Michigan statewide difference as far as past month's COVID-19 trends

 from Detroit (MI) Free Press article online

Michigan is looking far rosier than the rest of the country — at least for now.

It's one of the last holdouts in terms of seven-day coronavirus case counts per 100,000 people and community transmission, according to federal data. But there are indicators that may change.

Only Michigan, South Dakota, Vermont and four U.S. territories, including Guam, had the lowest seven-day case rates per 100,000 people, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention COVID-19 tracker Friday. Michigan's positivity rate was 3% to 4.9%.

Michigan was one of six states, as well as Guam, listed with moderate community transmission level as of Friday. It was the only state in the Midwest with that designation. All of its nearby neighbors — Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin — had substantial community transmission, according to the CDC tracker.