Stay at home Michigan, Day 15.
Gov. Whitmer reissued restrictions on visitors at hospitals and other health care and juvenile justice facilities. Non-essential visitors are banned.
The restrictions were set to expire Sunday. The facilities are ordered to accommodate remote visitations.
The latest report shows there were 15,718 confirmed cases with a total of 617 deaths in Michigan.
The governor continued her criticism of the federal government, saying the lack of a national strategy would prolong the outbreak and result in more deaths.
The White House task force predicts that the Detroit area could hit a peak of cases in the next week.
Lisa Ewald, a nurse at Henry Ford hospital, has died from the virus.
Detroit Police chief Craig says he is recovering from the virus.
GM is now making ventilators.
Ford has shipped 1-million new face shields to New York and other places across the country. Ford is making the shields in Redford.
Beaumont Hospital in the Detroit area, Spectrum in Grand Rapids, and University of Michigan hospital are moving to disinfect masks and other equipment so that can be reused.
Meijer stores are requesting that shoppers limit the number of people coming with them into the stores.
Abortion opponents sued the governor, charging her stay at home order violates their right to protest outside abortion clinics.
Beaumont Health says their health system is caring for 1,074 COVID-19 patients , Beaumont Health CEO John Fox urges the Michigan government to require health systems to be more transparent with the public and to share more complete data. He says Beaumont is giving out full information, and the other health systems should also do so.
Mr. Fofo, Otis Lee, has died of the virus. Otis Lee ran the Mr. Fo Fo’s corned beef restaurant in Detroit for many years. Mr. Fo Fo was 72.