Hoisting American flags and handmade signs, protesters returned to the state Capitol to denounce Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-home order and business restrictions due to COVID-19 (AP photo) Protesters rally at the State Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Thursday, April 30, 2020. The virus that causes COVID-19 has infected more than 41,000 Michigan residents and contributed to the deaths of 3,789, many in the Detroit area. Whitmer accused GOP lawmakers of “putting their heads in the sand and putting more lives and livelihoods at risk. In her new emergency orders, Whitmer said cases are doubling every six days or faster in some counties in western and northern Michigan.

Source: The Standard May 01, 2020 03:56 UTC