"...The heightened mask requirement is statewide and prohibits business owners from providing service to people not wearing a mask.
The new mandate was based, according to Whitmer’s executive order, on the premise that “our progress in suppressing COVID-19 ... appears to have stalled.”
“Over the past two weeks, every region in Michigan has seen an uptick in new cases.”
But a review of data compiled by a University of Michigan website suggests the claim is questionable.
The site mistartmap.info tracks the epidemic in the state.
According to it, in the two weeks before the enhanced mask order came out, new coronavirus infections were actually down in three of Michigan’s eight defined regions (Kalamazoo, Lansing and Saginaw).
According to it, in the two weeks before the enhanced mask order came out, new coronavirus infections were actually down in three of Michigan’s eight defined regions (Kalamazoo, Lansing and Saginaw).
New infections were flat in one other region (the Upper Peninsula), but up in the Detroit, Grand Rapids, Jackson and Traverse City regions.
The statewide average of new infections was up slightly, from 30.1 per million residents to 31.7 per million residents, over the two weeks before July 10.
In all eight regions, reports of new infections were down on July 10 from their peaks during the two-week period of June 24 to July 10...Read all.
The statewide average of new infections was up slightly, from 30.1 per million residents to 31.7 per million residents, over the two weeks before July 10.
In all eight regions, reports of new infections were down on July 10 from their peaks during the two-week period of June 24 to July 10...Read all.
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