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Daily Covid-19 admissions in the Montgomery County area

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About the data

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Montgomery County, an area which may be larger than Montgomery County itself.

The number of daily hospital admissions shows how many patients tested positive for Covid in hospitals and is one of the most reliably reported indicators of Covid’s impact on a community.

Total population

Ages 65 and up

Total population

Ages 65 and up

An updated vaccine is recommended for adults and most children. Statewide, 11% of vaccinations did not specify a home county.

Nearby hospitals

Share of I.C.U. beds occupied

About this data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Notes: The hospitals map shows the average I.C.U. occupancy at nearby hospitals in the most recent week with data reported. The data is self-reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by individual hospitals. It excludes counts from hospitals operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Indian Health Service. Numbers for hospitalized patients are based on inpatient beds and include I.C.U. beds. Hospitalized Covid-19 patients include both confirmed and suspected Covid-19 patients. The C.D.C. stopped reporting data on cases in May 2023.

How trends have changed in Montgomery County

Hospitalized Covid-19 patients in the Montgomery County area Weekly new Covid hospital admissions Weekly deaths

About this data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Notes: Weekly county death data prior to Jan. 2021 was not reported by the C.D.C. and is sourced from reporting by The New York Times. Hospitalization data is a weekly average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Montgomery County. Hospitalization numbers early in the pandemic are undercounts due to incomplete reporting by hospitals to the federal government.

Historical trends in Montgomery County

The data in these charts has been archived and they are no longer being updated.

Weekly cases Test positivity rate

About this data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data in these charts has been archived and they are no longer being updated. Weekly county case data prior to Jan. 2021 was not reported by the C.D.C. and is sourced from reporting by The New York Times. The C.D.C. stopped reporting data on cases in May 2023. Test positivity data is based only on test results reported to the federal government and is a seven-day average.

By Jon Huang, Samuel Jacoby, Jasmine C. Lee, John-Michael Murphy, Charlie Smart and Albert Sun. Additional reporting by Sarah Cahalan, Lisa Waananen Jones, Amy Schoenfeld Walker and Josh Williams. See a full list of contributors to The Times’s Covid-19 data reporting here.

About the data

Data on this page is reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Population and demographic data is from the U.S. Census Bureau. Hospitalization data is reported by individual hospitals to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and it includes confirmed and suspected adult and pediatric patients. The C.D.C. does not provide complete vaccinations data for some counties and caps its vaccination rate figures at 95 percent.

The C.D.C. may make historical updates as more data is reported.

The C.D.C. stopped reporting data on Covid cases in May 2023.

AUBURN — Auburn football did its best to hang with No. 1 Georgia in Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday, but the Bulldogs pulled away late to maintain their streak of 22 consecutive victories and keep their hopes of an undefeated season alive.

Here's how we graded the Tigers, who now enter an open week losers of two straight:

Offense: C+

The passing game remains inept, but the Tigers did enough on the ground to stay in the game. Payton Thorne had a big 61-yard rush, and Brian Battie and Jarquez Hunter combined to rush for 94 yards on 27 carries. Battie also caught three passes for 18 yards and transfer tight end Rivaldo Fairweather made up most of Auburn's air attack with four catches for 44 yards.

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Defense: B

Auburn couldn't contain All-SEC tight end Brock Bowers — he finished with eight catches for 157 yards and the go-ahead touchdown — but the Tigers played valiantly against the No. 1 team in the country. The defensive unit caused two takeaways and held Georgia to just 107 yards rushing.

Special teams: A+

With the exception of Bowers, there wasn't a player on the field who had a better day than Auburn punter Oscar Chapman. Chapman booted five balls and averaged 51.2 yards per attempt, including a 71-yard blast right before halftime. Alex McPherson connected on field goals from 42 and 27 yards out, and Battie had a solid 32-yard return in the second quarter.

Coaching: C+

The coaching staff had to use a few timeouts earlier than usual because of some miscommunication and had some suspect rotation at quarterback that might have cost the team points in the second quarter. The grade gets a bump because Auburn only had one penalty for 5 yards.

Overall: B

Auburn didn't play a particularly great game, and the contest wasn't coached in a spectacular manner, either. But anything less than a B wouldn't be fair for a team that nearly dropped the No. 1 team in the country. It wasn't perfect, but perhaps the Tigers proved to themselves they can stand toe-to-toe with just about anybody in the sport. They'll need to play with that confidence in two weeks at LSU.

Richard Silva is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at rsilva@gannett.com or on Twitter @rich_silva18.

Auburn faces questions in its quarterback room ahead of its showdown with No. 1 Georgia on Saturday in Week 5 of the 2023 college football season at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Coach Hugh Freeze cycled through three quarterbacks in the Tigers' 27-10 loss against Texas A&M last week — the quarterback room combined for 56 passing yards. Freeze will likely lean on Payton Thorne, a Michigan State transfer, against Georgia. Thorne has four touchdown passes and three interceptions on the season.

Georgia, meanwhile, looks to tighten its grip on the No. 1 spot in the US LBM Coaches Poll Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck has thrown six touchdown passes, rushed for two TDs and has just one interception through four games in his first season as the starter.

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Georgia coach Kirby Smart will hope to get UGA's run game going, namely running back Daijun Edwards, who has seen a bulk of the carries the past two games. Texas A&M leaned on the rushing attack against Auburn last week, racking up 209 rushing yards and 193 passing yards.

Here's everything you need to know about the game, including time, date, TV and streaming info, and more how to watch information:

What channel is Auburn vs. Georgia today?

