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Michigan governor continues to rely on vaccines, personal choice to handle COVID surgeThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcement Monday that the state’s response to rising COVID cases should be to begin shutting things down.
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Tracking coronavirus cases, outbreaks in Michigan schoolsMichigan is tracking coronavirus outbreaks in schools across the state.
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Harper Woods City Hall to temporarily close due to increase in COVID cases Harper Woods City Hall will temporarily close from Tuesday, April 13 through Monday, April 26 due to an increase in COVID cases across the area.
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Money Monday: Tax deadlines extended for 2nd year amid pandemicFederal and Michigan officials have extended the deadline to file taxes for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Michigan presses White House for more vaccines amid COVID surgeMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has vowed to keep pushing the White House for more COVID-19 vaccines as the state experiences a spike in cases.
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Michigan rushes to vaccinate residents as COVID spreads through communities“We want to get back to family time,” Smith said. ”We have a big family. We like to gather but we don’t want to compromise our older people in the family, so we all came ...
Michigan coronavirus data: Tracking case count, cases by county, deaths, cases by age, testsHere we are tracking the coronavirus in Michigan.
Tracking COVID-19 weekly growth factor by Michigan countyThis map is tracking the weekly COVID-19 growth factor by Michigan county.
Tracking moving 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases, deaths in MichiganTracking the 7-day moving average for new daily confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Michigan.
Tracking Michigan COVID-19 cases, deaths by sexThe following chart and tables show the amount of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the state of Michigan, the cases broken down by age range, gender and how many...
Michigan COVID-19 data: Cases and deaths by race, ethnicityHere is the state of Michigan’s COVID-19 case data for races and ethnicity.
