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Terrell County has among the nation’s worst per capita death rates from COVID-19 The coronavirus pandemic has been specifically harsh in southwest Georgia, leaving loved ones little to no time at all to grieve before news of another death. (Might 6).

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In North Texas, Moore County Health Center District CEO Jeff Turner is handling more than his little rural health center can handle.

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Some of them are admitted to West River’s COVID wing, which has area for four patients.

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