LANSING, Mich. — The number of positive cases of the coronavirus in Michigan has increased to 223,277.
The number of cases increased 6,473 from Monday, when there were 216,804 statewide cases, according to the Department of Health and Human Services this evening.
Tuesday's case count is a new daily record, according to WXYZ.
On Monday, the state reported 9,010 new cases over a two-day period.
The state says there have been 7,640 coronavirus deaths in Michigan.
The number of deaths has increased 84 from Monday, when there were 7,640 deaths. On Monday, the state reported 62 new deaths.
Statewide, 121,093 people have recovered from the virus as of Oct. 30. A person is considered "recovered" by the state if they are "30 days out from their onset of illness."
In the U.S., there are 10,180,798 cases, and there have been 239,002 deaths — while 3,781,751 people have recovered, according to the global COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.