Delta Variant : " We are at capacity" Grady Health System Chief Medical officer says

 Grady Health Care System is full because of  the highly infectious Delta variant, the system's top health official confirmed to Fox 5 News in Atlanta.

"We are full we are at capacity," Chief Medical Officer Robert Jansen said.

 "The numbers unfortunately are going up rapidly. It’s an exponential curve we are experiencing with more cases coming in every day." 

On a daily basis, the hospital is being tasked with treating an increasing number of patients who are infected with the COVID-19 delta variant.  

"We are not where we were in January when we reached our peak but if we continue with this trend then we can equal that or we can surpass it," Dr. Jansen reported.

"The people who are coming in are primarily unvaccinated. There are very few vaccinated people but we have had some people admitted who were vaccinated but most of them had not received both doses or just started the vaccine sequence," Jansen said.

On July 27, 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated guidance on the need for urgently increasing COVID-19 vaccination coverage and a recommendation for everyone in areas of substantial or high transmission to wear a mask in public indoor places, even if they are fully vaccinated.