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NGHS is using this model to predict COVID-19 peak. Here’s how it works
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Nurses and staff work in a dedicated COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit on the fifth floor of Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville’s South Patient Tower. - photo by Northeast Georgia Health System
Hall County will hit its peak need for medical surgical and ICU beds in early June, according to a model the Northeast Georgia Health System has been using. That’s much later than some other models have shown, and hospital officials stressed the models change as variables change, such as the percentage of people believed to be social distancing and the amount of beds and staff available, which officials have been working to increase.