State-run public exchange managers say reports of their online deaths have been greatly exaggerated.

Many of the exchange enrollment sites are crashing, freezing or simply down for maintenance, but tens of thousands of consumers have still managed to apply for coverage, exchange officials say as Obamacare officially takes hold.

Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, said Tuesday at a press conference that his exchange already has received 43,616 individual and family coverage applications and processed 16,311, and that the small-group exchange division is working with 400 small employers.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor's insurance editor, previously was LifeHealthPro's health insurance editor. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter at @Think_Allison.