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New research backs up the theory the highly-contagious omicron variant causes less severe disease than previous variants. Yet, because of the number of Americans getting infection, many hospitals are nearing capacity.

Grady Health System in Atlanta is experiencing its biggest surge in COVID-19 patients so far in the pandemic. At one point, earlier this month, they had 285 patients with the virus. The system's top doctor says they are also struggling with serious staffing shortages.

ATLANTA (AP) — The latest surge of COVID-19 may have peaked in Georgia, but hospitals...

A downtick in COVID-19 cases is raising hopes that the omicron wave has peaked in the United States. 

Some Atlanta-area hospitals are so packed that ambulances are getting sent elsewhere.

Hospitals are buckling under the crush of COVID-19 admissions, sending out pleas for help and, in some cases, shuttering doors to incoming patients.

Some Atlanta-area hospitals are so packed that ambulances are getting sent elsewhere.

Georgia recently has set records in numbers of infections reported daily. The current surge, ignited by the Omicron variant, has generated an extraordinary spread of the disease, Dr. Kathleen Toomey, Georgia’s Public Health commissioner, told state lawmakers earlier Thursday. 

Some Atlanta-area hospitals are so packed that ambulances are getting sent elsewhere.

COVID infections are exacerbating some medical conditions and making it harder to reduce its spread within hospitals.