COVID-19

News stories and information relating to the COVID-19 pandemic

College communities in Georgia, U.S. emerge as COVID hot spots

The top 10 metro areas in the nation for the highest rates of COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks are all college towns. Atop...

1-year-old Cobb Co. boy becomes Georgia’s youngest COVID fatality

A 1-year-old Cobb County boy has died from COVID-19, becoming the youngest person in Georgia to die of the disease. The Georgia Department of Public...

3 Georgia counties rank high in national COVID rates

Three Georgia counties appear among the top 20 hot spots for new COVID-19 cases over the past seven days, as compiled Wednesday by the...

Nursing home chain suffers big toll from COVID

The Georgia nursing homes hardest hit by COVID-19 are scattered across the state, from the southwestern farm belt to the Blue Ridge Mountains. But...

State surpasses two grim COVID-19 milestones

Georgia reported nearly 100 COVID-19 deaths Saturday to soar past the 5,000 mark in virus fatalities. Another grim milestone was reached when the overall case...

Amid criticism, state points to improvements in some COVID statistics

Public Health officials released information Friday about what the state agency called positive indicators on COVID-19 in Georgia. They include lower numbers of cases over...

Emory experts warn against fall sports being played amid pandemic

Emory University infectious disease experts have raised strong concerns about fall sports being played in areas, such as Georgia, that have high levels of...

Pandemic ‘really reinforces’ eating disorders

The COVID-19 pandemic has proved a perfect storm for eating disorders, experts say. Lockdowns to limit the spread of infection have made Americans more isolated...

State’s COVID-19 deaths hit another daily record

Georgia shattered its record for daily increases in COVID-19 deaths, reporting 137 new fatalities Tuesday. That’s 45 deaths higher than the previous daily record of...

Kids with COVID: Georgia case rate higher than national average

Georgia’s rate of COVID-19 cases among children is greater than the national average, according to a new report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics...

Georgia to open COVID-19 mega testing site Monday

Georgia is opening a COVID-19 mega-testing site near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Monday. The site will have the capacity to test 5,000 people...

Trump moves to extend unemployment benefits, suspend payroll taxes after talks break down

President Donald Trump on Saturday circumvented Congress and took action into his own hands, after weeks of unsuccessful negotiations over another coronavirus relief package...