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COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic was first detected in the U.S. state of Georgia on March 2, 2020. The state's first death came ten days later on March 12. As of April 17, 2021, there were 868,163 confirmed cases, 60,403 hospitalizations, and 17,214 deaths. [1] All of Georgia's 159 counties now report COVID-19 cases, with Gwinnett ...
Apr. 15—The Georgia Department of Public Health is transitioning from daily to weekly COVID-19 data reporting. The department's website will publish case counts and vaccination updates every ...
The CDC publishes official numbers of COVID-19 cases in the United States. The CDC estimates that, between February 2020 and September 2021, only 1 in 1.3 COVID-19 deaths were attributed to COVID-19. [2] The true COVID-19 death toll in the United States would therefore be higher than official reports, as modeled by a paper published in The ...
Aug. 31—Cobb County recorded five COVID-19 deaths Tuesday, per Georgia Department of Public Health data. As of Tuesday, Marietta-based Wellstar Health System is caring for 706 COVID-19 patients ...
The COVID public health emergency declared by U.S. officials is ending on May 11, 2023. The WHO also announced that it’s ending the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over three years ...
Aug. 8—County and public health officials say cases of COVID-19 have doubled each week for the past four weeks, and that the unvaccinated account for 92% of COVID hospitalizations at Cobb hospitals.
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is the state-level public health agency for the U.S. state of Georgia. Its purpose is to prevent diseases, promote health, and prepare for disasters. The department is organized into divisions, sections, programs, and offices. [1] DPH became an independent state agency in 2011.
Sep. 22—Cobb County saw a slight uptick in its number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents this week, though the county is still seeing medium transmission levels, as classified by the ...