(The Center Square) – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced a new interactive dashboard website to display COVID-19 data by region and county visually.
“This dashboard will provide us with the data we need to assess risk in different regions of the state so we can re-engage our economy safely and deliberately, while working to minimize the risk of a second wave of infections,” Whitmer said.
The COVID-19 data show the number of cases, deaths and tests in each community combined to create risk levels that will impact Whitmer’s MI Safe Start Plan.
There are three categories of indicators: epidemic spread, health system capacity, and public health capacity, which rank a region’s risk level, along with other information.
“The U-M team is very excited to build this dashboard for the people and State of Michigan,” Associate Dean at U-M School of Public Health Sharon Kardia said in a statement.
