COVID-19 cases continue to drop in North Georgia System facilities
COVID-19 hospitalization numbers within the Northeast Georgia Health System are now the lowest they have been since October. As of yesterday, 68 hospitalizations were reported throughout the system’s facilities, compared to 335 on Jan. 8. The last time the numbers were that low was Oct. 7.
In addition, there are 23 available ICU beds at the Gainesville hospital and four at the Braselton hospital. As for vaccinations, 10,990 vaccines have been administered to employees and 13,256 have been administered to the community.
FoCo4Frontliners initiative created to thank all 3,200 employees at Northside Forsyth Hospital
The Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce recently launched a new initiative to say “thank you” to the county’s many healthcare workers. Starting with Northside Hospital Forsyth, the Chamber is hoping to raise enough money to give each of the 3,200 employees a special gift to show their appreciation.