Georgia's COVID-19 hospitalization numbers increase again as state reports 752 new cases

[TomCADem]

Source: Ledger-Enquirer

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported more than 53,200 COVID-19 cases in its 3 p.m. update Tuesday.

For the second straight day, current hospitalizations saw an increase in Georgia. Cases in Columbus’ Muscogee County have nearly doubled over the past month, while Middle Georgia sees only steady increases. Here are other key takeaways:

Cases: 53,249 (+752 new cases in 24 hours).

Deaths: 2,285 (+77 deaths in 24 hours). That’s the highest number of newly reported deaths in a 24-hour period since May 21.

Read more: https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/coronavirus/article243401311.html

[oldsoftie]

1. The next couple weeks are important.

Hospitalizations are still WAY down from Early May levels. We need to keep it that way. I'm more concerned with this number than the number of cases

[yardwork]

2. Are hospitalizations way down in Georgia?

I thought that NYC figures were driving the numbers of hospitalized in the U.S. Hospitalizations are now way down in NYC, but I thought they were climbing in other states. Maybe I'm wrong?

[oldsoftie]

3. Since May 1st, they have trended downward. From about 1600 to about 1/2 that now.

May 1st was the first day totals were reported. There have been upticks, but thats been followed by drops, so it could be a matter of time of report

In my county, we had a high of 26 hospitalized. The past 2 weeks its been less than 5. They wont give a specific number below 5 because they say you could figure out who the patients are.