If you’ve been following the coronavirus pandemic in Georgia, you may have read about an 11-year-old in DeKalb County dying from coronavirus. According to state health officials, that story was not accurate and was instead the result of an error in the state’s nightly status update. The Georgia Department of Public Health listed an 11-year-old […]

Some Georgians are reporting difficulties navigating the state’s now online-only unemployment system as a sudden and unprecedented wave of joblessness washes over the state. During the last full week in March, the Georgia Department of Labor processed more than 133,000 unemployment claims, an increase of more than 1,100% and the highest number ever in one week in […]

DUNWOODY — Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch sent a special message to Dunwoody residents reminding them that even though Spring Break starts next week, they should avoid the temptation to break Gov. Brian Kemp’s shelter-in-place order. The mayor’s message is posted below in its entirety. “I, again, want to take a moment to thank you for […]

You can go to the grocery store, pharmacy and get takeout food. You can go outside to exercise. But you can’t go to a movie theater, a gym or a barber shop. Those are some details revealed Thursday in Gov. Brian Kemp’s “shelter in place’’ order to curb the spread of COVID-19. The order starts […]

CHICKAMAUGA — More people staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic means more people in rural communities visiting the local landfill. Walker County officials are asking residents to limit their trips to the landfill and only come to the landfill when they have essential household waste to throw away. According to county officials, an influx […]

Fulton County will spend $10 million in emergency funding to help residents and businesses negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. “Our citizens are hurting and need financial assistance now,” Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts said. The money will be used for senior services, homelessness and relief in the form of loans to small businesses, […]

At a news conference yesterday announcing his intention to sign a shelter in place order, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp acknowledged that he had just found out that asymptomatic people could spread coronavirus. “Those individuals could have been infecting people before they ever felt bad, but we didn’t know that until the last 24 hours,” Kemp […]

The number of unemployment claims filed in Georgia grew exponentially last week as the coronavirus pandemic continued to cause massive job losses. The Georgia Department of Labor processed 133,820 claims during the week of March 22 through March 28, an all-time high and significantly above the 12,140 claims filed during the previous week. “People are […]

More than 5,000 people in Georgia have been confirmed to have coronavirus as of noon April 2. The exact number of cases reported is 5,348, up from 4,638 at noon yesterday. As of the Georgia Department of Public Health’s noon status update, the state also passed another milestone — the number of people hospitalized from […]

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced yesterday that he was ordering all of the state’s public schools to remain closed for the remainder of the school year. Georgia’s State Superintendent Richard Woods responded by writing a heartfelt letter to students, teachers, parents and school staff members. You can read the letter in its entirety below. Yesterday, […]

The state might grant Georgia inmates an early release from prison over the next month as officials search for ways to separate people during the COVID-19 outbreak. The state Board of Pardons and Paroles says it is reviewing potential clemency releases for nonviolent offenders scheduled to get out of prison within the next 180 days. […]

Yesterday, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations released a model showing that Georgia would reach a peak of 77 coronavirus deaths per day on April 24. Today, the state reported 29 deaths from COVID-19 in 24 hours. As of today’s 7 p.m. status update from the Georgia Department of Public Health, 154 people have […]

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp today announced that he will sign a statewide shelter in place order Thursday that will go into effect starting Friday and ending April 13 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Kemp has also ordered all Georgia public schools to close for the remainder of the school year, however, online learning will continue. […]

According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, 14 people in Georgia have died since 7 p.m. last night from coronavirus. The total number of deaths statewide is now 139, up from 125 last night. Georgia’s death rate from the virus stands at 3%. The total number of cases in Georgia is 4,638. Georgia’s hospitalization […]