DETROIT – Here’s everything you should know about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Michigan.
New order on masks -- for kids
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed an executive order requiring children and workers to wear face masks at Michigan childcare centers, camps.
Executive Order 2020-164 was issued in response to coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks at these types of locations, Whitmer said.
Health experts said there is mounting evidence that children can contract and spread the virus.
All staff members and children ages 2 and older will now have to wear face coverings on school buses and other transportation.
Michigan’s case count
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 87,403 as of Sunday, including 6,249 deaths, state officials report.
Sunday’s update represents 514 new cases and 2 additional deaths -- however, the cumulative death total reported Sunday has actually been reduced by one.
The state says that three cases previously marked as deceased have been corrected by local health jurisdictions. Officials say the corrected cases may have been recorded as deceased in error or new information may indicate that previously reported deaths were not in fact COVID-19 associated.
Saturday’s totals were 86,889 confirmed cases and 6,250 deaths.
New cases have plateaued in the last two weeks, while deaths remain flat in Michigan. Testing has remained steady, with an average of more than 25,000 per day, with the positive rate between 3 and 4 percent. Hospitalizations have increased slightly, but remain considerably lower than in April.
‘It’s going to spread,’ -- Teachers protest return-to-school plans in Lansing
A group of Michigan educators took to the lawn of the Capitol Building in Lansing on Thursday to protest the state’s return-to-school plan amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, protests in Lansing have been chaotic with little social distancing. Thursday’s protest was about the online learning teachers want instead of in-person learning, and so they have been very serious about their social distancing.
The small group of teachers sat in a carefully-planned and separated rows on the Capitol doorstep and lawn, masks and signs at the ready.
Michigan COVID-19 orders enforcement
Whitmer is working to make sure her executive orders issued in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are being enforced.
On Tuesday, Whitmer signed Executive Directive 2020-08 to “direct state departments and autonomous agency heads to review allocation of their resources to ensure that enforcement of COVID-19-related laws is a priority,” reads a statement from her office. That includes enforcing limitations on capacity and the requirement to wear a mask when entering a Michigan business.
Beyond Michigan
According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 1.5 million have recovered in the U.S., with more than 4.8 million cases reported across the country. More than 158,000 have died in the U.S.
Worldwide, more than 18.8 million people have been confirmed infected and over 708,000 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University. The true numbers are certainly much higher, because of limited testing, different ways nations count the dead and deliberate under-reporting by some governments.
Michigan COVID-19 daily reported cases since July 20:
- July 20 -- 489 new cases
- July 21 -- 573 new cases
- July 22 -- 523 new cases
- July 23 -- 699 new cases
- July 24 -- 594 new cases
- July 25 -- 437 new cases
- July 26 -- 1,041* (cases higher due to technical glitch)
- July 27 -- 488 new cases
- July 28 -- 669 new cases
- July 29 -- 996* (cases higher due to backlog of test results)
- July 30 -- 715 new cases
- July 31 -- 734 new cases
- Aug. 1 -- 735 new cases
- Aug. 2 -- 426 new cases
- Aug. 3 -- 604 new cases
- Aug. 4 -- 664 new cases
- Aug. 5 -- 657 new cases
- Aug. 6 -- 722 new cases
- Aug. 7 -- 762 new cases
- Aug. 8 -- 898 new cases
Michigan COVID-19 daily reported deaths since July 20:
- July 20 -- 7 new deaths
- July 21 -- 9 new deaths
- July 22 -- 6 new deaths
- July 23 -- 7 new deaths
- July 24 -- 3 new deaths
- July 25 -- 14 new deaths
- July 26 -- 0 new deaths
- July 27 -- 5 new deaths
- July 28 -- 16 new deaths
- July 29 -- 2 new deaths
- July 30 -- 19 new deaths (14 of which are from vital records)
- July 31 -- 8 new deaths
- Aug. 1 -- 7 new deaths
- Aug. 2 -- 0 new deaths
- Aug. 3 -- 6 new deaths
- Aug. 4 -- 7 new deaths (5 of which are from vital records)
- Aug. 5 -- 2 new deaths
- Aug. 6 -- 26 new deaths (17 from vital records)
- Aug. 7 -- 0 new deaths
- Aug. 8 -- 3 new deaths
Coronavirus resources:
- View more: Michigan COVID-19 data 📊📈
- Question about coronavirus? Ask Dr. McGeorge here.
- More: Return to School updates
Here is the moving 7-day average of COVID-19 cases in Michigan:
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