Michigan, USA
Owosso Barber Karl Menke, 77, is still cutting hair. The state has filed a motion to find him in contempt of court.
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archive)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) has apologized for telling the public to Google how to get a haircut.
(archive)
Rep Karen Whitsett (D-Detroit) has dropped her lawsuit against various other Democrats for defamation, ultimately arising from her praise of Donald Trump's recommendation of hydroxychloroquine, which she credits for saving her life from Corona.
Whitsett sought damages for alleged violations of free speech and defamation.
www.mlive.com
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MICHIGAN RECAP
Most stuff reopened or about to be. Death toll and new cases way down. It's looking like it's all over except the lawsuits.
OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reviews deaths and adds overlooked cases to the count three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday (usually). Recovery counts are updated on Saturdays.
13 deaths were added today.
MDHHS said:
Regular reviews of death certificate data maintained in Vital Records reporting systems are conducted by MDHHS staff three times per week. As a part of this process, records that identify COVID-19 infection as a contributing factor to death are compared against all laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS). If a death certificate is matched to a confirmed COVID-19 case and that record in the MDSS does not indicate the individual died, the MDSS record is updated to indicate the death and the appropriate local health department is notified. These matched deaths are then included with mortality information posted to the Michigan Coronavirus website.
Detroit Metro (pop. 3,860,000 total; 1,796/sq. mi.; 694/sq km):*
35,818 confirmed / 4,326 dead
35,735 confirmed / 4,308 dead yesterday
(i.e. 18 new deaths, up 1 from this day last week)
Normal Detroit Metro Death Rate: 104 per day.**
Other Michigan (6,120,000; 65/sq. mi.; 25/sq km):
22,423 confirmed / 1,269 dead
22,300 confirmed / 1,262 dead yesterday
(i.e. 7 new deaths, down 14 from this day last week)
Normal not-Detroit Death Rate: 167 per day**
All Michigan (9,990,000; 103/sq. mi.; 40/sq km):
58,241 confirmed / 5,595 dead
58,035 confirmed / 5,570 dead yesterday
(i.e. 25 new deaths, down 13 from this day last week, down 9 without adjustments)
Normal Michigan Death Rate: 271 per day.**
Death toll doubled since: April 21.
We were locked down from: March 24 (until
April 30? May 21 June 1),
Masks have been mandatory in stores since: April 27 (until April 30?).
Detroit Metro Daily Deaths Last Seven Days:
25 / 19*** / 23 / 10 / 13*** /16 / 18*** = 158***
State Government site, daily -
today's archive;
State Gov site, total, includes breakdowns by sex, age, race and ethnicity -
today's archive.
*Here defined as the City of Detroit, and Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne Counties, minus state and federal prisoners, who are not counted towards any county's cases, but are kept in categories of their own.
** As of 2018.
*** 37, 11, and 13 statewide deaths, respectively, were added on these days upon State review. I don't know how many were in Detroit.
One Ann Arbor man allegedly killed by his roommate in a Corona-related dispute (
archive). The suspect has been released from custody while the investigation continues (
archive).
One Flint security guard allegedly murdered for telling a woman that her daughter needed to wear a mask in a dollar store. Multiple suspects are in custody (
archive,
A&N thread).
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