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Michigan Officials Report 7,458 New COVID-19 Cases, 79 Deaths

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Michigan health officials are reporting 7,458 new cases of the coronavirus and 79 additional COVID-19 deaths.

Of the 79 deaths, 24 were identified during a vital records review.

Michigan has now had 272,034 total confirmed coronavirus cases and 8,128 COVID-19 deaths.

Monday the state was at 264,576 confirmed cases with 8,049 deaths.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is now providing weekly updates on the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19. These numbers are updated every Saturday.

As of November 13, 138,862 are being reported as recovered in Michigan.

The state defines ‘recovered’ as the number of persons with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis who are alive 30 days post-onset (or referral date if onset is not available).

The state of Michigan is now breaking down how many COVID-19 patients are in each individual hospital.

The state says it has expanded the data it releases to the public because of new federal requirements. The data, found by scrolling to bottom of this web page on Michigan.gov, is updated every Friday.

The state’s number breakdown also shows ICU and bed occupancy. But it’s important to note bed occupancy numbers include all total patients, not just those with COVID-19.

State wide, bed occupancy is at 74%, a number that reiterates what Michigan hospitals said in a press conference last week: Michigan is in the middle of a clear public health crisis.

Many hospitals downstate are floating at a 80% bed occupancy or higher. MidMichigan Medical Center in Gratiot, a rural area, is already at 100% bed occupancy with just 16 COVID-19 patients and 2 in the ICU.

In Northern Michigan, bed occupancy numbers are not quite as high. Munson Medical Center in Traverse City is the highest at 68% bed occupancy.

Here is a sample of the numbers from hospitals in Northern Michigan (updated by the state on Nov. 13).

  • Helen Newberry Joy Hospital: 2 patients, 0 in ICU-18%bed occupancy
  • Kalkaska Memorial Health Center: 0 patients, 0 in ICU-13%bed occupancy
  • Mackinac Straits Hospital: 0 patients, 0 in ICU-7% bed occupancy
  • McLaren Northern Michigan, Petoskey: 28 patients, 28 in ICU-47% bed occupancy
  • McLaren Central Michigan Hospital: 3 patients, 2 in ICU-31% bed occupancy
  • MidMichigan Medical Center, Alpena: 8 patients, 1 in ICU-37% bed occupancy
  • MidMichigan Medical Center, Clare: 3 patients, 0 in ICU-24% bed occupancy
  • MidMichigan Medical Center, Gladwin: 7 patients, 0 in ICU-33% bed occupancy
  • MidMichigan Medical Center, Midland: 62 patients, 12 in ICU-71% bed occupancy
  • MidMichigan Medical Center, West Branch: 9 patients, 0 in ICU-24% bed occupancy
  • Munson Cadillac: 16 patients, 14 are in ICU-92% bed occupancy
  • Munson Healthcare Charlevoix Hospital: 1 patient, 0 in ICU-32% bed occupancy
  • Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital: 0 patients, 0 in ICU-23% bed occupancy
  • Munson Medical Center, Traverse City: 49 patients, 28 in ICU-68% bed occupancy
  • Otsego Memorial Hospital: 0 patients, 0 in ICU-39% bed occupancy
  • Spectrum Health, Big Rapids: 12 patients, 1 in ICU-53% bed occupancy
  • Spectrum Health, Ludington: 10 patients, 5 in ICU-45% bed occupancy
  • Spectrum Health, Reed City: 0 patients, 0 in ICU-0% bed occupancy
  • UP Health System, Marquette: 34 patients, 11 in ICU-65% bed occupancy
  • War Memorial Hospital, Sault Ste. Marie: 4 patients, 3 in ICU-51% bed occupancy

Two different vaccines could soon lift some of the weight of the coronavirus from the nation’s shoulders.

Bio-tech firm Moderna announced its vaccine has shown to be nearly 95% effective and is now waiting for approval. That comes just two weeks after Pfizer announced its vaccine was 90% effective.

With the pending approval of both vaccines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, there could be limited distribution by the end of the year.

The U.S. is now averaging nearly 150,000 new coronavirus infections per day and a million new cases per week.

For reference, it took about two months for the U.S. to reach the first 1 million cases.

Hospitals across the U.S. and in Michigan say beds are filling at alarming rates.

Wide vaccine distribution may still be many months away, so health experts warn we can’t let our guard down and we need to keep following safety guidelines. But many health care systems across the nation are already overwhelmed.

Dr. Alex Garza, with the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, says, “If we stay on the path that we’re on, even just two more weeks, we will not have the staff we need to care for patients.”

The American Academy of Pediatrics says more than 1 million children in the U.S. have tested positive-that’s about one in every 10 cases in the U.S.

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