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Michigan Health Director says nursing home COVID-19 deaths are accurate
By Tim Skubick and FOX 2 Staff
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Michigan s health director stands by nursing home COVID-19 death totals
Michigan s top health executive said the state s total of people who have died in nursing homes from COVID-19 is accurate.
LANSING, Mich. (FOX 2) - Michigan s Health Director said Thursday that the state is accurately reporting the number of coronavirus-related deaths as Lansing Republicans question if the state is undercounting the total number.
MDHHS Director Elizabeth Hertel told lawmakers that the facilities have no reason or incentive to try to hide deaths.
Between March 1 and June 30 of 2020, there were 648 nursing home deaths, or a rate of about 44%. The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation speculated before the Republican-led House Oversight Committee that the number went way up since the end of June.