Hundreds of frontline workers quarantine at Metro Detroit hospitals over exposure to COVID

Detroit – Coronavirus hospital admissions in Michigan have steadily increased since October and hospitals are thin.

Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc in our areas and is now affecting hundreds of Henry Ford health system workers.

Henry Ford Health said about 6,576 out of 33,000 employees are out of work because they have either covid-1ID or have been exposed to coronavirus.

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“We are very concerned with the staff shortage,” Munkara said.

The chief medical executive and deputy director of the Michigan Department of Health, Dr. Many hospitals across the state are reaching capacity, although case rates in Michigan are being reduced overall, Joni Khaldun said.

Munkarrah, meanwhile, said the test’s positivity rate has continued significantly.

“It’s in double digits and it’s still going on, which means the number of people affected in the community is higher,” Munker said.

The Henry Ford Health System said two of its six hospitals are more than 90% full, in McComb and West Bloomfield.

According to state data, six hospitals have 100% capacity. They are Ascension St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tawas City, Ascension Standish Hospital, Lakeland Medical Center in St. Joseph, McLaren Bay Special Care in Bay City, McLaren Port Huron Hospital and St. Mary’s Mercy Hospital in Livonia.

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