Jackson County Cumulative Report: 847 COVID-19 Positive Cases and 39 Deaths

(September 5, 2020 12:30 PM) The Jackson County Health Department released the COVID-19 positive numbers for Jackson County. As of 12 PM today, there are 847 positive cases (cumulative), and 39 deaths (cumulative)*.

There are 11 new cases since yesterday’s report.

Cumulative recovered, as of September 5, 2020: 671**

Effective this weekend, there will be a change in the days when numbers are posted by the health department. In keeping with the new schedule stated by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) in this press release, numbers will no longer be posted on Sundays. The cumulative numbers posted on Monday will include the data from Sunday and Monday

The Michigan Department of Corrections is reporting as of 5:30 PM August 28, there are 1,676 confirmed positive cases at Jackson facilities and 158 confirmed positive staff cases. MDOC positive case numbers are cumulative.

As of 8 AM September 3, there are 6 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 at the same time as the number data.

**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	385	45.5%
Female	462	54.5%

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

Age – Years	Percent
0 -19	11.9%
20 – 29	16.3%
30 – 39	13.5%
40 – 49	17.0%
50 – 59	15.8%
60 – 69	13.0%
70 -79	7.8%
80	4.7%

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	76.7%
Black or African American	12.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%
Asian	0.1%
Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0.1%
Multiple Races	3.5%
Other	1.5%
Unknown	4.6%

Ethnicity	% of overall case by ethnicity
Non-Hispanic/Latino	90.1%
Hispanic / Latino	4.1%
Unknown	5.8%

Epicurve Data

The Epicurve graph available (8/30/2020) 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 Sunday according to the template which collects and runs the numbers.