For the past two weeks, Chattooga County has seen an increase in positive COVID-19 cases.  While there have been no new deaths from COVID reported in the past two weeks, the number of Chattooga County residents being hospitalized because of the coronavirus is up.

The latest numbers show an average of eight new cases a day in the county – that’s up from an average of five new cases per day last week.  Around one in eight Chattooga County residents have tested positive for COVID since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020.

The numbers of people testing positive for COVID-19 and being hospitalized are up across the Northwest Georgia region.  As of yesterday, Floyd Medical Center was reporting twenty-nine COVID patients and Redmond Regional Medical Center was reporting sixteen.

This time last month, there were only six people hospitalized due to COVID at Floyd and Redmond.