UPDATED Jan. 25, 3 p.m.: The Department of Public Health’s coronavirus page updates once a day at 3 p.m. As of July 1, 2021, updates are released only on weekdays and non-holidays.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is keeping track of reported coronavirus deaths and cases across Georgia according to the Department of Public Health. See details in the map below. See the DPH’s guide to their data for more information about definitions.
CONFIRMED CASES: 1,777,459
CONFIRMED DEATHS: 27,191 | This figure does not include additional cases that the DPH reports as suspected COVID-19-related deaths. County is determined by the patient’s residence, when known, not by where they were treated.
» NEW DASHBOARD: The AJC’s redesigned page of real-time charts tracking the virus
Tap each county on the map below to see the reported deaths and cases there.
Jan. 24 local updates
- COVID cases in metro Atlanta schools remain high, even as omicron slows
- COVID and masks: Some metro Atlanta school districts are relaxing rules
- Old tech and omicron hampered Georgia’s COVID-19 website
- David Perdue in quarantine after testing positive for COVID
- Fayette County making masks optional in schools, mandatory on buses
Jan. 21 local updates
- What if COVID doesn’t go away? How Georgians are trying to get on with their lives
- Cobb extends state of emergency as COVID cases remain high
- Cobb County School District posts first COVID data report in weeks
- Georgia domestic violence shelters struggle amid COVID
- Atlanta Public Schools mandates COVID-19 testing for sports teams
- Trappist monks find new meaning during pandemic
- Hotels, convention business still recovering from COVID impact
Jan. 20 local updates
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Jan. 14 local updates
- Super contagious omicron leaves employers and workers scrambling
- Q&A: Thursday’s COVID-19 numbers in Georgia
- Why is this COVID surge so different from the others? Here’s what doctors say
- Atlanta district turns to staffing agency for special education teachers
- Student absences soar in Cobb County elementary schools
Jan. 13 local updates
- COVID tracker: What the data reveals about metro Atlanta schools
- Delta: 8,000 employees tested positive for COVID-19 in last four weeks
- Teacher, student absences soar in Cobb County schools amid COVID surge
- Omicron complicates trash, recycling collections across metro Atlanta
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium to host mega-site, can test 2K for COVID-19 a day
Jan. 12 local updates
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Jan. 7 local updates
- Georgia sets one-day record for COVID-19 cases
- Gwinnett schools record 641 COVID-19 cases over winter break
- Gwinnett declares new COVID emergency, mandates masks in county buildings
- State running ‘hotel’ for some vulnerable COVID-19 patients
- Georgia’s COVID surge upends preschools and leaves parents scrambling
- Marietta City Schools records its highest COVID case count
- At-home COVID-19 test prices going up after end of government deal with major retailers
- Atlanta superintendent: Schools ready to open Monday
- Clayton County students to return to school face-to-face Monday
- Clarkston closes city buildings to public due to COVID-19 uptick
Jan. 6 local updates
- New Georgia COVID rules loosen school quarantine, tracing requirements
- Atlanta Public Schools plans to reopen with new COVID testing strategy
- How 2.6M COVID tests on DPH site revealed a nearly 2-year data issue
- Atlanta Public Schools to host vaccination events on Saturday
- Gwinnett County Public Schools to host vaccination clinics
- As Fulton County Schools’ mask mandate returns, court fight continues
- Renfroe Middle School in Decatur to go virtual two days next week
Jan. 5 local updates
- Omicron scrambles metro Atlanta employers’ office plans
- Across Georgia campuses, professors urge stricter COVID-19 measures
- 9 Atlanta schools to offer COVID testing this week for students, staff
- Clayton County mandates negative COVID-19 test for school staff
- Archdiocese of Atlanta issues mask mandate as students return to classes
- Chatham County’s COVID cases rise more than 480% over 1 week
Jan. 4 local updates
- COVID hospitalizations rise over holiday weekend as omicron surges
- Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens extends COVID-19 mask mandate, emergency orders
- First doses of COVID pill arriving in Georgia, but in very short supply
- Cobb, Gwinnett schools to resume in-person classes amid COVID surge
- MARTA cancels train trips amid COVID-related staffing shortage
- Henry County Schools issues mask mandate to battle COVID-19 surge
Jan. 3 local updates
- ‘Overwhelming’ amount of data delays Georgia COVID-19 update
- Atlanta COVID surge: Classes are online-only in these school districts
- Georgia schools embrace wait-and-see approach to omicron
- An update: Extraordinary stories of surviving COVID
- Metro Atlanta county closes COVID-19 testing sites due to strong winds
- Forsyth County Schools pivots to online-only classes this week
- Decatur school system closes COVID test site early, citing high demand
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Dec. 30 local updates
- Omicron presents bad ‘math equation’ for Atlanta hospitals, leaders say
- Georgia gets first shipments of Merck, Pfizer Covid pills
- Metro Atlanta school districts remain divided on mask policies
- Atlanta hospitals plead with public to do their part as COVID surges
- DeKalb city closes City Hall to ‘mitigate exposure’ to omicron
- Clayton County Schools to start second semester online amid COVID surge
- Morehouse to start the semester online due to COVID-19 surge
- DeKalb closes COVID-19 testing, vaccination sites due to heavy rain
- McDonough COVID-19 testing site closed temporarily due to staff shortage
Dec. 29 local updates
- Gov. Kemp taps Guard, contract health workers as COVID-19 rages
- Weather, omicron continue to plague air travel
- Georgia to spend $100M to supplement hospital staff, call up guard in response to pandemic
- The struggle to get a COVID-19 test is real
- COVID rules at Atlanta’s historically Black colleges tougher than most
- Decatur schools mandate COVID-19 booster shots for staff
- Metro Atlanta parents weigh risks of schools reopening amid omicron
- DeKalb to hand out 5,000 at-home tests Thursday
- Thousands get COVID shots at Gwinnett incentive event
Dec. 28 local updates
- Some metro Atlanta school districts report COVID spike before break
- The coronavirus is here to stay. Here’s how we’re coming to terms with that.
