(September 16, 2021 12:08 PM) Jackson County hit a grim milestone Thursday, counting the 300th death related to COVID-19. The Jackson County Health Department reported the latest death this morning, the 300th Jackson County resident to die from COVID-19 related causes since the first death in March, 2020.
The Health Department today released the COVID-19 positive numbers for Jackson County. As of 12:00 PM today, there are 16,421 positive cases (cumulative), and 300 deaths (cumulative)*.
There are 55 new cases and 1 new death since yesterday’s report.
As of September 16, there are 20 persons at Henry Ford Allegiance Health being treated as inpatients for COVID-19.
Cumulative recovered, as of September 16: 15,106**
The cumulative numbers posted on Mondays include the data from Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Recovered numbers are being posted as received.
*These numbers do not reflect any cases or deaths identified through Michigan Department of Corrections. Their numbers are listed under a separate category and reported by the state at Michigan Statistics.
Cases reported involving Jackson County school students or staff are included in our posted numbers. For details regarding cases and outbreaks at Michigan schools please see https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163_98173_102480—,00.html
**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 |
7599 |
46.3% |
Female |
8696 |
53.0% |
Unknown |
126 |
0.8% |
The Age group is reported as a percentage of the total instead of the actual number.
Age – Years |
Percent |
0 -19 |
17.4% |
20 – 29 |
17.0% |
30 – 39 |
14.6% |
40 – 49 |
13.8% |
50 – 59 |
15.2% |
60 – 69 |
11.4% |
70 -79 |
6.3% |
80 |
4.3% |
Note: Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding
Race |
% of overall case by race |
Caucasian |
71.9% |
Black or African American |
7.0% |
American Indian or Alaska Native |
0.4% |
Asian |
0.4% |
Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.1% |
Multiple Races |
1.2% |
Other |
5.4% |
Unknown |
13.6% |
Ethnicity |
% of overall case by ethnicity |
Non-Hispanic/Latino |
78.9% |
Hispanic / Latino |
3.2% |
Unknown |
17.7% |
Epicurve Data
The Epicurve graph available (thru 9/12/2021) 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.