Hall County has the highest per-capita rate of coronavirus infections in North Georgia.
Congressman Doug Collins represents Hall County and northeast Georgia. He said the rise in infections began a few weeks ago and has progressed faster over the past 10 days.
“With our agricultural industries with others, we just started to see it develop,” Collins said in an interview with WABE on Thursday. “And the more testing, of course, is happening, the more positives we’re seeing. The hospital is still maintaining plenty of supplies and plenty of bed space. So that’s good at this point.”
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