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DETROIT – Former Michigan Rep. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo said last year was an “absolute blur.”She said the year was difficult and emotional for her family. The loss of Isaac Robinson, my former colleague, was certainly a point where it became real, and then my sister getting sick, getting COVID 19 and then passing two weeks after being the hospital,” Gay-Dagnogo said. Sherry said the last year has exposed a lot, not just for the city of Detroit, but the entire country. “The disparate impact that COVID-19 had on our community is not just because it’s COVID but because of COVID it’s highlighted,” she said. READ: More Michigan COVID coverage

Gretchen Whitmer released a video on social media urging Michiganders, the legislature, the president, and Congress to do their part to protect families, frontline workers, and small businesses from the COVID-19 pandemic. "As a result of the Court and the legislature’s action, our COVID-19 cases will very likely go up. And the ruling does not mean all of the protections we have put in place will go away. COVID 19 didn’t stop being a threat because the court ruling, or because we’ve tired of it, or because the legislature left town. You can protect the brave men and women on the front lines who are working every day to keep us safe.

Nearly 550 students have tested positive for the virus since in-person classes resumed last month. The reservation is located on parts of six counties that accounted for 62 new coronavirus cases and one death in Tuesday’s update. J.B. Pritzker will quarantine for two weeks after a member of his administration tested positive for the coronavirus. Naidu recently attended a session of India’s Parliament that was cut short after more than 20 lawmakers tested positive. India’s Home Minister Amit Shah tested positive last month and recovered in a hospital.