Macomb County has first coronavirus death, brings state toll to 8; infant tests positive

Macomb County has documented its first death from COVID-19, County Executive Mark Hackel said Saturday night.

Hackel, speaking at a quickly arranged media event in Mt. Clemens, also said a 1-month-old infant and a 100-year-old in the county had tested positive for coronavirus. He offered no other details.

The deceased Macomb County resident was a 52-year-old man with underlying health conditions, according to Henry Ford Macomb Hospital.

There were 121 recorded coronavirus cases in Macomb County as of 8 p.m. Saturday, according to county officials. Of those diagnosed, about 20% were hospitalized.

The Michigan coronavirus death toll stands at eight. The state's first death outside metro Detroit had been reported earlier Saturday evening by Spectrum Health, which operates more than a dozen hospitals in western Michigan.

Coronavirus deaths already reported in Michigan also include:

• A Detroit woman in her 90s who died Friday, according to the Detroit Health Department. No other details of her death were available Saturday.

• An Oakland County woman in her 90s who died Saturday at Henry Ford Hospital in West Bloomfield and had underlying health conditions.

• A 50-year-old Oakland County man with underlying health conditions who died Friday, the Oakland County Health Division reported. It did not release additional details about the man.

• An 81-year-old Detroit woman with underlying health conditions who died Thursday at Henry Ford Health System's hospital in Detroit.

• A Detroit woman in her 50s, also with underlying health conditions, who died at McLaren Oakland Hospital on Thursday.

• A Southgate man in his 50s, with underlying health conditions, who died early Wednesday at a Beaumont Hospital in Wayne County, the state's first death from the virus.