Georgia vs. Auburn will take place at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama. Streaming options include Paramount+ and Fubo, which offers a free trial to potential subscribers.

Auburn vs. Georgia start time

The Bulldogs and Tigers will face off at 2:30 p.m. CT in Week 5 of the college football season.

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AUBURN — Georgia has owned Auburn football as of late, and that's putting it nicely.

The Tigers are 1-9 in their last 10 matchups against the Bulldogs, with their latest win coming on the back of Kerryon Johnson's 172 rushing yards in 2017. The two programs have been going in opposite directions since 2021, with Georgia winning back-to-back national championships and Auburn firing a head coach midway through the 2022 campaign.

But the Tigers (3-1, 0-1 SEC) hope to have turned a new leaf, bringing in new athletics director John Cohen in October and hiring coach Hugh Freeze in November. Freeze has long said he needs time and patience to build Auburn up, but the Bulldogs (4-0, 1-0) won't care about that when they arrive to Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Here's our scouting report and score prediction for the matchup on Saturday (2:30 p.m. CT, CBS):

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Georgia QB Carson Beck's first road start

The Tigers don't have many points of optimism heading into the game, but one they'll hope to take advantage of is Georgia quarterback Carson Beck's inexperience.

Beck, who sat behind Stetson Bennett for the last two seasons, has completed 69.4% of his passes for 1,184 yards, six touchdowns and two interceptions through the first four starts of his collegiate career. But something Beck has yet to do is go on the road, as all of Georgia's game this year have been at home.

"He's been on these road trips," coach Kirby Smart said of Beck on Wednesday. "Obviously, he hasn't played and he hasn't been out there, but he's seen the environment. ... The environment does not control you. You have to control your decision-making and keep a good heartbeat.

"Why (do) I feel good about that (with Beck)? Well, because this kid is wired that way. He's not a real emotional, up-and-down kid."

Will WR Ladd McConkey play?

Bursting onto the scene in 2022 as Georgia's second-leading pass-catcher behind All-SEC tight end Brock Bowers, junior receiver Ladd McConkey has yet to play in 2023 due to a nagging back injury.

His status against Auburn is up in the air.

"Yeah, he's looked really good," Smart said when asked for an update on McConkey. "It's been a walk before you run, run before you sprint and then sprint and get contact. We're kind of in stages of that. It's one of those things where we don't know what's going to cause it to frustrate him or bother him. He has to trust it, and he's doing exactly what the doctors have told him and the experts have told him.

"We've had several specialists meet with him. He's coming back (and) he's getting faster each day, in terms of ramping up. And then conditioning is a factor as well because it's expected to be hot and he hasn't played a lot. There may be a role for him when he goes."

Georgia's stingy defense

Don't be fooled by the sack numbers, Georgia's defensive front is still among the best in the sport.

The Bulldogs have five sacks through four games, and that's including matchups against perceived lower-level teams such as UT Martin, Ball State and UAB. But Georgia's defense remains staunch, as the Bulldogs have given up just 11.25 points a game this season and have held opponents to an average of 87 rushing yards, numbers that rank No. 10 and No. 17 in the nation, respectively.

Score prediction

Georgia 38, Auburn 14: The Tigers looked lost on offense against Texas A&M. Maybe the home environment will help them, but the issues put on display versus the Aggies seem too large to mediate in only a week. The defense tries its best, but the elite talent on Georgia's offensive line paves the way for the Bulldogs and Auburn heads into the open week with two straight losses.

Richard Silva is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at rsilva@gannett.com or on Twitter @rich_silva18.

Auburn football just had its biggest recruiting win since coach Hugh Freeze was hired.

Five-star linebacker Demarcus Riddick from Chilton County High School in Clanton announced his commitment to the Tigers on Wednesday, flipping away from Georgia and choosing Auburn over Alabama. Riddick had been pledged to the Bulldogs since November.

The 247Sports Composite ranks the 6-foot-2, 212-pound Riddick as the No. 26 player in the country and the third-best recruit in the state behind Texas A&M commit Cam Coleman and Alabama commit Jaylen Mbakwe. His 247Sports profile has AU linebackers coach Josh Aldridge listed as his primary recruiter.

Riddick's commitment was streamed live by Auburn Undercover.

If Riddick stays committed to Auburn through signing day, he'd be the first five-star recruit to put pen to paper on a National Letter of Intent with the Tigers since Owen Pappoe did it in the Class of 2019. Before Pappoe, it was five-star linebacker TD Moultry in the Class of 2017.

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Auburn now has 12 commitments in the Class of 2024, as Riddick joins four-star edge Joseph Phillips, four-star defensive lineman Malik Blocton, four-star defensive backs Jalyn Crawford, A'Mon Lane, Jayden Lewis and Kensley Faustin and three-star linebacker D'Angelo Barber on the defensive side of the ball.

Offensively, the Tigers have pledges from four-star quarterback Walker White, four-star running back J'Marion Burnette, four-star receiver Bryce Cain and three-star athlete Martavious Collins.

Eight of the 12 commitments are from Alabama, and all eight are top-30 recruits in the state, headlined by Riddick (No. 3), Phillips (No. 8) and Burnette (No. 14). For comparison, the Crimson Tide has five top-30 commitments, a group highlighted by Mbakwe (No. 2), wide receiver Perry Thompson (No. 4), defensive lineman Jeremiah Beaman (No. 6) and linebacker Sterling Dixon (No. 12).

Richard Silva is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at rsilva@gannett.com or on Twitter @rich_silva18.