Michigan now has more than 1,000 coronavirus cases, with more than 300 in Detroit

The number of Michigan's confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus has risen to 1,035, according to state figures released Sunday afternoon.

The most recent update includes 249 new confirmed cases reported as of 10 a.m. Sunday, according to the state. The state reported 238 new cases Saturday.

The majority of cases are in metro Detroit. The city of Detroit has 325 cases, while Oakland County has 277, Macomb has 140 and the rest of Wayne County has 152. The state counts Detroit and Wayne County separately.

Nine people in Michigan have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, according to information from the state as w county and hospital officials. The Washtenaw County Health Department announced that an elderly man with underlying health conditions died Sunday at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor.

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The previously reported deaths include:

A 52-year-old Macomb County man with underlying health conditions who died Saturday at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital.

A 71-year-old man with underlying health issues who died Saturday at a Spectrum Health hospital in Kent County.

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

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, 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.

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