New coronavirus cases leaped in Michigan in the week ending May 8, rising 30 percent as nearly 19,000 cases were reported. The previous week had 14,482 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
St. Joseph County reported 21 cases and no deaths for the week.
The highest number of weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Washtenaw, Oakland and Keweenaw counties.
Adding the most new cases overall were Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.