Chattooga County has seen a dramatic jump in the number of COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks, according to numbers released Tuesday by the Northwest Georgia Department of Public Health.

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 are also up, according to the latest numbers from Atrium-Floyd and Advent-Redmond.

The Floyd County Emergency Management Agency reported Monday that 53 people were being treated for serious COVID-19 infections at Floyd Medical Center and 22 at AdventHealth Redmond.

That’s an increase of 14 since Friday, although the numbers fluctuate throughout the day.

Monday, the Georgia Department of Public Health didn’t update their COVID-19 dashboard, saying a large amount of data overwhelmed the system.

GDPH / Compiled Reports