COVID-19-related patient deaths at South Georgia Medical Center doubled in the months of July and August. On the final day of August, SGMC reported 119 patients have died from the novel coronavirus since the beginning of the outbreak. That is almost exactly twice the number of the 59 deaths reported Aug. 1. The trend is a continuation from July when COVID-19 deaths at the hospital more than doubled from 26 on July 1 to 58 on July 31, according to past hospital daily reports.

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