Suing them is great and all, but I was thinking more in terms of rope.... ...after due process etc. EDIT: High jacking a high comment to actually answer my original question. Credit to @cabalstone  The question, still not answered, is how many died in those 7 days? So here's some nice tasty sauce: Michigan total deaths 3/27 = 92/3657 Michigan total deaths 4/1 = 259/7615 Note that these are official Michigan state numbers. No details regarding methods are really available. Considering the nature of the testing, I remain highly skeptical that the number of deaths counted accurately represents spread of the novel coronavirus.