CLEVELAND, Ohio – Michigan’s great advantage over Ohio for known coronavirus cases no longer exists, as the totals for the two states have been nearly equal.
As of Thursday afternoon, Ohio has reported 89,626 cases to date, just slightly below Michigan’s 89,781 total.
In comparison, Michigan’s total was at least 20,000 cases higher than Ohio’s every day from early April through June 23.
Since then, Ohio has closed rapidly in Michigan, based on data from each state’s health department, based on the estimated symptom onset date for each case.
Michigan had 70,720 cases compared to Ohio’s 50,715 on June 23. By July 10, the gap was halved to less than 10,000 with 80,400 cases for Michigan and 70,502 for Ohio.
Just 15 days later, on Saturday, Ohio attracted 1,000 Michigan cases. This was just a fraction of the maximum spread of 27,132 cases between the two states on May 15.
But adjusted for population, Michigan’s total cases are still higher, with 899 cases known to date per 100,000 people, compared to Ohio’s rate of 767 per 100,000 people. Ohio has 11.7 million people for Michigan’s total of just under 10 million.
On a per capita basis, Michigan has had more reported cases of coronavirus than Ohio.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
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