Michigan Tops 400,000 Coronavirus Cases Monday

MICHIGAN — Michigan on Monday topped 400,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus after reporting a two-day total of over 9,300 new cases, state health officials said.

The state has added 9,350 new COVID-19 cases since Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 404,386. Michigan also reported 93 new COVID-19 deaths over the last two days, increasing the coronavirus death toll in Michigan to 9,947.

More than 197,000 people in Michigan have recovered from the coronavirus, state health officials said Saturday.

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Officials, trying to counteract the large number of coronavirus cases, extended on Monday a three-week pause on indoor dining and restrictions of gatherings with people from other households.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services extended the order by 12 days, restricting indoor social gatherings and other group activities. The additional 12 days will allow the department to determine the full impact of the Thanksgiving holiday on the spread of COVID-19 across Michigan, officials said during a news conference Monday.

The order means families are urged to avoid indoor gatherings, and only two households may gather inside. People should wear masks consistently whenever they are inside with people not in their household, officials said, and are recommended to pick only a small group to see regularly.

"(These restrictions) follow the recommendations of medical experts from across the country," Whitmer said Monday during a news conference announcing the extension. "They are targeted and temporary, and they are steps that the experts are telling us we need to take to avoid hospitals that are overwhelmed and death counts like we saw in the spring."