Michigan surpassed 30,000 deaths from COVID-19 Wednesday as the state nears 2 million confirmed cases since the pandemic began. The state added 18,803 cases and 327 deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, including cases from Tuesday. The state averaged 9,402 cases per day over the two days, which is a 27% drop from a daily average of 13,000 cases reported last week. Wednesday’s additions bring the state’s overall total to 1,999,416 confirmed cases and 30,170 deaths since the virus was first detected here in March 2020. The state on Wednesday reported 2,966 adults and 73 pediatric patients were hos…