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The Northeast Georgia Health System is treating 7 COVID-19 patients as of May 20, a decrease of 7 in a week. The percentage of ventilators in use was 30%. The highest peak of patients in the pandemic was 355 in January 2021. Additional COVID-19 coverage can be found at gainesvilletimes.com/coronavirus
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Due to the low volume of patients with COVID-19 in the hospital system, NGHS COVID data will be updated every Friday.
..More detailed and historic information is available from NGHS
May 20 NGHS data
Total COVID-19 patients: 7 (includes all NGHS facilities)
Gainesville COVID-19 patients: 7
Braselton COVID-19 patients: 0
Percent unvaccinated: 29%
Percent unvaccinated in critical care: 0%
The health system has Hall County locations in Gainesville and Braselton and treats patients from across Northeast Georgia.
The Georgia Department of Public Health provides data for each county as well as the state. It also provides vaccination data.
May 18 DPH data for Hall County
Total cases: 47,422
Cases in the past two weeks: 200
Confirmed deaths: 797
Hospitalizations: 3,589
Percent positive tests in last 2 weeks: 11.8%
Vaccination rate: 49% fully vaccinated
Local school systems also provide data on their COVID-19 cases. Hall County Schools reports numbers of students and staff with COVID-19 and those quarantined by school and overall as well as highlights schools requiring masks. Gainesville City Schools reports total number of COVID-19 cases on a weekly basis.