Weeks ago I created a spreadsheet to track the virus here in Michigan. Each day I copy the data from the state website which lists all kinds of information regarding the number of cases, deaths, percentages and recovery from covid-19.
It lists each county and the statistics relating to that county. I created this spreadsheet so that I could see the rise or fall of cases in our county. The website only shows the data for that day, and I wanted to be able to look back and see data from the early days. I also wanted to calculate the number of new cases each day. I have watched the numbers in our county go from 3 positive cases and 1 death on March 25th, to 312 cases and 11 deaths today. Each day for the last four days the number of new cases in Livingston county has dropped. The number of deaths has remained the same for 6 days. Today there were no new cases reported. Of the 78 counties listed 32 showed no new cases today, and 19 more only showed 1 or 2 new cases. Only 4 counties and the city of Detroit, which is counted seperately from the rest of Wayne county, have shown over 1000 cases overall. The city of Detroit is the highest at 8473. 57 counties have had less than 100 cases and 22 counties have had no deaths from the virus.
Somehow it is very comforting to me to be able to track these numbers. Seeing the caseload drop in our county is especially encouraging to me. I feel like our social distancing is working. However, the case numbers rising in more populated areas convinces me that if we relax our vigilence we will undo all the good that we have done so far. Governor Whitmer has extended the stay at home order until May 15th, while relaxing some of the restrictions on certain businesses. I think that she is making wise, informed decisions to best serve the citizens of this state. We need more of this calm and reasonable leadership across the country and particularly in Washington.
I visited my daughter and her family today. We walked in the church parking lot across the street from their house for about an hour. My two year old granddaughter did a very good job of social distancing, but my daughter had a leash for her just in case. We enjoyed being out in the fresh air together, talking about how we can maintain our family connections and safely navigate the next weeks and months. And, I got to see that baby girl up close through the glass storm door.
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