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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Two deadliest days for COVID-19 in Ga. Bulloch Health Dept. expands vaccine appointments
Tuesday and Wednesday were the deadliest days for the COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia, as a combined 282 people lost their lives.
“We are in a true crisis,” said Dr. Harry Heiman, a Georgia State University public health expert. “Not only are we seeing surging COVID cases and hospitalizations, but also, now the predicted and predictable surge in deaths.”
With 145 deaths Tuesday and 137 more reported Wednesday, 10,580 Georgia citizens have died as a result of COVID-19. In Bulloch County, Public Safety/Emergency Management Agency Director Ted Wynn announced the county’s 39th coronavirus death on Tuesday a 31-year-old woman with no known serious previous health conditions.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Karen Johnson named Employee of Month at EGRMC East Georgia Regional Medical Center has named Karen Johnson, Environmental Services Lead in the Operating Room, third from left, its Employee of the Month for January.
East Georgia Regional Medical Center has named Karen Johnson, Environmental Services Lead in the Operating Room, its Employee of the Month for January.
Sanderson has been employed at EGRMC since 2007.
Here is an excerpt from her nomination form: “Karen has been nothing short of exceptional. I know at any time I can go to her and she is always there to lend a helping hand.
In
a week where nearly 15,000 Americans died due to COVID-19 since Monday, Georgia
shattered its single-day record with 10,393 new COVID-19 cases reported Friday,
1,600 more than the previous worst day. Meanwhile, Bulloch County topped 50 new
cases in one day for the first time since early September.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Vaccine appointments hard to come by Health Dept. receiving ‘incredibly high’ volume of calls In this file photo, Bulloch County Public Safety/Emergency Management Agency Director Ted Wynn receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Ben Ross, owner of Forest Heights Pharmacy on Country Club Road in Statesboro. About 29% of Georgia residents have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to date, but the Georgia Department of Public Health website indicates Bulloch County lags far off that pace with only about 17% of residents, so far, getting at least one dose.
Bulloch
County recorded its most COVID-19 cases in a single day in four months, and the
coronavirus claimed its 37th and 38th local victims – the first deaths since
Dec. 22.