ANN ARBOR, MI (MPRN)— Eight hospitals in Michigan are at 100-percent capacity, and 30 more are over 90-percent full, according to the latest state data.
Meanwhile, almost 90 percent of all adult ICU beds are occupied.
The current COVID-19 surge is overwhelming the state's health system. Hospitals say they can't give people their usual level of care.
Dr. Jackie Pflaum Carlson is working in the intensive care unit at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. She says patients in the ER there are waiting days to get a bed in the ICU
"I have a few that were down there for three or four days while awaiting the ICU that just came up to me today."
The vast majority of people hospitalized for COVID are unvaccinated. Health officials are still urging people to get their shots, including boosters.