID-19.

The Jackson County Township map and recovery data will be posted each Monday.

*These numbers do not reflect any cases or deaths identified through Michigan Department of Corrections. Their numbers are listed under a separate category “Others” for the Michigan Statistics.

**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).

Gender	Number of Cases	Percent
Male	477	43.4%
Female	621	56.6%

The Age group is reported as a percentage of the total instead of the actual number.

Age – Years	Percent
0 -19	12.8%
20 – 29	15.7%
30 – 39	12.4%
40 – 49	16.5%
50 – 59	14.8%
60 – 69	12.6%
70 -79	7.7%
80	7.6%

Note: Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.

Race	% of overall case by race
Caucasian	77.2%
Black or African American	11.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%
Asian	0.1%
Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0.0%
Multiple Races	3.5%
Other	1.6%
Unknown	5.8%

Ethnicity	% of overall case by ethnicity
Non-Hispanic/Latino	89.4%
Hispanic / Latino	3.6%
Unknown	7.0%

Epicurve Data

The Epicurve graph available (thru 09/27/2020) will allow you to see how the daily number of cases have gone up and down since the first case was identified in March. You can open the Epicurve Data here. EpiCurve data will be posted each Monday according to the template which collects and runs the numbers.