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Admissions at Sparrow hospitals are "backed up through the whole system," said Dr. Paul Entler, vice president of quality and performance improvement with Lansing-based Sparrow Health System. Unlike the pandemic in , which was concentrated mostly in southeast Michigan, the current surge is occurring all over the state.

The highest alert level on a five-color scale, the status gives officials flexibility to delay non-COVID services or surgeries on a case-to-case basis to shift staffing and resources toward caring for COVID patients.

Christine Nefcy said in a statement. By comparison, the spring surge peaked on April 15, with 4, adults hospitalized. Admissions at the six-hospital Sparrow system already are high due to an increase of patients who postponed care for non-COVID conditions becoming seriously ill, leaving less room to handle the increase in COVID admissions, he said.

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