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Health Care September 11, 2021

Latest school-age numbers for COVID in Cobb show cases among 5-17 year olds decreasing, 18-22 year olds increasing

The latest numbers from the Georgia Department of Health School Aged COVID-19 Surveillance Report for Cobb County shows a decrease in COVID cases among the age group in the elementary,…

Health Care August 27, 2021

Dept. of Public Health: Georgia hospitals at breaking point as COVID overwhelms resources

The Georgia Department of Public Health sent out an alarm yesterday in the form of a press release announcing that hospital emergency services in the state are pushed to the…

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Health Care August 13, 2021

Georgia Department of Public Health weekly update on school-age COVID cases in Cobb

In addition to the weekly numbers from the Cobb County School District, the Georgia Department of Public Health posts weekly updates on school-aged residents who test positive for COVID-19. The…

Health Care August 8, 2021

If you haven’t already, get vaccinated now

The overwhelming medical evidence and advice is that you should get vaccinated. The COVID-19 vaccination not only slows the spread of the disease and helps prevent the vaccinated individual from…

Health Care August 7, 2021

School-aged COVID-19 cases in Cobb County over the past week

The trends in Cobb County and the rest of Georgia on COVID-19 cases among school-aged children are grim. The confirmed cases are in the high community transmission level and increasing…

Health Care August 1, 2020

Cobb confirmed COVID-19 cases at 11,436

The Daily Status Report from the Georgia Department of Public Health puts the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Cobb County at 11,436 on August 1. The number of…

Health Care July 25, 2020

COVID-19 cases in Cobb top 10,000

After posting a single-day record for hospitalizations between Thursday and Friday, Cobb County hit another milestone this afternoon, as the Georgia Department of Public Health reported on it’s Daily Status…

Health Care July 24, 2020

Cobb hits record one-day increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations

Over the one-day period between Thursday and Friday afternoons, Cobb County hit its highest single day increase in hospitalizations due to COVID-19 ,with 33 people hospitalized. The State of Georgia…

Health Care July 23, 2020

COVID-19 deaths per 100k of population creeps steadily upward in Cobb County

A month ago we reported on the numbers from the Georgia Department of Public Health, and the COVID-19 deaths in Cobb County per 100k of population on June 23 stood…

Health Care June 26, 2020

Cobb adds 86 new confirmed cases, 1 death and 8 hospitalizations from COVID-19

The daily status report from the Georgia Department of Public Health indicates that over the 24-hour period since yesterday’s report, Cobb County added 86 confirmed new cases, one death, and…

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