The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services unveiled orders that limit non-residential indoor gatherings without fixed seating to 50 people — the limit was 500 — and restrict individual table sizes at restaurants to six people.
The health department's order on Thursday came on a day when Michigan set a daily case record at 3,675, along with 41 more deaths. That's the most new confirmed cases in a single day during the seven-month pandemic for the state.
Comment: Depending on who and how these numbers are being counted of course.
The coronavirus trends in Michigan are "incredibly concerning," said Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, the state's chief medical executive. As of Wednesday, the state reported 1,348 adults with COVID-19 in hospitals, three times the 405 adults with COVID-19 in hospitals one month ago.
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