Doctors concerned about delta variant in Middle Georgia This comes several weeks after Piedmont Macon announced it had zero COVID patients. August 3, 2021 MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Covid cases are on the rise at Middle Georgia hospitals. This comes several weeks after Coliseum, now Piedmont Macon, announced it had zero COVID patients. Hospital leaders didn’t give an exact number of COVID patients they have right now but did say the number of patients has doubled in the last week. Dr. Derin Ademiluyi, a Resident Physician at Piedmont Macon, says the majority of patients he has seen are not vaccinated, with many are in their 20s and 30s. Dr. Ademiluyi says he’s concerned about the delta variant spreading, because it’s highly contagious. He urges people to get vaccinated.