Doctors at Augusta’s local hospitals report a steep increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. The situation has those leaders and Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis, calling for people to get vaccinated and mask up.
NewsChannel 6 spoke with Augusta University Health System Vice President & Chief Medical Officer Dr. Phillip Coule.
He said, “The only question will be how bad does this surge get?”
It’s like deja vu. Positive COVID-19 cases are on the rise again. Dr. Coule added there are 39 people battling the virus in the hospital as of Tuesday morning and many of them are critically ill.
“For the most part, this is mostly unvaccinated people,” he explained.
University Hospital is also seeing a COVID spike where Infectious Diseases Specialist Dr. Ioana Chirca said hospitalizations went from 15 admitted patients to more than 50 in one week.