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TIMELINE: A look back at COVID-19 in Michigan from the past 16 months

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A health official prepares to take samples for a coronavirus test from a journalist in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, March 13, 2020 after it was confirmed that a senator who attended several meetings in the building tested positive for the infection. The caretaker prime minister of Romania, Ludovic Orban, said in a press conference at the parliament, the government, including all ministers, as well as the leadership of the ruling National Liberal Party and all its senators, are going into quarantine after one of the governing party’s senators, who took part in high-level meetings, who confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness.(AP Photo/George Calin)

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the state is dropping all COVID-19-related restrictions on June 22, more than a week before the original July 1 date.

It comes more than 16 months since Michigan reported its first two cases of COVID-19 on March 10, 2020.

The state has seen nearly 900,00 cases of COVID-19 and nearly 20,000 deaths since the pandemic began.

Take a look at the timeline below showing major events over the past 16 months.