The Georgia Department of Public Health has reported that there have been 7558 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the state as of 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 6, 2020. Floyd County has 89 confirmed cases and 3 deaths at the time of this report. Bartow County has 182 confirmed cases with 11 deaths reported. Polk…… read more »
Georgia Department of Public Health has reported that there have been 7314 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the state as of 12-noon on Monday, April 6, 2020. Floyd County has 84 confirmed cases and 3 deaths at the time of this report. The number of confirmed cases in Polk County has risen to 20, and…… read more »
The Georgia Department of Public Health has reported that there were 6,742 confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide as of 7 pm on Sunday night. There have been 219 fatalities in Georgia due to the coronavirus. In Floyd County, there have been 82 confirmed cases and three fatalities. Fulton County leads the state in confirmed cases…… read more »
Rome City Schools Superintendent Louis Byars has sent a letter to parents and students that addresses the abrupt end to the 2019-2020 school year due to COVID-19. In the letter, he announced that Rome High’s prom has been cancelled, along with summer camps through June 30th. Byars had this to say to the members of…… read more »
COVID-19 continues to impact Georgia’s gas prices, according to AAA, The Auto Club Group. Motorists across the state are now paying an average price of $1.77 per gallon of regular unleaded. That’s eight cents less than last week, 46 cents less than last month, and 84 cents less than this time last year. It now…… read more »
The Rome City Commission will hold a special called meeting this afternoon at 2:30 pm. The virtual meeting will be aired live on Facebook on the City of Rome, GA – Government page.… read more »
The most vulnerable children in our community have just become even more vulnerable due to the coronavirus outbreak, asserts Mary Margaret Mauer, the co-founder of Restoration Rome, a local non-profit organization which serves as a hub for foster, adoption, family and community services. Mauer says that calls to Division of Family and Children Services (or…… read more »
The Georgia Department of Public Health has reported that there have been 6383 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the state as of 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Floyd County has 80 confirmed cases and 3 deaths at the time of this report. Bartow County has 160 confirmed cases with 7 deaths reported. Polk…… read more »
Georgia Department of Public Health has reported that there have been 6160 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the state as of 12-noon on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Floyd County has 79 confirmed cases and 3 deaths at the time of this report. The number of confirmed cases in Polk County has risen to 18, and…… read more »
Dr. Gary Voccio Health Director Georgia Department of Public Health – Northwest District From Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest District Press Release: ROME, GA: Just about everyone in our public health office is feeling that knot in our stomachs, so we know a lot of other people must be feeling it, too. And rightly…… read more »