State COVID-19 Report: 612 New Cases, 15 Deaths

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By Ken Coleman - July 10, 2020

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) reported Friday that 68,295 Michiganders have tested positive for COVID-19 and 6,039 have died from the virus — an additional 612 cases and 15 deaths since Wednesday.

DHHS also notes that an additional 7,380 Michiganders have been identified as “probable” cases for COVID-19, as well as 247 probable deaths. The department began tracking probable cases on April 5. Combining the state’s confirmed positive cases with probable cases brings the total up to 75,063 statewide cases and 6,271 deaths.

To address an uptick in coronavirus cases, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer through an executive order announced on Friday that businesses will not be required to deny service to people who don’t wear masks indoors. Whitmer summed up the policy in her order as: “No shirts, no shoes, no mask—no service.”

Johns Hopkins University reports that there are more than 12.3 million confirmed cases worldwide and 556,383 deaths. One-quarter of those are in the United States, where more than 3 million confirmed cases and 132,934 deaths have been recorded.