Jackson County Cumulative Report: 1,216 COVID-19 Positive Cases and 47 Deaths

Updated with Jackson County weekly case map.

(Updated October 7, 2020 5:33 PM) The Jackson County Health Department released the COVID-19 positive numbers for Jackson County. As of 12 PM today, there are 1,216 positive cases (cumulative), and 47 deaths (cumulative)*.

There are 29 new cases since yesterday’s report. This is the largest single day increase since the pandemic began.

Cumulative recovered, as of October 7, 2020: 844**

The Michigan Department of Corrections is reporting as of 6:50 PM October 2, there are 1,681 confirmed positive cases at Jackson facilities and 171 confirmed positive staff cases. MDOC positive case numbers are cumulative.

As of 7 AM October 1, there 8 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. This week only, the map will be posted on Wednesday, October 7.

*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	528	43.4%
Female	688	56.6%
Unknown	0	0%

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

Age – Years	Percent
0 -19	12.1%
20 – 29	15.1%
30 – 39	12.2%
40 – 49	15.5%
50 – 59	16.2%
60 – 69	13.3%
70 -79	7.9%
80	7.6%

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

Race	% of overall case by race
Caucasian	79.0%
Black or African American	10.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%
Asian	0.3%
Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0.0%
Multiple Races	3.4%
Other	1.6%
Unknown	4.6%

Ethnicity	% of overall case by ethnicity
Non-Hispanic/Latino	90.9%
Hispanic / Latino	3.5%
Unknown	5.6%

Epicurve Data

The Epicurve graph available (thru 10/4//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.