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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Sorry for the Sunday update, but thought some of you may like to know in advance – this comes from MIRS and from MSN.com: </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Gov.
Gretchen</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">WHITMER</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">has
a 6 p.m press conference scheduled for tonight during which she is expected to bring Michigan back to a lower phase in the Michigan Safe Start plan. This will mean a return to tighter restrictions on movement in response to skyrocketing coronavirus cases and
lower hospital bed capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">On Saturday, the state reported 7,072 new cases of the virus as numbers continue to climb to new daily records. Another 65 new deaths were reported on Saturday bringing the number of COVID-19 deaths
to 7,994. Michigan is at Stage 4 of the Restart Plan currently.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#698424">Deborah E. Mikula</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Executive Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Michigan Library Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">3410 Belle Chase Way, Suite 100<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Lansing, MI. 48911<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Office: 517-394-2774, ext. 224<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Cell: 517-404-3533<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:dmikula@milibraries.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">dmikula@milibraries.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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