COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (U.S. state)
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, 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]
This article is about cases within the American state of Georgia. For the country of Georgia, see COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (country).COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia
Georgia, U.S.
March 2, 2020 (4 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days ago)
868,163 (as of April 17, 2021)
60,403 (cumulative)
17,214
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, 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]