Updated Tuesday at 7:34 p.m.
An Atlanta hospital on Tuesday announced the early opening of part of an expansion to provide more intensive care beds during the coronavirus pandemic as the state’s death toll neared 350.
Three floors of the new Marcus Tower at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital will now open on April 13 instead of Aug. 1, Piedmont Healthcare said in a statement. The new space will provide 132 additional beds, including 64 ICU beds, the statement said.
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