Hospital officials are warning about a strain on resources as COVID-19 cases surge across northwest Georgia.
In an open letter, the CEOs of six Georgia hospitals and the state’s Department of Public Health urged residents to act as the region grapples with “dramatically” rising coronavirus cases, driven in part by the highly contagious delta variant.
Officials pointed to rising hospitalizations among the unvaccinated, who they said make up the majority of COVID-19 patients on ventilators or on “advanced oxygen support.” The letter also cites coronavirus outbreaks among school-age kids and an overwhelming strain on hospital resources that’s leaving healthcare workers “physically and emotionally exhausted.”
