CORONAVIRUS IN GEORGIA: State reaches lowest hospitalization number since April

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• The state’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is up to 38,721 and 1,664 deaths as of 1 p.m. Tuesday. The Georgia Department of Public Health says it will update its website with new data at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
• Gov. Brian Kemp announced today that Georgia reached its lowest number of COVID-19 positive patients hospitalized since hospitals started reporting data to GEMA and Homeland Security Agency on April 8.
• 986 COVID-19 positive patients are currently hospitalized. Georgia has seen an approximate 12% decrease over the last week on May 12 and a 34% decrease from 1,500 patients hospitalized on May 1.
• The H.E. Holmes MARTA station in Atlanta is offering free coronavirus tests Tuesday. It’s available between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the parking lot for drive-thru or walk-up testing. More information here.
• University of Georgia researchers uncover where coronavirus impacts state the most. Many of the areas are more rural. See the results of the project here.
• More than 4.8 million people worldwide -- including more than 1.5 million in the United States – have been infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of deaths from the outbreak continues to rise.

UGA researchers uncover where coronavirus is impacting the state the most The researchers say when you look at the amount of infections per 1 million people shows the Atlanta metro is not the hardest hit.

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