MicroBooNE is a neutrino experiment that utilizes a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) located on-axis in the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab. One of the experiments main goals is to search for excess low-energy electromagnetic-like events as seen by the MiniBooNE experiment, located just downstream of MicroBooNE in the BNB. As MicroBooNE nears the completion of its first single-electron-like and single-photon-like searches, these proceedings present the status of MicroBooNEs low-energy excess search as of early summer 2020. In addition to presenting an overview of the approach to the analysis, we showcase results from $pi^0$ calibrations and e/$gamma$ separation, and sample results from sidebands aimed at validating the analysis progress outside the low-energy signal region.
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