根据公共卫生官员的最新报告，周六，密歇根州有五人因新型冠状病毒引起的并发症而死亡。该州截至周日的最新死亡人数标志着最低的每日增长自三月份以来，在流感大流行爆发的时候，密歇根已经出现了100例与病毒相关的死亡病例.
密歇根周日的数据也标志着单日诊断计数的一个新里程碑。根据该州卫生与公众服务部(DHHS)的说法发布每日报告为了绘制病毒爆发图，在过去的24小时内，密歇根州又确认了314例病例。报告显示，自3月23日以来，在一天内没有确诊的病例减少了，当时全州报告了263例新病例。由于技术错误后来卫生部门承认，密歇根5月3日的病例报告错误地指出，只有不到200例新诊断得到了确认。
自美国爆发以来，与其他地区报告的数字相比，密歇根州是与新型冠状病毒相关的病例、住院和死亡发生率最高的地区之一。截至周日，至少有54，683名密歇根居民被诊断出感染了该病毒，是美国各州中确诊人数第八高的州。根据约翰·霍普金斯大学的追踪报告，纽约、新泽西、伊利诺伊、加利福尼亚、马萨诸塞州、宾夕法尼亚州和得克萨斯都报告了大量病例。
尽管密歇根州的病例数低于上述七个州，但其死亡人数——周日为5223人——超过了德克萨斯州、宾夕法尼亚州和伊利诺伊州的报告。正如多家媒体所指出的，包括当地的MLive.com通讯社人均住院率在大流行期间比大多数其他州都高。
鉴于该州爆发疫情的人数增加，密歇根州州长格雷琴·惠特默一直小心翼翼地避免该州经济领域过早重新开放。她关于正在进行的商业关闭和社会距离指令的决定受到了当地居民的强烈批评，其中一些人在1999年袭击了该州的国会大厦武装抗议4月30日。
5月21日，惠特莫对密歇根爆发曲线中观察到的下降做出了回应行政命令经过近两个月的暂停活动后，这使得大多数非必要的业务得以恢复亲自操作。
“这些行政命令所采取的措施是有效的:每天新确诊病例的数量已经开始下降，”惠特莫的命令提到了她政府于3月23日颁布的最初的家庭指令的条款。
密歇根州法明顿的一家洗车场分享了一条信息，支持全州范围内的商业关闭，以阻止新冠状病毒的进一步传播。在州长格雷琴·惠特莫开始放松作为该州家庭禁止令一部分的限制后不久，密歇根州报告了自3月以来最低的单日死亡人数。
“我们现在可以开始逐步恢复我之前下令暂停的面对面工作和活动，”她继续说道。“然而，在这样做的时候，我们必须小心、耐心和警惕地行动，认识到这种病毒继续对我们国家造成的严重伤害，以及我们在遏制这种病毒方面取得的进展有多快可以逆转。”
该命令将密歇根州团体聚会的人数限制提高到不超过10人，并允许零售机构和汽车经销商从5月26日开始预约接受顾客。5月29日，适用于医疗和兽医程序的限制将在全州范围内取消。对于大多数企业(如果可能的话，它们必须继续进行远程操作)和居民来说，额外的法规仍然有效。
新闻周刊我联系了密歇根州卫生与公众服务部以及州长惠特莫办公室的代表，就该州日益减少的每日病例数和死亡报告征求意见，但截至发布时尚未收到回复。
Michigan Announces Its Lowest Single-Day COVID-19 Death Toll in Two Months
ive people in Michigan passed away due to complications caused by the novel coronavirus on Saturday, according to public health officials' latest report. The state's updated fatality count as of Sunday marked the lowest daily increase in virus-related deaths Michigan has seen since March, near the pandemic's onset.
Michigan's Sunday figures denoted a new milestone in terms of single-day diagnosis counts as well. According to the state's Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), which publishes daily reports to chart its virus outbreak, 314 additional cases were confirmed in Michigan over the last 24 hours. Reports indicate fewer diagnoses had not been confirmed in a single day since March 23, when 263 new cases were reported statewide. Due to a technical error later acknowledged by the health department, Michigan's May 3 case report incorrectly stated less than 200 new diagnoses had been confirmed.
Since the start of the United States outbreak, Michigan has experienced one of the highest incidences of cases, hospitalizations and deaths related to the novel coronavirus compared to numbers reported by other regions. As of Sunday, at least 54,683 Michigan residents had been diagnosed with the virus overall, the eighth-highest total confirmed by any U.S. state. New York, New Jersey, Illinois, California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Texas have each reported cases in greater quantities, according to Johns Hopkins University's tracker.
Though Michigan's case count is lower than the seven states mentioned, its death toll—at 5,223 on Sunday—surpasses those reported by Texas, Pennsylvania and Illinois. As multiple outlets have noted, including local news agency MLive.com, Michigan's per capita hospitalization rate has been higher than most other states throughout the pandemic.
Given the state's elevated outbreak numbers, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been careful to avoid reopening areas of the state's economy too soon. Her decisions regarding ongoing business closures and social distance directives have garnered intense criticism from residents--some of whom stormed the state's Capitol building in an armed protest April 30.
On May 21, Whitmer responded to an observed downturn in Michigan's outbreak curve with an an executive order that allowed most nonessential businesses to resume in-person operations, following nearly two months of suspended activity.
"The measures put in place by these executive orders have been effective: the number of new confirmed cases each day has started to drop," Whitmer's order stated, referencing the terms of her administration's initial stay-at-home directive, enacted March 23.
A car wash in Farmington, Michigan, shares a message in support of statewide business closures mandated to stop further spread of the new coronavirus. Shortly after Governor Gretchen Whitmer began to ease restrictions implemented as part of the state's stay-at-home order, Michigan reported its lowest single-day death toll since March on Sunday.
"We can now start the process of gradually resuming in-person work and activities that were temporarily suspended under my prior orders," she continued. "In so doing, however, we must move with care, patience, and vigilance, recognizing the grave harm that this virus continues to inflict on our state and how quickly our progress in suppressing it can be undone."
The order increased Michigan's limitations on group gatherings to no more than 10 people, and allowed retail establishments and car dealerships to begin accepting customers by appointment starting May 26. On May 29, restrictions applied to medical and veterinary procedures will be lifted statewide. Additional regulations remain in place for most businesses, which must continue to conduct remote operations if possible, as well as residents.
Newsweek reached out to representatives from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services as well as Governor Whitmer's office for comment regarding the state's decreasing daily case counts and fatality reports--but did not receive replies by time of publication.
