In northeast Georgia, a new COVID-19 hot spot emerges-Headline from the AJC.
The number of new cases in the Gainesville area increased exponentially each week during April, according to state data. By Tuesday, nearly four dozen patients had died in the area’s dominant hospital system.
State officials are setting up a mobile hospital and sending in reinforcements: as many as 100 physicians, nurses and other health care professionals.
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The Gainesville outbreak, which has spread into neighboring Habersham County, is another indicator that the coronavirus is far from contained in Georgia. A report to the White House by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that in much of Georgia, including its northeast corner, confirmed cases of the virus continue to increase or, at best, have leveled off on a high plateau.
On Tuesday, a new model by researchers at the University of Washington contained its starkest projection yet for Georgia: as many as 4,913 COVID-19 deaths by early August. The projection shows deaths continuing to increase at a steady pace well into July.
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Hmmm...you don't suppose Kemp could have made a mistake opening the State too soon, do ya?
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but Gainesville and Hall County (50mi NE of downtown Atlanta) are big poultry processing areas. The other major hotspot in Georgia, Albany/Daugherty County has food processing plants aplenty.
However, in my former home county, Lee County Alabama, there are no food processing plants (just finished goods) and is the home of Auburn University, and there is an outsized number of cases there. No explanations there.
