Jackson County Cumulative Report: 449 COVID-19 Positive Cases and 28 Deaths

(May 30, 2020 12:37 PM) The Jackson County Health Department released the COVID-19 positive numbers for Jackson County. As of 12:00 PM today, there are 449 positive cases (cumulative), and 28 deaths (cumulative)*.

This is an increase of 1 case and 0 deaths since yesterday’s report.

The Jackson County Health Department has indicated they are aware of the discrepancy in what the State of Michigan is reporting for Jackson County positive case numbers. Rhonda Rudolph, department spokesperson said the state may not always be aware of situations where someone is a prisoner or a resident of another county and cannot or should not be counted in the Jackson County case numbers. Rudolph says the Jackson County daily report issued by the Jackson County Health Department is the most accurate report.

Cumulative recovered** patients (cumulative): 349 (updated weekly, as of May 29).

The Michigan Department of Corrections is reporting as of 9:30 PM Friday, May 29, there are 1,355 confirmed positive cases are at Jackson facilities, 156 Confirmed Positive Jackson staff.

As of 6 AM on Thursday, May 28, there are 7 individuals with positive COVID-19 results who are inpatients at Henry Ford Allegiance Health. To date, a total of 132 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	Number of Cases	Percent
Male	213	47.4%
Female	235	52.3%
Unknown	1	0.2%

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

Age – Years	Percent
0 -19	4.7%
20 – 29	16.5%
30 – 39	14.5%
40 – 49	19.8%
50 – 59	17.6%
60 – 69	15.6%
70 -79	5.6%
80	5.8%

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
Caucasian	70.8%
Black or African American	14.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%
Asian	0.2%
Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0.0%
Multiple Races	4.5%
Other	1.8%
Unknown	8.5%