"When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer implemented the stay-at-home mandate on March 23, she said she was doing it “so our health system has a fighting chance.”
The state’s average hospital occupancy rate was at 62.2% as of Aug. 17, making it lower than it was in some non-pandemic years.
The state’s average hospital occupancy rate was at 62.2% as of Aug. 17, making it lower than it was in some non-pandemic years.
That’s according to a survey of hospitals tracked by the state of Michigan.
There were 653 COVID-19 patients hospitalized as of Aug. 17.
By comparison, there were 3,357 people hospitalized with the coronavirus on April 20.
Michigan’s bed occupancy rates, on average, were 66% in 1990 and 2010 and 65% in 2000 and 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
Michigan’s bed occupancy rates, on average, were 66% in 1990 and 2010 and 65% in 2000 and 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
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