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Gordon County officials encourage vaccines as hospital reaches 109% capacity

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By Kelcey Caulder 4 min read

Just days after nearby Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Georgia, reported “exponentially increasing” numbers of COVID-19 hospitalizations, public health officials at AdventHealth Gordon and Gordon County leaders are urging the community to help slow the spread by getting vaccinated.

As of Monday afternoon, there were 40 coronavirus patients being treated by AdventHealth Gordon nurses and staff. Of those positive patients, spokesperson Garrett Nudd said, 36 were unvaccinated and 10 were in the intensive care unit. Of those in intensive care, eight were on ventilators.

Perhaps most concerning, Nudd said, was the growing number of patients waiting on hospital admission. Ten were waiting as of Monday, and the hospital was at 109% bed-use capacity at that time, he said.

(READ MORE: Dalton Public Schools to require masks for students seventh grade and under)

AdventHealth Gordon has been at capacity off and on since at least January of this year, and with the steady increase of hospitalizations in Gordon County and the surrounding region, Nudd said he expects to see it remain that way for the foreseeable future.