COVID-19 hits Polk harder in July as month ends with five new deaths, surge in cases
(World News USA)

The final two weeks of July showed a surge in confirmed cases of the new coronavirus among Polk County residents, while five reported deaths made July the deadliest month of the pandemic so far for the county. State officials reported 432 new cases, 15 new hospitalizations and the previously mentioned deaths for Polk County in July as part of the the Georgia Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 daily status report, which is available online at https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report. The increases in confirmed cases have been linked in some part to the increased testing capability and availability as part of the government`s push to try and discover who has been...