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Michigan Officials Report 11,511 New COVID-19 Cases, 65 Deaths

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Michigan health officials are reporting 11,511 new cases of the coronavirus and 65 additional COVID-19 deaths since Saturday.

Over the two days, Sunday and Monday, the average number of new confirmed cases is 5,755 per day.

Michigan has now had 314,216 total confirmed coronavirus cases and 8,543 COVID-19 deaths.

Saturday the state was at 302,705 confirmed cases with 8,478 deaths.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is now providing weekly updates on the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19. These numbers are updated every Saturday.

As of November 20, 152,267 are being reported as recovered in Michigan.

The state defines ‘recovered’ as the number of persons with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis who are alive 30 days post-onset (or referral date if onset is not available).

U.S. health experts are predicting life will not return to normal until a vaccine is widely distributed around the country.

While we wait for approval of a vaccine, nearly 257,000 Americans have died from COVID-19.

Monday Morning, AstraZeneca became the third drug maker to say its late-stage trials for its vaccine show it’s 90% effective.

Pfizer applied for an emergency use authorization Friday that could take the Food and Drug Administration about two weeks to approve.

Monderna is expected to apply for an authorization sometime this week.

Dr. Monseaf Slaoui, Chief Advisor to Operation Warp Speed, says if the FDA approves the vaccine next month, 20 million people could be vaccinated before the end of the year.

“On the 11th or on the 12th of December, hopefully, the first people will be immunized across the United States,” Slaoui said.

He also says the U.S. could reach herd immunity by May if enough people get vaccinated when the vaccine becomes available.

The government is planning for health care workers and the elderly to be vaccinated first.

Thanksgiving is only three days away and many Americans aren’t letting the coronavirus stop them from traveling for the holiday.

On Friday and Saturday more than 2 million people passed through TSA checkpoints.

AAA expects 50 million more people to travel in some form this week.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease doctor, continues to stress that Americans need to stay put this Thanksgiving.

“You see the clips on T.V., people at airports. I mean, those are the things we’ve got to realize are going to get us into even more trouble than we’re in right now.”

Fauci says indoor gatherings could cause a significant spike in COVID-19 cases leading up to Christmas. And winter holidays could bring another spike going into 2021.

People are taking to the streets in California to protest the state’s new coronavirus restrictions.

On Saturday, the state began a partial overnight curfew in attempt to slow down the spread of the virus.

The new restriction requires 41 counties across the state to close all nonessential businesses from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m.

That is set to last through Dec. 21. But many residents aren’t happy with the new rules.

Protests opposing new COVID-19 restrictions also happened in other states over the weekend. Demonstrators in Minnesota held a rally outside the governor’s residence.

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