COVID-19 Update: June 17, 2020
LANSING, Mich. —Governor Gretchen Whitmer said today the number of COVID-19 cases statewide is declining, and that very few states have dropped their infection rates of the virus as low as Michigan. Also today, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun said every region except Kalamazoo has under 20 new cases per million residents per day, representing a significant decline in the number of confirmed cases.
Locally, the latest COVID-19 numbers released by District Health Departments No. 2 and 4 are reported as follows today:
| County | Confirmed Cases | Total Deaths |
| Alpena | 105 | 12 |
| Alcona | 18 | 1 |
| Montmorency | 5 | 0 |
| Oscoda | 6 | 1 |
| Presque Isle | 12 | 0 |
The State of Michigan is reporting 60,393 confirmed cases and 5,792 deaths. Today there were 204 newly confirmed cases and 2 deaths. Statewide statistics are updated every day at 3 p.m. and can be found by visiting michigan.gov/coronavirus.
