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DATA: Average daily hospital usage rates across Michigan show where there could be bed shortages amid COVID-19 crisis
Read full article: DATA: Average daily hospital usage rates across Michigan show where there could be bed shortages amid COVID-19 crisisNumbers compiled by the Associated Press show roughly two out ever three general hospital beds in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties were full on a daily basis in 2018. Intensive care beds for the three counties were about 60% full. Kent County, which includes Grand Rapids, had the highest average daily use of general beds at 75%, while 71% of intensive car beds were full. Marquette County in the Upper Peninsula had an 80% usage of intensive care beds, according to the data. Along with hospital usage rates, the map also shows the percent of county populations over 60 years old.