Michigan has not met Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 threshold for doing away with all restrictions. | Facebook/Governor Gretchen Whitmer
Michigan has not met Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 threshold for doing away with all restrictions. | Facebook/Governor Gretchen Whitmer
Almost six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Michigan has not come close to meeting Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s standard for doing away with all restrictions.
Whitmer set the coronavirus threshold at below 10 cases per million residents, a figure the state has not met since March, a release issued recently on the Michigan Capitol Confidential website reported.
Between Mar. 8 and Aug. 3, Michigan managed to have only one day under the threshold, which was actually Mar. 8, the first day documented on a state epidemic website, the release said. On that day, the state recorded 7.3 cases per million residents.
This week Michigan registered 88,756 confirmed coronavirus cases along with 6,264 deaths, a release issued on WDIV reported. The state also recorded 63,636 recoveries.
The highest rate Michigan has posted was 124.2 cases per million on April 1. The lowest rate since the 7.3 cases-per-million mark was 15.5 in June.
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