Hall County Emerges As Coronavirus Hot Spot, Ramps Up Testing

A health care worker conducts a COVID-19 test in Virginia. Dr. Antonio Rios, with Northeast Georgia Health Systems, says a recent coronavirus test drive at a local clinic that serves the poor and uninsured drew 350 people.

Steve Helber / Associated Press

Updated Friday at 11:09 a.m.

With more than 1,900 cases of COVID-19, Hall County is quickly becoming a coronavirus hot-spot.  It is leading North Georgia in COVID-19 cases per capita, but it’s death rate with only 27 as of Friday, is far lower.

Health officials say they are seeing an increase of people admitted to the hospital.