COVID-19 cases down across state

Michigan reported fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Sunday, adding more than 31,000 new cases. That’s down 32 percent from the previous week’s tally of more than 46,500 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.

St. Joseph County reported 103 cases and five deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 227 cases and 10 deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 10,704 cases and 157 deaths.

Across Michigan, cases fell in 81 counties, with the largest declines in Wayne, Oakland and Kent counties. The worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Gratiot and Macomb counties.