ATLANTA — Georgia currently has the highest number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 since the pandemic began. The Georgia Department of Health reported Thursday that 5,784 patients are hospitalized and battling the virus across the state. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The previous high was 5,700 cases on Jan. 13. Nearly 33% of patients who are hospitalized statewide are COVID-19 patients, but that number is much higher in some regions. TRENDING STORIES: In far southeast Georgia, nearly 60% of hospitalized patients are COVID-19 patients. In far north Georgia, 50% of patients in the hospital have the coronavirus. The innermost parts of metro Atlanta are the only areas of the state with less than 30% of hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Just over 94% of intensive care unit beds in Georgia are occupied. Of Georgia’s 14 regions, only two regions have ICUs that are below 90% capacity. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter] According to Wellstar Health System, which runs 12 hospital facilities in metro Atlanta, of the 734 patients they are treating, only 57 of them are vaccinated. Of the 163 patients in the ICU, 155 are unvaccinated. Of the 122 patients on ventilators, 116 are unvaccinated. There were 126 new COVID-19 deaths reported across the state on Wednesday. ©2021 Cox Media Group The post Georgia breaks record for number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 – WSB-TV Channel 2 recently appeared on Medical Update News.
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