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Georgia Setting up 200-bed COVID Site in Convention Center

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says 200 hospital beds will be set up in a large convention center in Atlanta as an alternative treatment site for patients with mild to moderate cases of the new coronavirus. The state has a contract with a private company to prepare the site inside the Georgia World Congress Center. 

The first parts should be ready in about a week. The state health department said Sunday that Georgia has more than 12,500 known cases of the virus, and the death toll is at least 442. The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Georgia more than doubled in a week. Last Sunday, the department reported 211 deaths.

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