Metro Atlanta has been moved into the Red Zone as a result of the recent surge of COVID-19 cases, according to Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.
According to the CDC, Fulton and DeKalb counties remain areas of high transmission for the COVID-19 virus. In Fulton County alone, the seven-day average of COVID-19 cases has surged to 1,430 from the previous seven-day average of 407—the highest rate of change since the beginning of the pandemic.
The city reinstated the indoor mask mandate last week at which time the city was said to the in the Yellow (moderate) Zone.
The Red Zone means that the community transmission is at a high level, according to the CDC. According to the most recent report from the Georgia Hospital Association, 13.1% of all inpatients are there as a result of COVID-19. The total number of COVID-19 patients at this time is 1,934.
This is a look at how COVID-19 cases have spiked in Fulton and DeKalb Counties in just the last two weeks. These charts are updated on the Georgia Health Department’s website. Atlanta is moving back to the red zone. pic.twitter.com/E8j5f636OQ
— Hayley Mason (@HayleyMasonTV) December 28, 2021
COVID-19 patients currently occupy 76.5% of emergency department beds, 80.3% ICUD beds, and 78.2% of inpatient beds.
At the highest point of the pandemic in September 2021, there were 6,032 COVID-19 patients.
According to the Georgia Department of Health, there have been 1,370,825 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Georgia since testing began. Additionally, there have been 26,313 confirmed COVID-19 deaths and 4,984 probably deaths. 93,893 people have been hospitalized and 14,313 people have spent time in the ICU.
The 7-day average of COVID-9 cases in Georgia rose to nearly 8,700 on Monday. That is near the same number of cases that were reported in September. Additionally, the share of positive molecular PCR tests hit an all-time high of almost 31% on Monday.
It was also announced today that the city’s annual New Year’s Eve Peach Drop celebration has been canceled.
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