COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continue to rise rapidly in Georgia, with some hospitals voicing concern as they fill with patients infected with the virus.
The state Department of Public Health on Tuesday reported 9,100 new positive tests, but said that number included new reports dating back until Friday that hadn’t been included because of data transfer problems with electronic reporting.
With the data dump, the state’s seven-day average rose above 4,000 cases, almost 11 times higher than when cases bottomed out in late June. The current seven-day average is the highest since Feb. 10, and higher than Georgia’s peak in July 2020. The state’s rolling average peaked above 9,500 in mid-January.
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