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Lendahl Lagaly, left, and Duncan Anderson take a selfie next to the status of Phil Niekro before the Atlanta Braves home opener. As more people get vaccinated and the number of new infections decline, people look forward to more normalcy. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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December 30, 2020 Dalton - Robin Coffey, RN, with Whitfield Board of Health, holds a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at Whitfield County Health Department in Dalton on Wednesday, December 30, 2020. The North Georgia county now has the highest infection rate among Georgia’s 159 counties, with one in 10 Whitfield residents testing positive for COVID-19. Seeking to boost Republican turnout for Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoffs, President Donald Trump is planning to hold a rally Monday at the regional airport in Dalton, an event organizers expect will attract as many as 20,000 people. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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The Canoe restaurant is busy on Mother's Day in Atlanta on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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In this file photo, Northside Hospital nurse Pat Matyi gives Emily Forbus a COVID-19 vaccine shot at Truist Park. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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Deaths from COVID-19 have plunged in Georgia due to the early success of vaccination campaigns, experts say. Earlier this week, people lined up at a free vaccination clinic at Truist Park sponsored by the Atlanta Braves. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Gov. Brian Kemp signed an order Friday lifting most of Georgia's remaining coronavirus restrictions. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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Medical staff treat a patient in a trauma room in the Emergency and Trauma Center at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) in Gainesville in January. NGMC, which has four hospital campuses, has received about $77 million in federal relief funds, federal data show. NGMC told the AJC it had reduced executive compensation, as well as delayed or reduced capital expansion projects, among other cost-cutting measures, during the pandemic. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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