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Governor Whitmer defends stay-at-home extension as 41 new deaths reported

Dawn Perreca protests on the front steps of the Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Flag-waving, honking protesters drove past the Michigan Capitol on Wednesday to show their displeasure with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's orders to keep people at home and businesses locked during the new coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is defending the extension of the state’s stay-at-home order as the “best weapon to defeat” the coronavirus in a newspaper opinion piece.

Her comments Sunday come as the state reported an additional 41 deaths, for a total of 3,315 in the state.

State officials say the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is more than 37,700, including an additional 575 reported Sunday.

Berrien County reported 215 cases with 14 deaths. Cass County reported 26 cases with 2 deaths.

Whitmer also signed an order to protect consumers and extended another order relaxing medical practice laws to allow physician assistants and nurses to treat COVID-19 patients.

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases by Jurisdiction updated 4/26/2020
County Confirmed Cases Reported Deaths
Alcona 4
Allegan 69 1
Alpena 60 2
Antrim 9
Arenac 16 1
Barry 29 1
Bay 115 2
Benzie 4
Berrien 215 14
Branch 48 2
Calhoun 202 10
Cass 26 2
Charlevoix 13 1
Cheboygan 17 1
Chippewa 2
Clare 10 1
Clinton 109 9
Crawford 46 3
Delta 12 2
Detroit City 8613 922
Dickinson 3 2
Eaton 115 5
Emmet 21 2
Genesee 1467 161
Gladwin 11 1
Gogebic 4 1
Grand Traverse 19 5
Gratiot 8 1
Hillsdale 113 14
Houghton 2
Huron 13
Ingham 406 9
Ionia 43 2
Iosco 33 4
Isabella 55 7
Jackson 327 16
Kalamazoo 292 11
Kalkaska 17 2
Kent 1031 32
Lake 2
Lapeer 165 24
Leelanau 9
Lenawee 82
Livingston 315 14
Luce 1
Mackinac 5
Macomb 5203 520
Manistee 11
Marquette 42 7
Mason 5
Mecosta 14 1
Menominee 3
Midland 52 3
Missaukee 15 1
Monroe 273 12
Montcalm 32 1
Montmorency 5
Muskegon 228 13
Newaygo 15
Oakland 6928 620
Oceana 5 1
Ogemaw 9
Osceola 8
Oscoda 4
Otsego 87 8
Ottawa 180 9
Presque Isle 10
Roscommon 13
Saginaw 558 43
Sanilac 34 4
Schoolcraft 3
Shiawassee 130 7
St Clair 302 18
St Joseph 28 1
Tuscola 82 13
Van Buren 35 2
Washtenaw 1001 50
Wayne 7135 658
Wexford 8 1
MDOC* 1031 32
FCI** 81 1
Unknown 3 1
Out of State 27 1
Totals 37778 3315

 

Note on cumulative counts: This report is provisional and subject to change.  As public health investigations of individual cases  continue, there will be corrections to the status and details of referred cases that result in changes to this report.City of Detroit and Wayne County are reported separately.
*Michigan Department of Corrections
**Federal Correctional Institute

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