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by Alan Stamm State hospital occupancy data reinforces news that Michigan is hard-hit as the pandemic persists into a second year.
(Nonlocal file photo: DepositPhotos) As of Friday, 82.7% of adult intensive care beds were occupied statewide by 2,566 patients including 735 with confirmed or suspected Covid-19, according to the Department of Health and Human Services daily capacity report. Three hundred and fifty-five of the 735 were on ventilators. Even though just under 29% of ICU patients had Covid or were presumed positive, the data shows some hospitals can t handle many more severely ill patients. Overall, 80% of Michigan s 21,473 adult in-patient beds were filled, based on reports from all but 7 percent of hospitals. That includes 3,780 confirmed and suspected Covid cases (18%).