UPDATED July 8, 3 p.m.: The Department of Public Health’s coronavirus page now updates once a day at 3 p.m.
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.
DEATHS: 2,922 | County is determined by the patient’s residence, when known, not by where they were treated.
CONFIRMED CASES: 103,890 | Cases have been confirmed in every county.
» 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.
July 6 local updates:
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DragonCon cancels in-person convention this Labor Day
- Second DeKalb elections worker diagnosed with COVID-19
July 5 local updates:
- Another back-to-school COVID-19 challenge: Reeling in kids’ bedtimes
- Coronavirus heightens problems at veterans’ Decatur hospital, clinics
July 4 local updates:
July 3 local updates:
- Coronavirus cases in Georgia continue to grow
- YMCA campers, staff test positive for COVID-19 after camps close
July 2 local updates:
- COVID-19 ‘superspreading’ took place across metro Atlanta, study finds
- Two employees test positive for COVID-19 at Fulton courts office
- Henry County suspends in-person meetings after positive COVID-19 tests
- 3 Georgia Tech athletes, 3 staff members test positive for COVID-19
- Rockdale County deputy dies after contracting COVID-19
July 1 local updates:
- Georgia sees testing system strained with rise in COVID-19 cases
- Georgia dog tests positive for virus that causes COVID-19
- Public health alert issued for Cobb and Douglas over coronavirus surge
- TSA closes Hartsfield-Jackson checkpoint after an employee contracts COVID-19
June 29 local updates:
- UGA confirms 143 positive COVID-19 cases among students, staff
- Atlanta nightclub postpones events after 2 test positive for COVID-19
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June 25 local updates:
- CDC chief estimates COVID-19 cases 10x higher than official counts
- Dunwoody officials contact tracing after employee tests positive for virus
- Alabama assistant police chief dies of COVID-19 in Georgia
June 24 local updates:
- Georgia coronavirus cases spike among young adults as virus surges
- US South and West see virus resurgence
- Fulton County reports positive COVID-19 test at summer camp
- 71 inmates, 2 employees test positive for COVID-19 at Troup jail
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June 20 local updates:
- Second Atlanta United player tests positive for COVID-19
- DeKalb elections worker tests positive for COVID-19
June 19 local updates:
- The coronavirus disease is spreading rapidly in rural Georgia
- For some with COVID-19, symptoms can linger for weeks, even months
June 18 local updates:
- Delta says 500 employees tested positive for COVID-19
- Atlanta United player tests positive for COVID-19
June 16 local updates:
- Coronavirus cases on the rise again in Georgia
- Georgia inmate dies without seeing family because of COVID-19, state delay
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June 4 local updates:
- Experts warn summer heat may not slow spread of coronavirus
- One Albany hotspot hospital now free of COVID-19 patients
- COVID-19 cases in Georgia near 50K
June 3 local updates:
- Cases of COVID-19 in Georgia near 49,000
- At 101, Atlanta woman beats COVID-19; she also survived 1918 pandemic
June 2 local updates:
- Georgia’s top doctor worries protests will spread coronavirus
- More than 1,000 Georgia senior-care residents died with COVID-19
- WHO says coronavirus is not losing severity
- Deaths from COVID-19 pass 2,100; cases pass 48K
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May 28 local updates:
- Spike in COVID-19 cases partly from virus spread, expert says
- Autopsies find black COVID-19 victims’ lungs filled with blood clots
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May 22 local updates:
- Georgia contact tracers’ first obstacle? Gaining public trust
- Atlanta mayor announces 5-phase plan to reopen
May 21 local updates:
- Gov. Kemp orders review after coronavirus data missteps
- Latest data lapse inflated Georgia’s test count by 57,000
- Georgia health agency probing mysterious illness in 15 children
May 20 local updates:
- COVID-19 swamps another rural Georgia county
- Metro Atlanta leaders left to make COVID-19 decisions with shaky data
- Georgia county down to 2 elections staff after coronavirus infections
