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Roughly just over 5,000 people in the hospital, across the state. there was a slight decrease in that number, though, of 147 from the day before. as for the case counts on friday, there were just above 4,000 cases and there were 92 confirmed deaths. a big part of the issue here, of course, are those vaccination rates. vaccination rates here in georgia have definitely lagged behind the rest of the country. the percentage of people who are fully vaccinated here stands at just 46%. now, dr. anthony...

Before. as for case counts. on friday, they were just about 400 cases and 92 deaths reported. a big part of the problem, you talked about it, lindsay, those vaccination rates. here in the state of georgia, only 46% of georgians are fully vaccinated. now in nearby north carolina, north one hospital actually had to rebuild its triage ten. they took it down in the spring, they had to direct it again to keep pace with all the covid patients there. and one doctor spoke with our chris jansing, saying ...

Efficacious and effective in the real world, and safe, that if we get the overwhelming proportion of our population vaccinated, were not going to see that at all. >> reporter: now, there could be a small silver lining in all of this. we understand that georgia is starting to see a slight decrease in case counts. but officials say its just too early to tell if that trend is going to continue, because they are keeping an eye on the case numbers post the labor day holiday weekend. >> well see what ...

Because of breakthrough infections, not because peoples immunity is waning. hospitals are filling up and people are dying because they have not been vaccinated or vaccinated fully. >> yeah. uh-huh. absolutely. i mean, it -- it -- its pretty -- its not even close, right? i mean, if you go to hospitals, around 95% of the covid patients there are unvaccinated. let -- let me show you. another point dr. frieden is making. if you look at israel which we have done from, you know, throughout this pandem...

Were reaching peak of the wave of the delta variant. leading indicator pace is coming down, although still very high you can see on the map. lagging indicators worrisome. hospitalizations and deaths, of course, still at high levels in the delta variant wave, and we havent seen those tick down yet. those things lag by a couple of weeks. case counts, continuing in a positive direction, hopefully the metrics will look good coming up, too. >> nicholas johnson, thank you so very much. and thank you a...

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Parts of my pandemic preparedness plan that america isnt caught flat-footed a new pandemic, coming as it will, next month im also going to release a plan in greater detail. let me close with this. we have made so much progress during the past seven months of this pandemic. the recent increases in vaccinations in august already are having an impact in some states were case counts are dropping in recent days. even so, we remain at a critical moment, critical time. we have the tools. now we just ha...