Michigan is seeing an increasing number of serious cases of COVID-19 among younger adults, stressing the state's hospital system, according to an organization of community hospitals.
The Michigan Health and Hospital Associate (MHA) told The New York Times the rate of hospitalizations of coronavirus patients in their 30s and 40s is double the numbers the state saw during a pandemic peak last fall.
The Times notes the surge of younger patients comes as more older Americans are fully vaccinated. But higher rates of vaccination doesn't fully explain the increase, the Times says, pointing to new, more contagious variants spreading among young people.
Michigan is facing the highest rate of new COVID-19 cases per capita of any state in the country; the state's governor has called for the public to exercise caution and responsibility to slow the spread of the virus while pointing to successful GOP legal challenges to her previous COVID-19 restrictions as a reason why she has not implemented new statewide efforts to slow the virus's spread. ...
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