The Georgia Department of Public Health has released its first set of information on the people who have died from coronavirus. As of 7 p.m. Sunday, 83 Georgians have died. The new information includes the age of the patient, their gender, their county and whether or not they had any underlying conditions. Georgia has 2,683 […]

President Donald Trump has declared Georgia a major disaster area due to the impacts of coronavirus, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Sunday. “Georgia is grateful for this designation, as it will enable the state to continue partnering with federal agencies in a coordinated fight against this pandemic,” Kemp said. “The presidential declaration is a critical step […]

Georgia’s battle with coronavirus took a deadly turn Saturday as the Georgia Department of Health reported 10 deaths since noon, bringing the state’s total number of coronavirus deaths to 79. In total, Georgia has had 14 new deaths reported in 24 hours. Four of the new deaths reported Saturday evening came from Dougherty County, which […]

DUNWOODY — The city of Dunwoody joins the growing number of Georgia cities ordering residents to shelter in place. The order begins at midnight Sunday and will be in effect at least through April 15. “This is our strongest statement yet in demonstrating how important it is that we work together to help limit the […]

As of Saturday afternoon, Georgia’s cases of coronavirus have risen to 2,366 total confirmed cases. There have been four more deaths reported since 7 p.m. Friday evening. As testing expands throughout the state the numbers are starting to reflect national and worldwide trends. Georgia’s death rate has dropped below 3% and its hospitalization rate has […]

A resident of Cherokee and a resident of Pickens County have died from the coronavirus, marking each county’s first death from the pandemic. The North Georgia Health District has received notice Friday that residents in Cherokee and Pickens counties, who had previously been listed in the Georgia Department of Public Health COVID-19 Daily Status Report […]

Clinical trials to study a potential new vaccine for coronavirus began Friday morning at Emory University in Atlanta, the school announced. The study trials, which started earlier this month in Seattle, are the first phase of a process expected to take at least a year to complete. Overseen by the National Institutes of Health, the trials mark […]

All of Gwinnett County is now under a stay at home order until April 13, including all unincorporated areas, all cities, and most businesses. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Chairman Charlotte Nash and the mayors of the cities in Gwinnett issued the stay at home orders for their respective jurisdictions as a means to protect the health, […]

Starting with Friday night’s COVID-19 status update, the Georgia Department of Public Health has started releasing the number of coronavirus deaths in each of Georgia’s counties. Dougherty County has the most coronavirus deaths in the state at 13. In Fulton County, 12 people have died from the virus. Cobb County and Lee County each have […]

DeKalb County is under a shelter in place order effective Saturday, March 28 at 9 p.m. DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond updated the county’s state of emergency with a shelter-in-place order for DeKalb County in response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The order is effective Saturday, March 28, 2020, at 9 p.m. until further notice. […]

As the number of positive cases of COVID-19 and associated deaths in Georgia continue to climb, Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) physicians and board members – along with Hall County and City of Gainesville elected officials – are collectively urging residents stay home for at least 14 days to slow the spread of the virus. […]