Dph georgia covid cases. The georgia department of community health shbp division has coordinated with our medical pharmacy and wellness administrators to provide shbp members helpful information on covid 19. The georgia department of public health dph and the centers for disease control and prevention cdc have confirmed two additional cases of covid 19 in georgia. Each of our administrators have updated their shbp member sites to include information and any enhanced benefits related to covid 19.
We update it at 315 pm. Case and testing information by citytown. This report shows covid 19 cases in licensed nursing homes assisted living communities and personal care homes of 25 beds or more based on data reported by the facilities to the georgia department of public health as of 200 pm.
This dashboard gives up to date counts for cases deaths and other key statewide measures for the novel coronavirus. Testing was done by the cdc prior to the georgia public health laboratory gphl having the capacity to test for covid 19. Each confirmed case of covid 19 will work with trained dph staff to identify everyone theyve been in contact with to prevent additional spread of the disease.
The following measures should be implemented in all long term care facilities throughout georgia regardless of whether there are increased respiratory illness or confirmed cases of covid 19 in the facility and regardless of the number of persons diagnosed with covid 19 in the immediate area. The georgia department of public health dph is the lead agency in preventing disease injury and disability. Massachusetts residents subject to covid 19 quarantine.
On the date of the report. Data from dph update 81420 the georgia dph daily status report is updated daily at 3pm and my site is updated later. The weekly public health report includes enhanced more granular information to be updated on a weekly or biweekly basis.
Wtoc the georgia department of public health reported 3472 new confirmed cases of covid 19 in the state on thursday july 2. It is the highest single day total reported since the pandemic began. It is possible that a facility may report different.
Weekly covid 19 public health report august 12 2020.