Michigan hospitals reported about 3,800 coronavirus patients at the start of the week, with 20% in intensive care units, numbers that approach the bleakest days of the pandemic's 2020 start.
The state had a seven-day new-case rate of 616 per 100,000 people Monday, highest in the nation.In the West, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Montana also ranked high.
Some Colorado communities, including Denver, are turning to indoor mask orders to reduce risk, a policy that has also been adopted in the Buffalo, New York, area and Santa Cruz County, California.The statistics in Michigan are "horrible," said Dr.
Matthew Trunsky, a respiratory specialist at Beaumont Health in suburban Detroit.FILE - Travelers at the United Terminal 7 at LAX.