![]() Rural communities less exposed to the pandemic were just as hard hit economically as coronavirus-ravaged Detroit, state government data shows. ![]() In Michigan, more than a million workers, about a quarter of the state’s workforce, applied for unemployment benefits between March 15 and April 18. But Schuch’s business was largely suspended for the last month and she worries about a looming debt payment on equipment due in July. So far, no one has died yet from the novel coronavirus there though the county has reported 11 cases, according to the state government. ![]() “We work in the middle of nowhere,” Schuch said.īut an economic shutdown led by Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer has broadly restricted business activity across the state for weeks, including the sparsely populated Manistee County in northwestern Michigan where Schuch resides. FILE PHOTO: People wear face masks waiting outside a beauty salon and check cashing facility as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread, in the Highland Park section of Detroit, Michigan U.S., April 25, 2020.
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