New COVID-19 hospitalizations in Georgia back on the rise
New COVID-19 hospitalizations in Georgia back on the rise
Data from the last month show a noticeable rise in the last week or so.
Author: Jonathan Raymond (11Alive)
Published: 1:49 PM EDT May 23, 2020
https://www.11alive.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/georgia-coronavirus-hospitalizations-back-on-rise/85-bca8724b-b236-4d71-a0ea-db949df5eb5a
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ATLANTA — One of the coronavirus statistics Gov. Brian Kemp has highlighted on numerous occasions as a sign things are improving in Georgia is active hospitalizations.
He tweeted on Tuesday when the number dipped below 1,000 to 986, a 34% drop since May 1. Again on Friday, his office sent out a release that the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Georgia was at a new low, 887 - a 40% drop since the beginning of the month.
That overall falling trend is now, however, at odds with the rate of new patients being hospitalized.
State data from this month show that new hospitalizations are noticeably rising.
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