COVID cases start year slow at 12 in Pike; flu cases rise across state

There were 12 confirmed cases of COVID over the past two weeks according to the Georgia Department of Public Health and no additional deaths or probable deaths since the previous week.

The number of flu cases in Pike is rising according to the DPH. In the state, there have been 35 flu-related deaths and 298 flu outbreaks with a total of 1,750 metro area hospitalizations due to the flu since October 2022. Since the previous week’s report, there has been one flu-related death, 34 hospitalizations in the Atlanta metro area and one flu outbreak.

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