The latest White House Coronavirus Task Force report included an ominous warning for Georgia.

Amid a rise in cases and hospitalizations, President Donald Trump’s advisory group said, “This is the moment to dramatically increase mitigation.”

The AJC reported Tuesday that Gov. Brian Kemp plans no additional measures.

The coronavirus is burning through the country and nearly every state is on fire, data in the report show. Georgia remained in the red zone for the third straight week, and the state held its ranking at 48th out of the 50 states and Washington, D.C., for new cases — or fourth best overall.

But the rolling average of new cases continues to grow as Georgians prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Read the full report below.

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney — pictured during a hearing Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 — has cleared the way for Georgia's State Election Board to obtain Fulton ballots and other documents from the 2020 election. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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