More people have died in Michigan than were born in 2020 and 2021 causing a negative birth rate for the state for the first time since the collection of such data began in 1900. The COVID-19 pandemic hit the state in 2020 and since that time 40,767 people have died of the virus. The extra deaths were enough to push the total deaths in Michigan to 117,087 in 2020, and 117,756 in 2021, according to Michigan Department of Health and Human Services data. There were 104,149 children born in 2020, and 105,022 in 2021, which has caused a reduction of
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