Updated 2 hours ago Michigan Became National Hotspot For COVID-19 Due To Variants And Lack Of Vigilance Michigan recorded a highest-in-the-nation 91,000 new COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks. That is more cases than California and Texas combined. Corey Williams, David Eggert and Lindsey Tanner ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — Eric Gala passed up an opportunity to get a coronavirus vaccine when shots became available in Michigan, and he admits not taking the virus seriously enough. Then he got sick with what he thought was the flu. He thought he would sweat it out and then feel back to normal. Before long, the 63-year-old Detroit-area retiree was in a hospital hooked up to a machine to help him breathe. He had COVID-19.