Spectrum Health officials say the hospital system is treating more inpatients than ever, including a record number of children with COVID-19.
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joshua Kooistra says the hospitals in Grand Rapids have reached an all-time high census today with 1,100 patients across Blodgett, Butterworth and Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.
Kooistra says COVID has a large part in the hospitalizations, however other illnesses are also contributing.
The health system says 85 percent of the hospitalized patients are not vaccinated.
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