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In this Tuesday, March 24, 2020, photo it is mostly deserted after the Vail Ski Resort closed for the season amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in Vail, Colo. Ski resorts across the West that were shut down amid coronavirus fears are grappling with an economic “body blow" at a time when they normally would be welcoming hoards of spring break revelers. (AP Photo/Michael Ciaglo)

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Smaller communities prepare for onslaught of virus patients
March 26, 2020 7:28 a.m.

Smaller communities prepare for onslaught of virus patients

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — It started with an infected person from out of town who attended a funeral. Now the largest hospital in Georgia’s mostly rural southwest corner is rapidly running out of space amid the highest rate of coronavirus infection in the entire state.