Politics & Government
New Call Center Opens In DeKalb County: GA Coronavirus
DeKalb County opened a call center to answer resident questions related to the coronavirus.
DEKALB COUNTY, GA — To help answer questions related to risks of the coronavirus, prevention, symptoms, isolation, community resources and testing, the DeKalb County Board of Health has established a call center.
It opened March 24. The county is providing residents a local alternative to the state’s hotline. The call center is open from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and can be reached by calling (404) 294-3700, 'Option 1.'
The number of coronavirus deaths and confirmed cases in Georgiaspiked over the past 24 hours. The updated tally, released at noon on Tuesday, reflects an increase of more than 1,000 cases from noon on Monday, and 21 additional deaths, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.
Numbers released Tuesday at noon show 108 deaths, 818 hospitalized and 3,817 confirmed cases in Georgia.
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As of Tuesday afternoon, Fulton County's 547 cases are the most of any Georgia locality. The next highest totals are 455 in Dougherty County, DeKalb with 325 cases, Cobb with 272 cases, Gwinnett with 233 cases, Bartow with 129 cases and Carroll with 122 cases.
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Of those counties, Dougherty has the most deaths in the state with 18. Fulton has had 17 deaths, Cobb had 11, Lee has had six, Clarke had five, Fayette had four, DeKalb and Clayton each had three, and Gwinnett, Bartow, Henry, Cherokee, Coweta, Terrell, Rockdale, Floyd, Sumter, Houston, Chatham, and Barrow each had two deaths.
Globally, more than 803,000 people have been infected and more than 39,000 people have died from the new coronavirus, Johns Hopkins reported Tuesday. Of that total, more than 164,000 confirmed cases were in the United States. There have been 3,170 U.S. deaths tied to the virus outbreak.
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