Coronavirus Tracker: Confirmed cases reach 43,754; Whitmer slams Capitol protest

Michigan added 547 cases to its coronavirus case count on Sunday, bringing the state’s overall total to 43,754.

There were 29 deaths reported Sunday, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 4,049. Michigan officials have cautioned that weekend totals tend to be lower than those midweek, so Sunday’s tallies shouldn’t necessarily be interpreted as a dramatic slowdown of the virus’ spread.

Still, Michigan’s overall COVID-19 curve appears to be flattening in recent days, as Bridge’s coronavirus dashboard shows.

Much of that is because of improvements in metro Detroit, which was once a national hotspot for the virus. In Detroit, where 1,085 residents have died of the virus since March, the city on Sunday reported 106 new cases and no deaths, continuing a recent trend of declining cases.

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