LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer emphasized she is not pushing for new restrictions to slow the tide of COVID-19 cases in the state, but instead called for everyone to do there part by following the recommendations currently in place.
The Governor said the state doesn’t have a policy problem in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, but instead there is a compliance problem.
The news conference came as Michigan reported 7,955 newly confirmed coronavirus cases as its surge continues, as well as recorded 33 more deaths related to the virus.
In all, Michigan has now had 764,519 confirmed cases of the virus since it was first detected here in March 2020 and 16,619 associated deaths.
On Monday, labs tested 58,871 samples for the virus and 8,374 were positive, a percentage of 14.22%.
The number of positive tests is not the same as the number of new cases because people may be tested more than once. Additionally, testing numbers are from a single calendar date, while the number of new cases lists the increase since the last time the state compiled the data.
