State agencies, hospitals, senior homes hold tight to key details about the coronavirus pandemic

Several times a week, Albany’s elected leaders and health officials deliver sobering news updates to a besieged community as it battles through one of the country’s worst coronavirus outbreaks.

The briefings are a public accounting of death and struggle. Community triumphs are shared and moments of silence observed for those lost. Top leaders at the city’s only hospital, Phoebe Putney Memorial, contribute the latest stats on testing and patient outcomes, as well as updates on the challenges their doctors and nurses face.

“I appreciate the importance of being forthright with the public,” Mayor Bo Dorough said. “You’re never going to regret telling the truth.”

Broadcast live, the briefings provide residents of southwest Georgia something most people across Georgia aren’t receiving from their public officials and hospitals: Consistent and complete information about COVID-19’s deadly grip.

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