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Michigan hospitals jammed as coronavirus cases, deaths rise

Michigan hospitals are bracing for a surge of coronavirus cases as infections rise to at least 2,294.

Deaths jumped to 43 from 24 in the state

Empty roads leading into Detroit are shown Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Hospitals in the state are struggling to deal with the influx of COVID-19 patients. (Paul Sancya/The Associated Press)

Michigan hospitals are bracing for a surge of coronavirus cases as infections rise to at least 2,294.

Deaths jumped to 43 from 24.

Eighty-five per cent of all cases were reported in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, but even the Upper Peninsula has a few.

Beaumont Health and Henry Ford Health System in southeastern Michigan said they were caring for more than 1,000 patients at their 13 hospitals.

Altus, a company near Grand Rapids, making hundreds of carts for hospital ventilators, which help desperate COVID-19 victims breathe.

Altus is hiring more people and adding shifts.

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