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As coronavirus cases increase in Michigan, state health leaders have downgraded several state regions on a coronavirus “risk phase” map. The Grand Rapids region was moved to “high risk,” joining the Lansing region. The metro Detroit area also dropped one grade to “medium high” risk and regions in the northern Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula moved to “medium risk.” The state maintains the MI Safe Start Map as a way to gauge the control of coronavirus in various areas of the state. The map does not affect any region’s status under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s economic reopening plan and most of the Lower Peninsula remains at level four. According to the map, as updated July 4, the Grand Rapids region has dropped two phases since June 25 when it was in the “medium risk” phase. State health...

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - After going nearly three months without a death related to COVID-19, the Springfield-Greene County Health Department announced Wednesday night a Greene County woman died from the coronavirus. The woman was in her 80s, but the Health Department did not further identify her. A news release said the woman was not living in a long-term care facility and had no underlying risk factors aside from her age. Her death marks the ninth in the county since the pandemic began, but the first since April 9. Five of the other eight deaths were residents in the Morningside of Springfield East Assisted Living facility. “The Health Department extends our condolences to loved ones at this tragic time,” the news release said. Copyright 2020 KY3. All rights reserved.

CLIFTON PARK — Saratoga County health officials say an employee at Delmonico's Italian Steakhouse in Clifton Park has tested positive for COVID-19, and may have exposed others. The exposure would have been low risk, they said, noting that the employee wore a mask at all times. The potential exposures occurred Wednesday, July 1 from 3 to 9 p.m. and Friday, July 3 from 2 to 8:30 p.m. Anyone who visited the restaurant on those dates is asked to self-monitor for signs and symptoms of COVID-19 and get a diagnostic test if need be. Albany County last week temporarily shuttered two restaurants, including the Delmonico's on Central Avenue, after employees tested positive. The state Department of Health was brought in to conduct on-site testin...