ARCHIVE: Detroit – 16 March 2020

1. Exteriors of Henry Ford Hospital

2. Guard directing hospital visitors

Detroit – 12 November 2020

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Wright Lassiter III, Henry Ford Health System CEO:

"And so, it's very, very clear that we're seeing something different. We're seeing a significant escalation in the community spread of COVID-19 across all portions of Michigan."

ARCHIVE: Dearborn, Michigan – 12 June 2020

4. Volunteers at work at the ACCESS community testing fair

Lansing, Michigan – 12 November 2020

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Peters, Michigan Health & Hospital Association CEO:

"Our hospitals are rapidly filling with COVID patients at a very alarming rate. If this continues in the coming weeks, we will surpass our all-time record high in terms of COVID in-patient hospitalization numbers here in the state of Michigan."

ARCHIVE: West Bloomfield Township, Michigan - 25 March 2020

6. Various of signs praising health care workers outside the emergency room at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital

Detroit – 12 November 2020

7. SOUNDBITE (English) John Fox, Beaumont Health CEO:

"The health care system can capsize if you don't keep it under control. We're ready to dedicate as much as we need to to helping COVID patients, but it's not unlimited. And that's what we all need to be mindful of."

ARCHIVE: West Bloomfield Township, Michigan - 25 March 2020

8. Various of drive-up coronavirus screening and testing at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital

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Hospital leaders warned that more than 3,000 people are hospitalized with the coronavirus in Michigan, a rate that is doubling every two weeks and is expected to soon top the spring peak of about 4,000.

"The health care system can capsize if you don't keep it under control," John Fox, president and CEO of Beaumont Health, the state's largest system, told The Associated Press Thursday.

Unlike six months ago, COVID-19 is surging statewide and not just in the Detroit area — making it tougher for hospitals to manage by transferring patients or staff elsewhere.

"It's very, very clear that we're seeing something different. We're seeing a significant escalation in the community spread of COVID-19 across all portions of Michigan," said Wright Lassiter III, the CEO of Henry Ford Health System.

Hospital executives said a broad stay-at-home order is not needed but said some targeted restrictions may be necessary.

The state reported 6,008 new infections Wednesday and 42 additional deaths.