LANSING, Mich. — <div class="RichTextArticleBody"> <div class="RichTextArticleBody-body"><p>There are now 417 deaths and 10,791 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Michigan, according to new numbers released by the state on Thursday.</p><p>That's up from 337 deaths and 9,334 cases from Wednesday.</p><p><iframe src="https://e.infogram.com/2ed92751-3b5c-4572-9df1-316b32ba68a4?src=embed" title="COVID-19 in Michigan" width="550" height="716" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p><div style="padding:8px 0;font-family:Arial!important;font-size:13px!important;line-height:15px!important;text-align:center;border-top:1px solid #dadada;margin:0 30px;width: 490px"><span class="Enhancement"> <span class="Enhancement-item">COVID-19 in Michigan</span> </span> </div><p><span class="Enhancement"> <span class="Enhancement-item">Infogram</span> </span> </p><p><span class="Enhancement"></span> <span class="Enhancement-item">View a live map of Michigan cases here</span> </p><p>On Thursday, Gov. Gretchen <span class="Enhancement"> <span class="Enhancement-item">Whitmer will host "The Governor's Town Hall"</span> </span> on all metro Detroit TV stations – including Channel 7 – at 7 p.m. You can submit questions for the governor on our Facebook page.</p> <div class="Enhancement"> <div class="Enhancement-item"> <figure class="Figure" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img src="https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c751bfa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3200+0+1143/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fewscripps.brightspotcdn.com%2F55%2Fdb%2F63a0320740fc972681697898282c%2Fcumulcasesbycounty-update20200402-685657-7.jpg" alt="Michigan cases April 2" srcset="https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9aee175/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3200+0+1143/resize/600x400!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fewscripps.brightspotcdn.com%2F55%2Fdb%2F63a0320740fc972681697898282c%2Fcumulcasesbycounty-update20200402-685657-7.jpg 2x" width="300" height="200"/> </figure> </div> </div> <p></p><p>Also Thursday, Whitmer and MDHHS Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun said that we could still be weeks away from the peak number of cases.</p><p>Whitmer also signed an executive order Thursday <span class="Enhancement"> <span class="Enhancement-item">closing all K-12 school buildings for the remainder of the school year</span> </span> , unless restrictions are lifted.</p><p>District facilities can still be used by public school employees and contractors while also practicing social distancing. All Michigan high school seniors will be given the opportunity to graduate.</p><p>On Wednesday, she signed an <span class="Enhancement"> <span class="Enhancement-item">executive order declaring a state of disaster for at least the next 70 days</span> </span> .</p><p>
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