As the numbers of people with COVID-19 continues to rise, many have been asking why the number of people who have recovered haven’t been included. Michigan’s chief medical officer Dr. Joneigh Khaldun says it’s due to accuracy at this point.
“As we get more people tested and they recover, we will incorporate that. But it’s really so early, we don’t have an accurate number of people who have recovered,” said Khaldun. “We want that data to get out. We want to be transparent. But we also want to be accurate. So we’ve been working with our hospitals.”
Khaldun says the director of Health and Human Services has ordered hospitals to give that information to the state so it can be accurately reported. She says they are hoping to be able to start releasing those numbers soon. She made the comments at her and Governor Whitmer’s most recent joint press conference late last week.
As of now, there are 5,486 cases of coronavirus in the state with 132 deaths. In Berrien County, there have been 29 cases, and the Berrien County Health Department told WSJM News last week that three people in the county have recovered. Van Buren and Cass counties have four, Allegan County has two, and Kalamazoo County has 19 cases. There have been no deaths in southwest Michigan.
