Seven in 10 Georgia nurses responding to a survey say they don’t feel safe and equipped to perform their duties as their facilities deal with COVID-19. The biggest need? Overwhelmingly, it’s personal protective equipment (PPE), the medical gear used to prevent the spread of infection. The more than 200 nurses responding to the Georgia Nursing […]

DeKalb Sheriff Melody Maddox may have to re-think her daily walk-about through the housing units of the DeKalb County Jail. Doctor’s orders. Today, the sheriff found herself back at home and being screened via Tele-Med services after a second DeKalb Jail employee tested positive for COVID-19. The 45-year old female jail operations supervisor frequently accompanied […]

The death toll of coronavirus in Georgia continues to mount, with 125 people dead from the virus as of the Georgia Department of Public Health’s 7 p.m. status update on Tuesday. The total number of confirmed cases in Georgia crossed the 4,000 mark, with a total of 4,117 cases in Georgia. In Dougherty County, where […]

NORCROSS — Residents in the city of Norcross who weren’t staying home already due to the coronavirus pandemic are now officially ordered to stay home by their local government. At last night’s special called council meeting, the City of Norcross adopted a “Stay at Home” order effective from 11:59 p.m. Monday, March 30 through 11:59 […]

The Georgia National Guard will be deployed to any assisted living facility or nursing home with coronavirus cases to help fight COVID-19. Over the next few weeks, Governor Brian Kemp and Georgia National Guard Adjutant General Tom Carden will activate and deploy over 100 Guardsmen to any long-term care facilities. The Governor and Adjutant General […]

Glynn County residents will be under a state of emergency declaration until April 30. County commissioners extended the original emergency declarations during a special called meeting March 31. The original order was set to expire April 13. The order includes beach closures, closures of businesses that provide body care that is not supervised under a licensed […]

New projections released this week by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations forecasts Georgia will reach its peak for daily COVID-19 deaths in late April. IHME, an independent health population research center at the University of Washington Medicine, said its model shows Georgia will reach a high of 77 COVID-19 deaths a day on […]

Dougherty County now has 455 confirmed cases of coronavirus. At yesterday’s noon status update, Dougherty had 267 cases. 18 people have died in Dougherty, making it the county in Georgia with the most coronavirus deaths. Fulton County has 547 cases and 17 deaths. According to health department officials, Dougherty County is a hotbed due to […]

Georgia’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has now exceeded 100 lives. The new report released by the Georgia Department of Public Health shows that Georgia’s death rate from the virus is 3.3%. A total of 3,032 people have been confirmed to have the virus and 773 people have been hospitalized. In all, there have […]

As coronavirus pandemic lockdowns force companies to close or limit services, employees working for those companies are finding themselves facing layoffs. While loss of income is a concern, the loss of employer-sponsored health insurance during a time when an unseen virus is spreading can be terrifying for those who have lost their jobs. Georgia’s insurance […]

VALDOSTA — Lowndes County has had 20 confirmed coronavirus cases and one death so far during the COVID-19 pandemic. That is more cases than the counties surrounding Valdosta combined. The mayor of Valdosta, along with the Lowndes County Commission chair and the mayors of Hahira, Remerton, Lake Park, and Dasher are strongly urging residents to […]

Two Georgia counties have had more than 10 people die from coronavirus, according to today’s status report from the Georgia Department of Public Health. Dougherty County leads Georgia in the number of deaths from the virus with 17. Dougherty county is a hotbed for the virus in Georgia after it spread rapidly from two highly […]