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Henry Ford Health System: 79% of COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated, bed capacity at 95%

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(WSYM) — Henry Ford Health System leaders say 79 percent of COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated, according to an update held by officials on Monday.

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Of the hospitalizations, 10.8 are in between doses and 10 percent are fully vaccinated. Henry Ford says the bed capacity is at 95% with COVID and non-COVID patients, but officials are urging patients not to delay care.

Additionally, out of COVID patients on ventilators, 10 percent are vaccinated and 90 percent are unvaccinated.

About 59% of Michigan residents ages 12 and older have been fully vaccinated and 65% have gotten at least one dose. Those figures trail behind the national rates of 62% and 73%.

Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, said hospitals are operating at near capacity as coronavirus caseloads rise and high numbers of non-COVID-19 patients seek care they delayed earlier in the pandemic.

The number of adults hospitalized with the disease last Wednesday — 1,300 — was well below the state’s peak of roughly 4,100 in April. However, Peters said there are fewer employees and non-virus patients who waited need higher levels of care and longer hospital stints.

Due to a staffing shortage, Henry Ford says it temporarily closed 120 inpatient beds across the system.

Physicians said last week during a news conference there is a new dimension of stress, sadness and fatigue on the front lines, as people die after refusing vaccines that work.