A metro Atlanta hospital nurse has died from coronavirus, GHN has learned. The Georgia Nurses Association on Friday confirmed a death of an RN, but did not identify the hospital, and did not have any personal information about the identity of the nurse. The person would be the first Georgia nurse “we know of who […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health released a list of long-term care facilities that have had confirmed cases of coronavirus either from residents or staff. Long-term care facilities generally refers to nursing homes and assisted living facilities, and coronavirus is known to spread rapidly in these types of facilities. The department of health says it […]

ALBANY — Temporary nurses who have travelled to Albany to help battle coronavirus at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany will get temporary housing at Albany State University. Albany, the county seat of Dougherty County, is a hotspot for coronavirus after the virus spread through two highly attended funerals there. Since then, the rural hospital […]

Testing for coronavirus is poised for a big boost in some Georgia hospitals that have begun shifting to in-house rapid tests able to dramatically reduce the turnaround time for results. Staff at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, which has been hit hard by the virus, brought a new diagnostic test online Thursday night that returns […]

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. […]