Officials: Detroit approaching 4,000 COVID-19 cases
DETROIT (AP) — The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Detroit is nearing 4,000 while 129 people have died from the disease, according to the city Health Department.
Figures released Saturday showed positive infections rose by nearly 400 from Friday. The number of confirmed cases across Michigan reached 14,225 Saturday, with 540 people dead, according to state health officials.
Most of the confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to be in the Detroit area, with about 80% in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
A 55-year-old prisoner who died earlier in the week has since tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, according to Michigan’s Corrections Department.
Spokesman Chris Gautz confirmed Saturday that Joe Kearney was the first inmate i the state’s prison system system to die from complications due to the virus. He was found unresponsive in his cell Wednesday at the Parnall Correctional Facility in Jackson, about 78 miles west of Detroit.
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