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Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe dealing with recent surge in COVID-19 cases
GROSSE POINTE CITY The recent surge in COVID-19 cases is straining the capacity of Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe, as well as the other hospitals in the Beaumont Health system.
As of April 15, Beaumont officials said the number of COVID-19 patients they were caring for had skyrocketed from 128 on Feb. 28 to more than 800. That number has risen by about 300 in the last two weeks alone.
Local officials are among those calling on residents to protect themselves and those around them from COVID-19. During an April 19 Grosse Pointe City Council meeting by Zoom, City Councilman Terence A. Thomas asked everyone to “mask up … so that we can get rid of the masks a lot sooner rather than a lot later.”
Michigan coronavirus data for Monday, April 19: Two hopeful signs in the numbers
Updated 9:08 AM;
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After weeks of unnerving increases in new coronavirus cases and positivity rates in Michigan, there are a couple signs the numbers may be cresting.
The most hopeful sign: The statewide positivity rate on coronavirus diagnostic tests is dropping. It was 12.1% for test results reported Friday, April 16, with a seven-day average of 14.3%. The former was the lowest one-day rate since March 26, and the latter was the lowest since April 1.
The number of daily new cases also seems to be plateauing: The seven-day average rose only 2.8% last week, April 11-17, compared to the week before. And that increase is largely explained by a spike in testing:There were 22% more coronavirus tests performed last week (an average of 51,271 a day) compared to the previous seven days (41,960 daily average).
by Alan Stamm Hospitals throughout the state feel near-capacity strains from Michigan s third Covid surge, with 33 facilities at 90% occupancy or higher. Beaumont Hospital in Troy is maxed-out on admissions, with all 530 beds filled Thursday. Covid victims occupied 167 beds, including 30 in intensive care. Three smaller sites outstate also hit 100% capacity that day. Four other hospitals in Beaumont s eight-city network were 92% to 97% full, as listed below among a dozen tricounty Detroit-area healthcare sites that rank with the 33 most-crowded statewide. The 12 nearly full hospitals in Detroit and its suburbs had 1,200 Covid patients Thursday, including 185 in intensive care. Beaumont Royal Oak (92% occupancy) had 206 coronavirus cases. (Last Saturday, we reported that seven Metro Detroit hospitals were at least 90% full.)
by Alan Stamm Calendars say April 2021, but in hospitals around Metro Detroit and Michigan it looks like April 2020 back when Covid was new and had no vaccines.
Michigan hospitals have nearly 4,200 confirmed and apparent Covid patients, up over 400 since Friday.
(Photo: DepositPhotos) Two Macomb County hospitals were 100% full Wednesday Ascension in Warren (499 beds) and McLaren in Mount Clemens (288 beds). In Clinton Township, Henry Ford Macomb was 98% full (361 beds). Statewide, 85% of adult intensive care beds were occupied Wednesday, including by 864 patients with confirmed or suspected Covid-19, according to the Department of Health and Human Services daily capacity report. More than half the Covid victims in ICUs 470 were on ventilators.
by Alan Stamm Calendars say April 2021, but in hospitals around Metro Detroit and Michigan it looks like April 2020 back when Covid was new and had no vaccines.
Michigan hospitals have nearly 4,200 confirmed and apparent Covid patients, up over 400 since Friday.
(Photo: DepositPhotos) Two Macomb County hospitals were 100% full Wednesday Ascension in Warren (499 beds) and McLaren in Mount Clemens (288 beds). In Clinton Township, Henry Ford Macomb was 98% full (361 beds). Statewide, 85% of adult intensive care beds were occupied Wednesday, including by 864 patients with confirmed or suspected Covid-19, according to the Department of Health and Human Services daily capacity report. More than half the Covid victims in ICUs 470 were on ventilators.