- After reopening its doors, coronavirus cases force Ringgold church to go back online
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May 18 local updates:
- Error leads to dip in Georgia’s COVID-19 case count
- Pandemic takes its toll among veterans
- Chamblee councilman who attended public meeting tests positive for COVID-19
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May 13 local updates:
- State’s latest data mishap causes critics to cry foul
- Georgia coronavirus rates higher in black communities—Morehouse study
- Gainesville nurse dies after contracting COVID-19
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May 11 local updates:
- 36 new deaths since Sunday evening; toll at 1,441
- Gov. Kemps extends restrictions on bars, restaurants amid pandemic
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May 8 local updates:
- All of Georgia’s 159 counties now have at least one case of COVID-19
- Detained juvenile tests positive for COVID-19 in Georgia
- Hundreds of Georgia’s long-term care workers have virus
- Coronavirus may spread too fast for Georgia tracers to catch up
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May 2 local updates:
- 999 new COVID-19 cases, two dozen deaths confirmed in Georgia in last 24 hours
- Infection control lapses, short staffing put senior care homes at risk
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April 30 local updates:
- Hours before stay-at-home order ends, COVID-19 deaths in Georgia increase to 1,132
- Patient at state hospital for mental health care dies from COVID-19
April 29 local updates:
- Georgia’s coronavirus death toll rises to almost 1,100, cases surpass 25.6K
- Hundreds of Georgia’s poultry workers have tested positive for COVID-19
- New changes to state’s virus data confuse experts, residents alike
- OSHA investigating death of Piedmont Henry nurse
April 28 local updates:
- Georgia’s coronavirus death toll reaches 1,036; cases top 24.8K
- False-negative tests could cloud picture of coronavirus spread in Georgia
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April 23 local updates:
- Georgia’s coronavirus deaths increase to 881, cases reach 21,833
- Elections employee dies of COVID-19 ahead of Georgia’s primary
April 22 local updates:
April 21 local updates:
- Georgia surpasses 20K cases of COVID-19, reaches 818 deaths
- Death toll rises to 295 in Georgia’s nursing homes, senior care centers
- MARTA employee dies from COVID-19
April 20 local updates:
- Georgia’s coronavirus death toll reaches 750; state tops 19K cases
- Georgia’s jails and prisons remain crowded as COVID-19 spreads
- Two Georgia hospital workers die, 17 patients sickened with COVID-19
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April 18 local updates:
- Georgia’s coronavirus deaths increase to 677; 17.8K confirmed cases
- Georgia may already have reached peak of coronavirus deaths, model suggests
April 17 local updates:
- 650 coronavirus deaths reported as Georgia tops 17K cases
- Undercount of COVID-19 deaths means full effects on Georgia unknown
April 16 local updates:
April 15 local updates:
- Georgia’s coronavirus cases top 15K; death toll increases to 576
- Georgia to expand COVID-19 testing, key to reaching ‘new norm’
April 14 local updates:
- Coronavirus claims the lives of more than 500 Georgians
- TSA agent in Atlanta dies from the coronavirus
- Coronavirus hits Southwest Georgia county hard
- Former Clayton teacher dies after ‘hard-fought battle’ with COVID-19
April 13 local updates:
- Georgia’s coronavirus death toll at 480; cases top 13.6K
- 4 Fayetteville firefighters diagnosed with COVID-19
April 12 local updates:
- Coronavirus cases hit 12,452 in Georgia as deaths increase to 433
- Worker at Georgia governor’s mansion tests positive for coronavirus
- 22-year-old diagnosed with COVID-19 wasn’t killed by virus, Ga. coroner says
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April 10 local updates:
- Georgia’s coronavirus death toll rises to 425; cases reach 11,859
- List of infected Georgia nursing and senior care homes nearly doubles
- Outbreak apparently taking heavier toll on blacks
- Just a handful of Georgia counties have no reported coronavirus outbreaks
- ICE detainees in Georgia test positive for novel coronavirus
