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

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.

Detroit-area hospital system 'almost at capacity,' says Michigan governor

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warned Tuesday that a Detroit-area hospital system was “almost at capacity” treating people with the coronavirus, as the state’s stay-at-home order kicked in to reduce the spread.

A Perth Andover highschool sends students home after reporting one positive case of COVID-19. 

Coronavirus Outbreak

Front-line ER doctor says health-care workers are preparing for 'hordes of people' with COVID-19

Dr. Paul Bradford, an emergency room and trauma physician at Windsor Regional Hospital, says health-care workers with his organization are preparing for the possibility that COVID-19 cases in the region will skyrocket. 

Dr. Paul Bradford is an emergency room and trauma physician with Windsor Regional Hospital.

WDR Paul Bradford

Windsor Islamic Association creates helpline to ensure seniors are fed

The Windsor Islamic Association has set up a helpline and a food bank to bring essential items to vulnerable populations in the city.

Volunteers with the Windsor Islamic Association are protecting themselves while delivering food to the more vulnerable in the community.

WDR_WIA food bank

Volunteers with the Windsor Islamic Association are protecting themselves while delivering food to more vulnerable members in the community.

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. 

Michigan hospitals jammed as coronavirus cases, deaths rise

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