Hospitalizations from COVID-19 have increased by 54 percent in Isabella County since the start of December, health department records show. In Clare County, they have increased by 48 percent.
On Dec. 2, Central Michigan District Health Department s weekly data sheet reported a total of 54 COVID-related hospitalizations in Isabella County. In the most recent data available, from Wednesday, that number had increased to 86.
That includes everyone who has spent time in the hospital for COVID-19, from overnight to extended stays. In Isabella County, COVID-related hospitalizations have run on average slightly longer than hospitalizations for other reasons.
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With 2,955 cases reported on the same data sheet, Isabella County s hospitalization rate is 2.8 percent. As of Wednesday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, reported 2,950 cases in Isabella County. Because cases trickle in from multiple sources throughout the day, it is common for the two to r
One of the deaths was in Clare County, it s fifth in two days.
Two of those deaths involved residents at Clare County nursing homes, said Steve Hall, health officer for Central Michigan District Health Department.
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One was an elderly woman who lived at Medilodge of Clare, and who died Monday. The other nursing home resident was an elderly man who died on Dec. 14 and who lived at Pioneer Golden Estates.
It was Medilodge of Clare s second death, and the first at Pioneer Golden Estates.
One of Clare County s other deaths was a middle-aged man with underlying health conditions, Hall said. That COVID death was discovered during a review of death certificates, one of 72 reported by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
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