Governor Brian Kemp says Georgia has enough resources to meet the needs of its residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have 1,023 critical care beds available for patients. It’s the highest number of critical care beds that we’ve had available since hospitals began tracking the data,” according to Kemp.
"Ventilator use has also declined over the past few weeks. There are roughly 1,000 ventilators in use across Georgia with more than 1,800 ventilators available for a total capacity of more than 2,800.
Kemp held a briefing Monday afternoon and he urged all symptomatic Georgians to get tested.
"We have the tests; we have the physicians; we have the sites; and we have the bandwidth. We just need more Georgians to participate. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the following symptoms are consistent with coronavirus infection and may appear two to fourteen days after exposure: fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and loss of taste or smell.”
In spite of President Trump saying he strongly disagreed with the decision to reopen many Georgia businesses, Kemp says he received support from the White House.
Rest assured, the President and I share a common goal and that’s to protect both the lives and livelihoods of Georgians and the American people. We had another great call today with the President, Vice President, members of the administration, and our nation’s governors.
Georgia currently has more than 23-thousand cases of COVID-19 with 46-hundre hospitalizations and 971 deaths.
