Michigan reported a nearly 20% positivity rate in the past week, and every county is currently at the state's highest risk level for transmission.
due to the delta variant, especially as colder weather has approached, people have gathered indoors more and pandemic fatigue has long set in. Though the duration of this surge, and the speed with which cases have"skyrocketed" in the past three weeks, is alarming, Dr. Darryl Elmouchi, president of Spectrum Health West Michigan, which operates 14 hospitals, told ABC News.
"I felt like probably the surge we had last fall was going to be the worst we've ever seen. I never would have guessed that we would be in yet another surge and that it would be the worst surge yet," Sandra Gilman, a nurse and hospital supervisor for Spectrum Health, told ABC News.
"That is incredibly concerning, because there's not a rapid or easy solution to that problem," Peters said. At Spectrum Health West Michigan, the intensive care units are operating at 147% of their traditional capacity, Elmouchi said.Carlos Osorio/AP, FILE
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