Doctors Hospital puts all inpatient elective procedures on hold due to COVID-19
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Doctors Hospital will put on hold all inpatient elective surgeries starting Wednesday to manage the surge of COVID-19.
The Augusta-area hospital is making the decision as COVID-19 cases continue to reach record-breaking points for hospital systems across the area.
Outpatient elective surgeries are still continuing as scheduled.
Doctors Hospital says they now have 81 patients for COVID-19 as of Tuesday morning -- a new record for the hospital since the start of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, other hospitals in the CSRA are reporting a similar spike.
Statewide in Georgia, around 20 percent of people tested for COVID-19 are positive. In South Carolina, 1 in 3 tests is coming back positive.
Back during the previous peak in Georgia, that number hovered around 12 to 15 percent statewide.
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