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| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Georgia, U.S. |
| Index case | Atlanta |
| Arrival date | March 2, 2020 (4 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days ago) |
| Confirmed cases | 868,163 (as of April 17, 2021[update]) |
| Hospitalized cases | 60,403 (cumulative) |
Deaths | 17,214 |
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The COVID-19 pandemic was first detected in the U.S. state of Georgia on March 2, 2020. The state's first death came ten days later on March 12. As of April 17, 2021[update], there were 868,163 confirmed cases, 60,403 hospitalizations, and 17,214 deaths.[1] All of Georgia's 159 counties now report COVID-19 cases, with Gwinnett County reporting over 85,000 cases and the next three counties (Fulton, Cobb and DeKalb) now reporting over 56,000 cases each.[1]
Governor Brian Kemp declared an "unprecedented" public health emergency on March 14[2][3] and ordered on March 16 that all public schools, colleges, and universities in the state close from March 18 through the start of April.[4] COVID-19 was first detected in a prison inmate on March 20.[5] On March 23, gatherings of over 10 people were banned, bars and nightclubs were ordered to close, and a shelter-in-place order for the "medically fragile" was issued.[6] On April 2, a statewide shelter in place order was announced.[7]
On March 23, Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed a 14-day stay-at-home order to direct all city residents to stay at home except for performing essential tasks through April 7.[8][9] This followed a city-wide state of emergency on March 15 prohibiting "large public gatherings of more than 250 people"[10] and a March 20 order for businesses to close.[11] The city of South Fulton instituted a curfew on March 17, requiring residents to stay at home from 6:00 PM to 7:00 AM (with work and medical exceptions) and barring gatherings of more than ten people.[12] On March 23, DeKalb County enacted a "voluntary curfew".[13] Savannah issued a shelter-in-place order on March 24.[14]
As of September 2, 2021[update], Georgia has administered 9,882,512 COVID-19 vaccine doses, and has fully vaccinated 4,444,517 people, equivalent to 42.72 percent of the population.[15]
- ^ a b "Georgia Department of Public Health COVID-19 Daily Status Report". Georgia Department of Public Health. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ Redmon, Jeremy; Bluestein, Greg (March 13, 2020). "Georgia to declare public health emergency amid coronavirus outbreak". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on April 13, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ Bluestein, Greg (March 14, 2020). "UPDATE: Kemp declares public health emergency; 66 coronavirus cases in Ga". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on June 20, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ Bluestein, Greg (March 16, 2020). "Kemp orders public K-12 schools, colleges in Georgia closed through end of March". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on May 11, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
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prison-covid-positive-03-20was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bluestein, Greg (March 23, 2020). "Breaking: Kemp bans many gatherings, orders shelter in place for 'medically fragile' in Georgia". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on April 3, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- ^ Judd, Alan (April 2, 2020). "One month after warnings, Kemp puts Georgia on lockdown". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on May 23, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
- ^ "Executive Order Number 2020-21 by the Mayor". City of Atlanta. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- ^ Hansen, Zachary (March 23, 2020). "Atlanta Mayor signs 14-day stay-at-home order due to coronavirus pandemic". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on May 27, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- ^ Habersham, Raisa (March 15, 2020). "UPDATE: Atlanta mayor declares state of emergency in city". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on March 29, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ Deere, Stephen; Quinn, Christopher (March 19, 2020). "Atlanta mayor closes restaurants to inside dining". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on April 14, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
- ^ Brasch, Ben (March 18, 2020). "South Fulton under COVID-19 curfew; 5 council members self-quarantine". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on March 19, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
- ^ Estep, Tyler (March 23, 2020). "DeKalb puts restrictions on businesses, gatherings". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on April 4, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- ^ Dennis, Zach; Robertson, Nick (March 24, 2020). "Savannah mayor issues mandatory shelter-in-place order, effective Tuesday night". Savannah Morning News. Archived from the original on April 24, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ "Georgia - COVID-19 Overview - Johns Hopkins". Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. Retrieved May 28, 2021.