- 2 Macon inmates test positive for coronavirus
- 67 residents, 7 employees reportedly test positive at Augusta nursing home
- At least 1 more Kennessaw Whole Foods employee tests positive for COVID-19
April 9 local updates:
- 33 more coronavirus deaths bring Georgia’s toll to 412; cases reach 10,885
- 2 Tyson chicken factory workers die from COVID-19 in South Georgia, union says
- Clayton quarantines courthouse staff, closes building after ‘multiple’ COVID-19 cases
- MARTA turns to masks, sick pay as pandemic sickens workers
April 8 local updates:
- Georgia tops 10K coronavirus cases as deaths increase to 369
- A dozens die in senior care homes, Kemp extends statewide lockdown
April 7 local updates:
- Georgia reports 35 more coronavirus deaths as cases reach 8,818
- Kennesaw Whole Foods employee diagnosed with COVID-19
April 6 local updates:
- 65 more coronavirus deaths bring Georgia’s toll near 300; cases surpass 7.5K
- Fear spreads behind bars after two prisoner deaths at Lee State Prison
- Two more Georgia juvenile justice employees test positive for COVID-19
- 75 more deaths in a day; Georgia enters devastating phase of outbreak
April 5 local updates:
- 6,742 coronavirus cases now confirmed in Georgia; death toll rises to 219
- Second Lee State prisoner dies of COVID-19
April 4 local updates:
- Seven more coronavirus deaths reported as Georgia’s cases increase to 6,383
- Rockdale County sheriff tests positive for COVID-19
April 3 local updates:
- 14 new coronavirus deaths brings Georgia total close to 200
- State provides first accounting of outbreaks in senior care facilities
- Update: No Georgia children have died from the coronavirus
April 2 local updates:
- Coronavirus deaths increase to 176 in Georgia, cases reach 5,444
- Coronavirus cases now reported at 58 Georgia senior care facilities
April 1 local updates:
- Georgia surpasses 150 coronavirus deaths, reaches 4,748 total cases
- Days after helping UGA students move out, housing employee diagnosed with COVID-19
- Cobb Health Department employee tests positive for COVID-19
- DeKalb jail operations supervisor tests positive for COVID-19
March 31 local updates:
- Georgia surpasses 4K coronavirus cases, reaches 125 deaths
- Georgia immigration detention employee tests positive for coronavirus
March 30 local updates:
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Georgia surpasses 3K cases of coronavirus; reaches 100 deaths
- Study: Georgia COVID-19 pandemic to peak week of April 22
- Sheriff: 14 Fulton jail inmates have contracted COVID-19
March 29 local updates:
- Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ga. climb to 2,683; deaths increase to 83
- Atlanta city employee who distributed laptops tests positive for COVID-19
March 28 local updates:
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10 more deaths reported as Georgia’s coronavirus cases rise to 2,446
- Atlanta Public Schools reports 2 more coronavirus cases
- Another DeKalb Jail inmate tests positive for coronavirus
March 27 local updates:
- Coronavirus death toll increases to 65 in Georgia; 2,198 total cases
- Ga. inmate dies from COVID-19 as outbreak worsens in prisons
- Four TSA screeners at Hartsfield-Jackson test positive for coronavirus
March 26 local updates:
- 8 new coronavirus deaths brings Georgia’s toll to 56; 1,643 total cases
- Third TSA screener at Hartsfield-Jackson tests positive for coronavirus
- First Georgia state House member tests positive for coronavirus
March 25 local updates:
- 7 more coronavirus deaths confirmed in Georgia; case total rises to 1,387
- 2nd APD officer contracts COVID-19 as others await tests, results
- MARTA employee reports testing positive for coronavirus
- Metro Atlanta juvenile justice employee tests positive for coronavirus
- Second North Georgia church member dies after coronavirus diagnosis
- University of North Georgia student tests positive for COVID-19
- Fifth Georgia state senator tests positive for coronavirus
March 24 local updates:
- Death toll rises to 38 due to coronavirus; 1,097 total cases
- DeKalb Jail inmate, employee test positive for COVID-19
- Clarke County reports first death from the coronavirus
- Civilian army employee at Fort Stewart tests positive for coronavirus
- Employee at Cumming Publix tests positive for coronavirus, store says
