#Michigan strip club linked to 12 new coronavirus cases

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Playhouse Club in Romulus, Michigan, has been linked to 13 cases of coronavirus.

A strip club in Michigan has been linked to 12 coronavirus cases, health officials said.

A dozen workers or customers who visited the Playhouse Club in Romulus outside Detroit last month have been diagnosed with COVID-19, Wayne County health officials announced Sunday.

Another person, an employee at a nearby Checkers restaurant in Romulus, has also contracted the virus, health officials said.

Anyone who visited or worked at the jiggle joint between June 17 and July 1 is now being asked to contact the Wayne County Health Division whether they’re showing signs of infection or not.

Employees or customers who were at the Checkers restaurant between June 27 and July 4 should also get in touch with county health officials.

“It is imperative all people who visited these two establishments during the exposure window call and cooperate with our communicable disease team so that we can understand the extent of the outbreak,” Wayne County Public Health Officer Carol Austerberry said in a statement.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday issued an executive order shutting down bars, nightclubs and strip clubs due to a surge in coronavirus cases following a steady decline, the Detroit Free Press reports.

As of Monday, 6,251 people have died in Michigan from COVID-19, state health data shows.