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After Michigan flattened the curve, coronavirus case counts appear to be rising again

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Detroit Free Press The number of new coronavirus cases in Michigan appears to be on the rise&nbsp;once&nbsp;again.The state Department of Health and Human Services reported 323 newly confirmed cases Wednesday —&nbsp;the single highest daily case count since May 31.It doesn't appear to be&nbsp;a blip, or a single day of higher numbers.&nbsp;The seven-day average of&nbsp;new cases has risen to 223, suggesting that Michigan's coronavirus curve is scaling up, rather than down.The seven-day average in new cases&nbsp;bottomed out June 15 at 152 cases per day.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lifted&nbsp;her stay-at-home executive order&nbsp;June 1 as the state's coronavirus surge began to ease, and has been slowly reopening the state's economy since May.Construction resumed May 7, and manufacturing May 11.&nbsp;Barbershops and&nbsp;hair and nail salons reopened June 15 in central and southern Michigan. In the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula, they were allowed to reopen June 10.Restaurants and bars&nbsp;were authorized to reopen at 50% capacity on June 8 statewide, but those in&nbsp;northern Michigan were granted permission to open sooner.In a statement emailed to the Free Press on Wednesday,&nbsp;Lynn Sutfin, a spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, said:"We do know that there are several locations in the state where there have been clusters of illness in defined groups of people with common exposures and there has also been increases in testing. Both of these can contribute to increased reports. We continue to work with our local health department colleagues to identify cases of infection and their contacts in an effort to break existing chains of transmission."Areas we have seen upticks in cases include Ingham County, about 22 cases connected to Harper’s, an East Lansing bar/restaurant; Bay County among out-of-state contractors who came to help with clean-up after the flood in Midland (they were staying in Bay County); and increases among farm workers in Barry, Lapeer and Oceana counties."By late Wednesday, the number of coronavirus cases linked to Harper's had risen to 34.&nbsp;Whitmer is expected to announce later this month details of a plan to reopen schools.Still, she extended Michigan's state of emergency through July 16, saying, "there is still more to be done to prevent a second wave."&nbsp;So far in the pandemic, Michigan has reported 61,953 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 and&nbsp;5,868 deaths.State health officials reported that 49,290 people had recovered from the virus as of June 19, though it notes that recovery means only that the people are still alive 30 days after the onset of coronavirus symptoms."As business and other facilities open up, we remind Michiganders to remain vigilant in washing their hands, covering coughs and sneezes appropriately, wearing a mask, social distancing and staying home if they are ill," Sutfin said.&nbsp;Contact Kristen Jordan Shamus: 313-222-5997 or kshamus@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter @kristenshamus. Free Press staff writer Paul Egan contributed to this report.&nbsp;

Detroit Free Press The number of new coronavirus cases in Michigan appears to be on the rise&nbsp;once&nbsp;again.The state Department of Health and Human Services reported 323 newly confirmed cases Wednesday —&nbsp;the single highest daily case count since May 31.It doesn't appear to be&nbsp;a blip, or a single day of higher numbers.&nbsp;The seven-day average of&nbsp;new cases has risen to 223, suggesting that Michigan's coronavirus curve is scaling up, rather than down.The seven-day average in new cases&nbsp;bottomed out June 15 at 152 cases per day.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gov. Gretchen...

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The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US. The Sunday edition is titled the Sunday Free Press. It is sometimes referred to as the Freep (reflected in the paper's web address, www.freep.com). It primarily serves Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, Washtenaw, and Monroe counties.  The Free Press is also the largest city newspaper owned by Gannett, which also publishes USA Today. The Free Press has received ten Pulitzer Prizes and four Emmy Awards. Its motto is "On Guard for 189 Years".

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