Many Michigan COVID restrictions eased starting today
The state of Michigan is easing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in several areas including restaurants and bars. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced the restrictions on indoor dining had been revised. Customers must still wear masks when theyโre not seated at their tables. Mask mandate remainsAll persons participating in gatherings are required to wear a face mask under the Michigan โGatherings and Face Mask Order.โHere are the face mask requirements listed under the order:Face mask requirement at gatherings:(a) All persons participating in gatherings are required to wear a face mask. An individualโs verbal representation that they are not wearing a face mask because they fall within a specified exception, however, may be accepted.
Michigan Gov. Whitmer: Goal is to test 450,000 residents for virus in May
โUntil there is a vaccine, social distancing is really the best and only tool that we have to prevent spread. The federal government is helping the state aim for 30,000 daily coronavirus tests, Foster said. Michigan ranks 18th-highest among states on the number of tests per 1,000 residents, according to an Associated Press analysis of data collected by the COVID Tracking Project. โAggressive testing, contact tracing and isolation will be the only way we will get ahead of this disease,โ Khaldun said. The number of new coronavirus cases in Michigan grew slowly again, rising less than 1% to a total of about 47,500 since March.