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First patients moved into Laurelwood gym COVID-19 overflow area Wednesday
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Northeast Georgia Health System has set up cots in a gym at its Laurelwood facility Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, as the system sees a new record of COVID-19 patients and is running out of space. The first patients began moving into the space on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. - photo by Scott Rogers
The first patients were moved Wednesday, Dec. 16, into overflow space in a gymnasium on the campus of Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, according to Northeast Georgia Health System officials.