Rapid Rise In COVID-19 Hospitalizations Worries Health Care Leaders

State figures show that the number of people hospitalized has jumped from a record high of 1,649 on Thursday to 1,962 on Monday.

David Goldman / Associated Press

This story was originally published at Georgia Health News.

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 are soaring across Georgia, with more than 300 additional patients reported in hospitals statewide between Thursday and Monday.

Officials representing hospitals in major metropolitan areas, as well as rural counties, told Georgia Health News on Tuesday that the surge in inpatients has come over the past week or two.