Three months after confirming its first case of COVID-19, Michigan's death rate is one of the highest in the nation, even as the number of new cases is falling.
We're now at about 65-thousand probable and confirmed cases statewide, with some 6-thousand deaths.
That puts us in the top ten hardest hit-states for deaths per capita, according to data from the New York Times.
And the burden has fallen disproportionally on black people, who are just 14-percent of the state's population.
But they make up 40 percent of the deaths.
Meanwhile, the number of new daily cases has been dropping pretty much since mid-April, with just 9 new cases on Tuesday.
