For the fourth consecutive day Saturday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced more than 300 new coronavirus cases.

For the fourth consecutive day Saturday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced more than 300 newly confirmed coronavirus cases.

After weeks of a downward trajectory in new coronavirus cases, a falling number of hospitalizations and COVID-19 deaths, Michigan is starting to see a rise once again. .

"We are certainly concerned that as more businesses open up, there is a greater risk of spread of disease," said Lynn Sutfin, a spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. .

A makeshift whiteboard can be seen in the room of an infectious patient in a Medical Intensive Care pod at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, photographed on June 26, 2020.

Rana Lee Adawi Awdish says this an example of how the Henry Ford Hospital medical staff adapted during the coronavirus crisis and innovated by writing what supplies are needed in the room so the nurse inside doesn't have to take off and put on PPE to restock.

As of late Friday, at least 76 people who visited Harper's brew pub in East Lansing had tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Ingham County Health Department.

Nationally, coronavirus cases are surging in places like Texas, Florida, Mississippi and Arizona as the nation's health officials reported record-setting single-day increases in newly confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

Adnan Munkarah, Henry Ford Health System's executive vice president and chief clinical officer.  "We keep a close eye on that, and we are definitely seeing an increase.

Both Munkarah and Skrzynski said the first wave of the virus gave Michigan health care systems a sense of how to better prepare for future surges.

But they said they hope it doesn't get to the point where Michigan's hospital intensive-care units are packed again with critically ill patients.

States like Florida, Texas, California are very, very hard hit right now, and seeing cases on daily basis in numbers that Michigan never did.".

Cautioning that people should not relax too much,  Munkarah said he's concerned about travel, especially as popular tourist destinations in the South and Southwest are seeing huge upticks in coronavirus cases.

And, she said, if out-of-state residents "must travel into Michigan, they are asked to contact the local health department when they arrive to let the staff know that they just came from another state," she said. "Health department staff can provide guidance on the best procedure to follow."

Adnan Munkarah, Henry Ford Health System's executive vice president and chief clinical officer. (Photo: Ray Manning/Henry Ford Health System)

Rana Awdish, director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and the medical director of care experience for the Henry Ford Health System, said she's troubled by the reports of rising case numbers. 

Rana Awdish, director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and the medical director of Care Experience for the Henry Ford Health System, wrote a best-selling memoir, "In Shock," based on her battle with a critical illness

Her passion is to improve the patient experience across the system and speak on patient advocacy at health care venues nationally. (Photo: Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press)

Walking through the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, white ribbons decorate the window to thank essential medical workers like Dr