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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichigan shows strong signs of controlling the coronavirus as new cases, deaths continue to decline
(Detroit Metro Times) Day by day, Michigan is slowly bending the coronavirus curve, with metro Detroit leading the way.
The state reported 93 new coronavirus deaths on Thursday, bringing the states total to 4,343. Michigan now has more than 45,600 confirmed cases, up 592 in the past 24 hours.
At the peak out of the outbreak in early and mid-April, metro Detroit accounted for 80% of the confirmed infections in the state. On Thursday, only a third of the new cases were in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
But as the rate of new cases declines in metro Detroit, outbreaks are cropping up in western Michigan counties. .......(more)
https://m.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/05/07/michigan-shows-strong-signs-of-controlling-the-coronavirus-as-new-cases-deaths-continue-to-decline
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Michigan shows strong signs of controlling the coronavirus as new cases, deaths continue to decline (Original Post)
marmar
May 2020
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jimfields33
(15,787 posts)1. The protesters dodged a literal bullet
They may be lucky this time, but....thats not always the case.
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,721 posts)2. Please just stay downstate...
Last weekend downstaters came to our small community up north and cleaned out our one grocery store of most of the meat. Our demographics are tipped toward older people. Our cases bloomed in 3 weeks from one to over 50.
We do survive on a lot of tourist trade, campgrounds National Forest etc. but so many are willing to give up a little income for greater safety.
ProfessorGAC
(65,010 posts)3. We've Plateaued in IL
We haven't seen a decline yet, though.
I'm happy Michigan has!