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Fulton courts closes room after visitor tests positive for COVID-19
March 23 local updates:
- Coronavirus death toll rises to 26 in Georgia; 800 total cases
- The coronavirus claims two Georgia health care workers
- First Fulton County inmate tests positive for COVID-19
- DeKalb Schools employee tests positive for coronavirus
- Four more Lee State prisoners tested for COVID-19
- Atlanta City Hall snack shop employee tests positive for coronavirus
March 22 local updates:
- 620 coronavirus cases confirmed in Georgia, 25 deaths
- Coronavirus hits young girl, police officer, prison inmates
- Two connected to Fort Benning test positive for coronavirus
March 21 local updates:
- 555 coronavirus cases confirmed in Georgia; 20 deaths
- 3 Georgia prison inmates test positive for COVID-19, others monitored
- First Atlanta police officer tests positive for coronavirus
- More coronavirus cases reported in Georgia Senate
March 20 local updates:
- 14 deaths, 485 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Georgia
- Georgia State University employee tests positive for COVID-19
- City of Decatur employee tests positive for COVID-19
- Worker in Georgia Tech building tests positive for COVID-19, school says
March 19 local updates:
- Georgia coronavirus cases rise to 287; death toll jumps to 10
- Coroner: North Georgia woman diagnosed with coronavirus has died
- North Georgia couple hit with coronavirus after attending church
- Atlanta Public Schools reports first coronavirus case; says students not exposed
March 18 local updates:
- Health officials confirm 197 coronavirus cases in Georgia
- Two coronavirus deaths confirmed in southwest Georgia; total now 3
- GA prisons employee contracts COVID-19
- Georgia state senator tests positive for coronavirus
March 17 local updates:
- 146 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Georgia
- Nine doctors positive for coronavirus, according to CNN’s Gupta
- Georgia’s first senior care coronavirus cases reported
- Marietta councilwoman diagnosed with coronavirus
- Second Georgia senior care home reports coronavirus case
March 16 local updates:
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Number of Georgia coronavirus cases rises to 121
- Two Emory University students test positive for COVID-19
- 2 reportedly test positive at Augusta University Health System
- TSA screener at Hartsfield-Jackson tests positive for coronavirus
- CDC reports first employee with coronavirus
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March 14 local updates:
- Georgia’s coronavirus cases spike as more people get tested; 66 confirmed
- Brookhaven employee tests positive for coronavirus; City Hall staff told to quarantine
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March 11 local updates:
- Georgia now has 31 presumed and confirmed cases of coronavirus
- Georgia races to respond to coronavirus as number of possible cases rises to 22
March 10 local updates:
- More testing in Georgia resulting in more coronavirus cases
- Canton Waffle House employee positive for coronavirus
- Firefighters who aided Fulton teacher with coronavirus are quarantined
- Paulding school employee quarantined after contact with coronavirus
March 9 local updates:
- Confirmed and presumptive cases of virus in Georgia increase to 17
- Acworth day care teacher tests positive for coronavirus, school closes
- Kemp: ATL passenger screened for coronavirus after South Korea flight
- Fulton closing schools Tuesday after teacher tests positive for coronavirus
- Georgia preparing park for isolating patients exposed to coronavirus
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March 5 local updates:
- Private school in Cherokee closed because of coronavirus concerns
- 2nd Cherokee school temporarily shuts down amid fears of coronavirus
March 3 local updates:
- Fulton County dad, son test positive for coronavirus after Italy trip
- Georgia to ramp up testing, screening after first cases of coronavirus
More real-time coronavirus reports and maps:
- Georgia Department of Public Health: COVID-19 cases in Georgia
- Centers for Disease Control: United States map | Global map
- World Health Organization: Daily situation reports
- Johns Hopkins: Global map and data dashboard
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