(WXYZ) — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is reporting that as of July 20, the state has 71 confirmed cases of the B.1.617.2 Delta variant. Thirteen of those cases reported are labeled as "out of state."
Regarding other Variants of Concern, Michigan also has:
- 1,3301 confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 variant first identified in the U.K.
- 318 confirmed cases of the P.1 variant, first detected in Brazil
- 82 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 variant B.1.351, first identified in South Africa
Currently, Branch County has the most cases of the Delta variant with 10 confirmed.
Below is a map of where the Variants of Concern have been confirmed in the state, color-coded depending on the variant. The yellow marker is the reported number of cases from the Michigan Department of Corrections:
