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Most metro Atlanta school districts are reporting a decline in COVID-19 cases. (file photo)
Atlanta-area school districts report a sharp decline in COVID cases
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Protesters opposed to Fulton County Schools' mask requirement hold up signs outside of the board's Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, meeting. VANESSA McCRAY/AJC FILE PHOTO
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November 30, 2018 Atlanta - Amanda Marmins, a volunteer at Souper Jenny, finishes the preparation for one box of soup that will help feed kids in the metro area. RYON HORNE / RHORNE@AJC.COM
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July 2, 2020 Atlanta - Travelers wearing face masks make their way at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Thursday, July 2, 2020. As passenger traffic begins to increase for the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) officials hosted an informational media briefing to highlight new COVID-19 safety measures. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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Coronavirus and Georgia hospitals
Registered ICU nurse Katie Van Hook checks on a COVID-19 patient at Memorial Health's Heart and Vascular Institute in Savannah. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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Nursing staff put on PPE before they attend to a COVID-19 patient at Memorial Health's Heart and Vascular Institute in Savannah on Thursday. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Inside Savannah hospital, staff manages deluge of COVID patients
A security guard waits at the emergency entrance at Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center on Boulevard in Atlanta on Wednesday. In five of Georgia's 14 hospital regions, ICUs were over 100 percent capacity, as of Tuesday night. That left patients across the state waiting in Emergency Departments for a critical-care bed, or remaining in rural hospitals even though they needed to be transferred for higher-level care. Meanwhile, ambulance drivers routinely waited for hours outside hospitals, tending to their patients until space opened up for them to be transported inside. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
ICUs still full, ambulances strained across Georgia
In this file photo, a school bus arrives for the first day back to school in Jefferson. Since school opened in August, the number of COVID-19 cases among children has surged. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Georgia public health officials: Most COVID-19 outbreaks now in schools
In this recent photo, medical workers move between buildings at Grady Memorial Hospital in downtown Atlanta as the COVID-19 cases in Georgia continue. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
A look at major COVID-19 developments over the past week
Grady Memorial Hospital in downtown Atlanta has cancelled all non-essential outpatient surgeries because COVID-19 patients have overwhelmed the facility. Grady is one of the nation's largest safety net hospitals, providing substantial care to low-income, uninsured and vulnerable populations. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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Medical workers move between buildings at Grady Memorial Hospital in downtown Atlanta on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021 as COVID-19 cases surge in Georgia. deaths. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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Remembering the Victims
An Alabama man died of heart issues almost 200 miles from his home after he was turned away from more than 40 hospitals because their ICUs were full of COVID patients, according to reports.
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The family of Walter Kearse -- wife Quinyonia LaShea Kearse and children (left to right) Katlynn, Kayla and Anderson.
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Atlanta restauranteur Charlie Niyomkul was friends with golfer Vijay Singh. Niyomkul and his wife prepared the champion's dinner at the Masters Tournament for Singh after the golfer won in 2000. RICH ADDICKS/STAFF
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Henry County Commissioner Gary Barham died Tuesday from complications related to COVID-19.
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Antoine Hodge, 38, was an opera singer at New York’s Met Opera and died from the coronavirus.
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Billy Eugene Moss was a beloved cobbler who operated the Canton Shoe Repair for 66 years. Moss, 87, died from a combination of COVID-19, kidney failure and other causes last month. A framed photograph is displayed at the store's cashier desk next to one of his boots. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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Wilma Gail Bowen, 70, a nurse at Hiram Elementary School, died on Thanksgiving Day hours after her husband of five decades, Willard Daniel Bowen, 73. Their daughter, Karen Bowen Kirby, said they both had COVID-19.
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