Macomb County hospitals reach bed capacity with mix of COVID-19 and medical patients
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McLaren Macomb Hospital in Mt. Clemens is among four statewide hospitals that have reached 100 percent bed occupancy capacity.
McLaren Macomb Hospital in Mt. Clemens has reached 100 percent bed occupancy capacity with all 68 rooms in its emergency department full of patients either waiting to be admitted or undergoing treatment.
It is one of three hospitals in Macomb County at or exceeding inpatient capacity, according to data provided by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on April 12.
Statewide, four hospitals have reached 100 percent bed capacity McLaren Macomb, Ascension Macomb-Oakland in Warren, Ascension St. Joseph Hospital in Tawas City and Ascension Standish Hospital and 15 more have exceeded 90 percent, said MDHHS.
Fire destroys home in Forester Township
No one at home when fire went on Monday morning
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A Forester Township home was destroyed by fire early Monday morning. The Port Sanilac, Deckerville, Carsonville, and Delaware Township fire departments were on hand to put the fire out. (Port Sanilac Fire Department/Courtesy Photo)
A housefire completely destroyed a Forester Township house early on Monday morning, with the cause of the fire still under investigation.
At approximately 1:30 a.m. on April 5, the Port Sanilac Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the 5000 block of East Deckerville Road in Forester Township, where the fire had consumed half the residence with the flames going through the roof. The fire was cleared out at 4:18 a.m.
Ubly and Cass City schools moving some students virtual due to COVID
Mary Drier, For the Tribune
March 15, 2021
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(Eric Young/Tribune File Photo)
As COVID numbers climb once again in the Upper Thumb, several school districts have been feeling the effects. That includes both the Ubly and Cass City school districts, both of which are going virtual due to quarantined students and a shortage of staff members.
“We have about seven or eight kids who tested positive and about six to seven staff members also,” said Ubly School District Superintendent Joe Candella. “Because of that, we will be going virtual this week.”