The Georgia Department of Public Health has reported that there have been 11,859 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the state as of 7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 10, 2020. Floyd County has 104 confirmed cases and 5 deaths at the time of this report. Bartow County has 208 confirmed cases with 15 deaths reported. Polk…… read more »
ROME, GA: You may have heard about some recent national studies suggesting that our social distancing measures, or what I prefer to call safe physical distancing measures, appear to be making a difference in slowing the spread of COVID-19. Indeed, looking at our data for Northwest Georgia, we can see the beginning of what we…… read more »
Georgia Department of Public Health has reported that there have been 11,483 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the state as of 12-noon on Friday, April 10, 2020. Floyd County has 99 confirmed cases and 5 deaths at the time of this report. The number of confirmed cases in Polk County (21), Gordon County (28), Chattooga…… read more »
An emergency shelter is being established on the Kingston Highway to house the homeless of Rome and Floyd County amid concerns over the coronavirus. The statewide shelter-in-place order issued by Governor Brian Kemp remains in effect through April 30th. The shelter will offer safe haven to locals in need as all Georgians do their part…… read more »
Communities in Schools of Rome and Floyd County has been reaching out to those who are on the front lines in the battle against COVID-19. Gregory Wooten, CIS Executive Director, enthuses that his organization has provided lunches to local healthcare workers in recent days, as well as snacks to Rome and Floyd County Schools’ nutrition…… read more »
The Georgia Department of Labor processed more unemployment claims last week than were processed during the entire year 2019. According to a media release by the GDOL, 390,132 UI claims were processed during the week of March 29th through April 4th, over three times what was processed during the week prior. Initial unemployment claims throughout…… read more »
Georgia Department of Public Health has reported that there have been 10,885 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the state as of 12-noon on Thursday, April 9, 2020. Floyd County has 100 confirmed cases and 5 deaths at the time of this report. The number of confirmed cases in Polk County (22), Gordon County (27), Chattooga…… read more »
Georgia Department of Public Health has reported that there have been 10,566 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the state as of 12-noon on Thursday, April 9, 2020. Floyd County has 99 confirmed cases and 4 deaths at the time of this report. The number of confirmed cases in Polk County (22), Gordon County (26), Chattooga…… read more »
PRESS RELEASE FROM: OFFICE OF GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE BRAD RAFFENSPERGER (ATLANTA) — Today, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that, pursuant to the authority vested in him by O.C.G.A. § 21-2-50.1, he is postponing the Statewide General Primary/Presidential Preference Primary Election until June 9, 2020. Yesterday, Governor Brian Kemp extended the current public health state of…… read more »
Over 10,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (or coronavirus) have now been reported in Georgia by the state Department of Public Health. There were 10,204 confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide as of Wednesday evening, according to the latest report from the DPH. There were a total of 370 deaths. In Floyd County, there were 97 confirmed…… read more »