Michigan More Sensitive Than Florida To COVID-19?
Whitmer Administration Makes That Claim Despite Far More Michigan Deaths
Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II compared Michigan’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic to Florida in a MIRS news podcast.
“I think it's really clear that Florida treated coronavirus very differently than we did here in Michigan," Gilchrist said,according to MIRS. "I think we were more sensitive and more responsive to the science, to the data, to the public health professionals who gave us guidance to what we needed to do to save lives and to limit the spread."
As of June 29:
Florida population: 21.48 million
Total COVID-19 Cases: 146,341
Cases Per 100K Residents: 681
Total COVID-19 Related Deaths: 3,447
Deaths Per 100K Residents: 16
Michigan population: 9.99 million
Total COVID-19 Cases: 70,223
Cases Per 100K Residents: 703
Total COVID-19 Related Deaths: 6,161
Deaths Per 100K Residents: 62
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