Georgia continues to see good news and bad news in the pandemic in lower new COVID-19 infections but more than 100 new deaths on Thursday.
Georgia suffered 107 new deaths to reach 14,989 with 2,139 new cases for 812,612, the Department of Public Health reported.
Richmond County had 49 new cases for 18,538 total and Columbia County saw 13 new for 10,434. All other counties had four new cases or fewer: three in Burke for 1,658, four in McDuffie for 1,570, one in Jefferson for 1,534, two in Lincoln for 485, one in Warren for 359 and one in Glascock for 139. Unchanged were Screven County at 776, Jenkins County at 700 and Taliaferro County at 94.
Richmond County suffered a new death for 347 total, Jefferson County lost two patients for 53 and Screven County had a new death for 17, with a death in Aiken raising the area s toll to 915.
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Wrongful life lawsuits are becoming more commonâand more successful
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Often, malpractice lawsuits include claims that a health care provider s actions led to a patient s death. But in recent years, wrongful life lawsuits in which plaintiffs allege a health care provider tried to keep a patient alive against the patient s documented wishes have become more common, Paula Span reports for the
New York Times.
Why some providers get sued for wrongful life
According to a 2017 analysis of 150 studies, just under half of people over the age of 65 have an advanced directive that details their end-of-life wishes, and Span reports that there s evidence suggesting the share of people with advance directives has grown amid America s coronavirus epidemic.