- Emory University to start spring semester online due to COVID surge
- WSB: Peach Drop canceled for third year in a row
- Georgia to send National Guard to hospitals, test sites
Dec. 27 local updates
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Dec. 21 local updates
- Atlanta mayor resumes mask mandate due to spikes in COVID-19 omicron infections
- Holiday closings may limit options to get a COVID test in metro Atlanta
- Georgia braces for feared surge of COVID-19 cases in stretched hospitals
- Georgia leaders stay on a passive course amid omicron threat
- Atlanta Mayor-elect Andre Dickens in quarantine after positive COVID-19 test
- Fulton COVID-19 tests: Here’s how Christmas 2021 will affect schedule
- Amid COVID-19 surge, Sandy Springs says it must hold in-person meetings
- College Park City Hall closed after COVID-19 outbreak
- What you need to know about omicron and COVID boosters
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Sept. 27 local updates
- COVID surge hits senior care, less deadly this time
- ICE detention center in southwest Georgia passes 1,000 COVID-19 cases
- COVID vaccine mandates? A mix of big, small Georgia employers say yes
- Atlanta convention business disrupted by delta variant concerns
- Clayton County school board resuming in-person public meetings
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Sept. 9 local updates
- Gov. Kemp threatens to sue to block Biden’s new vaccine mandates
- Unproven ivermectin roils COVID-19 treatment
- Georgia university system leader defends COVID prevention methods
- Coronavirus surge driving up OT hours for Cobb County firefighters
- More Delta employees get vaccinated after insurance surcharge announced
- MARTA to require COVID-19 vaccines or tests for employees
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Aug. 31 local updates
- Georgia hospitals in crisis as COVID patient load sets records
- Georgia vaccination efforts once faced hesitance — now it’s hostile resistance
- Most metro Atlanta school districts report rise in COVID cases
- Anti-vaxxers shut down vaccination event, harass state health workers
- More Henry Schools moving to temporary remote learning
- Fulton County Schools drops plan for mask-optional campus
Aug. 30 local updates
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Aug. 25 local updates
- Atlanta Pride cancels 2021 festival and parade
- As COVID-19 cases rise, groups demand UGA mandate masks, vaccinations
- Delta to levy $200/mth health care surcharge on unvaccinated employees
- Henry County pivots to remote learning at six schools because of COVID
- Clayton County adds 9 more schools to list going virtual due to COVID
Aug. 24 local updates
- Gov. Kemp deploys National Guard medical staff to hard-hit hospitals
- No COVID-19 mandates planned for Georgia’s Sanford Stadium
- Cobb County’s stockpile of COVID supplies may provide relief for ravaged local hospitals
- Fayette issues temporary school mask mandate in COVID-19 battle
- Fifth, eighth grade classes in quarantine at two Fulton County schools
- 2 beloved South Ga. teachers die of COVID 1 day apart
- Ninth Clayton County school to go remote because of COVID-19
Aug. 23 local updates
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Aug. 20 local updates
- Georgia nursing shortage at crisis levels
- Cobb schools records 936 active COVID cases in new report
- More Georgia counties suspend jury trials because of COVID surge
- Georgia manufacturers resist vaccine mandates
- Gwinnett County district plans to pilot COVID-19 testing in schools
- Georgia mayors plead with Kemp to require masks at state buildings
- Atlanta theaters asking audiences to show proof of vaccinations
Aug. 19 local updates
- Kemp bars local officials from requiring businesses to adopt virus restrictions
- Atlanta hospitals say COVID cases pushing ERs to the brink
- Gwinnett science teacher dies after contracting COVID-19, family says
- Doctors call on Cobb school district to require masks
- Some Spelman faculty refusing to teach in person due to COVID-19 safety concerns
- Parents pressure Cobb schools to tighten COVID-19 protocols
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Aug. 10 local updates
- New COVID-19 surge overwhelms hospitals across Georgia
- Early school COVID cases have parents wary, health officials watching
- Students, faculty urge Georgia university system to mandate masks, vaccinations
- COVID-19 resurgence spawns new blame game in Georgia
- Clayton County’s Kemp Primary School to go virtual temporarily
Aug. 9 local updates
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Aug. 2 local updates
- Georgia hospitals report spikes in COVID-19 hospitalizations
- Two major Atlanta employers toughen workplace rules as COVID surges
- Georgia colleges not requiring masks on campus as cities issue mandates
- Athens poised to revive mask mandate as UGA students prepare to return
- Virus surge threatens local back-to-office plans
- First day in Atlanta area schools: Masks, no masks and quarantines
- Georgia judges urged to test for COVID-19 after conference
Aug. 1 local updates
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July 29 local updates
- Georgia schools reopen, with varying approaches to pandemic
- DeKalb CEO: County mask mandate never rescinded, still in place
- Atlanta school quarantines more than 100 students in first week of classes
- Across Atlanta, response is mixed to mayor’s order mandating masks again
- Facing rising coronavirus cases, Kemp wants to stay the course
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July 9 local updates
- Coronavirus cases among the unvaccinated are on the rise in Georgia
- Fulton senior centers to reopen Monday following COVID-19 shutdown
- Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need masks, CDC says
- Metro Atlanta schools mask policies vary, despite new CDC guidance
- FLOTUS Jill Biden pleads with Savannah residents to get vaccinated
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