Jackson County Cumulative Report: 421 COVID-19 Positive Cases and 26 Deaths

(May 20, 2020 12:16 PM) The Jackson County Health Department released the COVID-19 positive numbers for Jackson County. As of 12:00 PM today, there are 421 positive cases (cumulative), and 26 deaths (cumulative)*.

Cumulative recovered** patients (cumulative): 247 (updated weekly, as of May 15).

The Michigan Department of Corrections is reporting as of 7 PM Tuesday, there are 1,041 confirmed positive cases are at Jackson facilities, 146 Confirmed Positive Jackson staff.

As of 6 AM on Wednesday, May 20, there are 16 individuals with positive COVID-19 results who are inpatients at Henry Ford Allegiance Health. To date, a total of 125 positive COVID-19 HFAH inpatients have been treated and discharged.

*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		Percent
Male	198	47.0%
Female	223	53.0%

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

Age – Years	Percent
0 -19	4.8%
20 – 29	15.9%
30 – 39	14.3%
40 – 49	20.0%
50 – 59	17.6%
60 – 69	15.7%
70 -79	5.7%
80	6.2%

Race and Ethnicity tables were added on April, 8, 2020.

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

Race	% of overall case by race
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%
Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0.0%
Asian	0.2%
Black or African American	14.0%
Caucasian	70.8%
Multiple Races	4.5%
Other	1.4%
Unknown	8.8%