MDHHS Providing Improved Data on Recovered Patients, COVID-19 Testing, Hospital Information

(April 9, 2020 7:15 AM) In an effort to provide more information about the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Michigan, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is providing additional and improved statistics on its website.

“We continue to improve the information we are providing as our goal is to share timely and accurate data during this pandemic,” said Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, chief medical executive and chief deputy for health “We appreciate the assistance of Michigan Medical Advantage Group in helping us offer additional statistics about testing.”

The following information is now being included:

Number of people recovered. Going forward, this information will be updated weekly and includes the number of people with a laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases who are 30 days out from their onset of illness. 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).
Testing data by state preparedness region. This will be updated daily. Jackson is located in state preparedness region 1. Region 1 includes Jackson, Hillsdale, Lenawee, Ingham, Livingston, Eaton, Clinton, Shiawassee and Gratiot Counties.
Hospital utilization information. This will include number of emergency department discharges, number of inpatients, number of patients in critical care and number of patients on ventilators. This information will be updated daily.

The new data is published here: michigan.gov/coronavirus

and below:

Cumulative Total of Recovered COVID-19 Cases (as of 4/3/2020): 56*

*During this response, MDHHS is reviewing vital records statistics to identify any laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases who are 30 days out from their onset of illness to represent recovery status. As the pandemic continues to impact Michigan, this pool will expand to include more cases. 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). The number of persons recovered on April 3rd, 2020 represents COVID-19 confirmed individuals with an onset date on or prior to March 4th, 2020. These numbers will be updated every Saturday.

Source: Michigan Disease Surveillance System and Vital Records