COVID-19 Hospitalizations Reach Record High In Michigan
MICHIGAN — A record number of people in Michigan were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Monday, state health officials reported.
The number of adults hospitalized with the virus reached 4,580, eclipsing the previous record of 4,518 adults set Dec. 13. Another 321 adults were hospitalized with suspected cases of COVID-19, state health officials reported.
That amounts to 46 people hospitalized with COVID-19 per 100,000 residents, a 15.3 percent increase in the past seven days and 24 percent rise over the past two weeks.
Metro Detroit has the majority of hospitalizations with 2,690 adults in the hospital with confirmed COVID-19 cases, health officials said.
About 29 percent of hospitals in the state reported staffing issues, including Beaumont hospital, which said it's at a "breaking point" amid the surge.
Michigan's hospitals also see 83.1 percent of beds in use, 21.2 percent were used by COVID-19 patients and 33 percent of intensive care units were filled with COVID-19 patients, according to an NBC News report.
There were also 94 children hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19 and another 14 children hospitalized with suspected cases, state health officials reported. That number is slightly up from the 107 child patients who were confirmed or suspected to have COVID-19 on Jan. 3.
The numbers come amid the state's fourth surge in COVID-19 cases, which saw Michigan add 44,524 new COVID-19 cases of over a three-day period and 56 new deaths, state health officials reported on Monday. That averages to 14,841 new COVID-19 cases per day over Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
This article originally appeared on the Rochester-Rochester Hills Patch
