Phoebe reports latest weekly COVID-19 numbers The surge in COVID-19 cases in Southwest Georgia began a month ago. (Source: WALB) By Dave Miller | December 23, 2020 at 12:01 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 12:01 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On Wednesday, Phoebe Putney Health System released its latest COVID-19 numbers.
As of noon, these were Phoebe’s latest numbers:
Total COVID-19 patients in Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital – 77
Total COVID-19 patients in Phoebe Sumter Medical Center – 10
Total COVID-19 patients in Phoebe Worth Medical Center – 0
Total inpatients recovered – 1,528
Total positive deaths from Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital – 179
Total positive deaths from Phoebe Sumter – 45
Total people vaccinated – 1,081
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Dr. Adrienne Watson Savage, 58, of Albany, Georgia departed this life Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. in the Floral Memory Gardens, 120 Old Pretoria Road, Albany, Georgia. Meadows Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the guestbook or send condolences to the family by visiting Meadows website at www.meadowsofalbany.com
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Under the agreement, Eli Lilly will purchase Prevail for nearly $1 billion to expand its presence in gene therapy, which has become a lucrative area of drug research used to develop treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson s disease, in today s bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Georgia, New York, Indiana, and Pennsylvania.
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Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital has announced Steven Kitchen is retiring at the end of the year after serving as its CMO for six years. Kitchen had served residents in South Georgia for more than three decades and delivered more than 2,500 babies at Phoebe Putney Memorial before assuming the role of CMO. As the hospital s CMO, Kitchen led Phoebe Putney Memorial s transition to a high intensity model for critical care and helped establish and oversee quality improvement teams. He will be succeeded by Kathy Hudson, the hospital