LANSING, Mich. – From the number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and deaths to the equipment Michigan needs to fight the outbreak, Monday’s state update wasn’t a step in the right direction.
UPDATE -- MARCH 30, 2020: Michigan coronavirus cases up to 6,498; Death toll now at 184
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed several executive orders Monday, including a hiring and spending freeze for the state. She also expanded absentee voting -- in fact, she said she’d like everyone to vote by mail on May 5.
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Whitmer also went back through the budget with legislative leaders to make some line-items vetoes to save money.
From the medical side, it was again a warning not to take the stay-at-home order lightly. Whitmer said children should not be playing with neighbors, and there shouldn’t be any extended family gatherings.
She did not, however, extend the state’s stay-at-home order. It’s still active through April 13.
You hear from the governor in Jason Colthorp’s full story in the video posted above.