A Georgia town’s current status as a COVID hot spot has left its mark on the local hospital.
Dublin, in Middle Georgia, is now listed as No. 7 among U.S. metro areas in per capita rate of COVID-19 infections over the past two weeks, according to the New York Times.
About one-third of Fairview Park Hospital’s 120 patients had the virus as of Wednesday, and all 16 ICU beds were filled, with six of them COVID-19 patients, said Don Avery, the hospital CEO. All medical and surgical beds also were filled, he added.
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