Saline Michigan behavior merits note in most recent COVID-19 Executive Order 2020-160 signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer today.

Amended Safe Start Order

Where Michigan was once among the states most heavily hit by COVID-19, our per-capita rate of new daily cases is now roughly one-third of the national average. Our progress in suppressing the disease, however, appears to have stalled. Cases have risen over the past month — from a rolling seven-day average of 354 cases per day on June 30 to 692 cases on July 28, a two-fold increase.

The virus’s resurgence is closely associated with super-spreading events at large social gatherings, often attended by young people. More than 50 cases have been linked to a single house party in Saline ….