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It was July 11, 1979, and I was in Gibsonton, Florida, outside Tampa. On that day, the whole world was crazy. The 77-ton Skylab space station was set to crash to earth. The fear that it would miss its target, the Indian Ocean, and create random hellfire turned it into the favored party theme everywhere that year. I went to one such impromptu party that day in Gibsonton, which was famous as the summer residence of the nation’s “carnies” — people who work for the carnivals that move all around America most of the year. My particular motivation for spending a few weeks there was to hang out with sideshow performers, especially the stars of so-called freak shows — “human oddities” — for a story I was writing. Unfortunately, it was difficult to penetrate that community unless I combined obsequiousness with drunkenness. I’ll spare you the details, but I ended up drunk behind the trailer of a famous freak, grilling burgers and hot dogs. It was a big deal for an outsider to be included by carnies. The host brought me a hot dog and I balked. “Thanks, but I don’t eat those.” I might as well have dropped the Skylab on the festival. Everyone went silent. “You said you love carnivals and you don’t eat hot dogs? Why don’t you eat them?” “They make me sick. Ever since I was a kid, they’ve made me sick. It’s nothing personal. They make me sick, man.” I laughed drunkenly. “It’s like you’d be hit right here by a gut bomb instead of a space station. Haha.” Nobody laughed. Thus did I brand myself a human oddity among professional human oddities. Truly, as long as I can remember, I would not eat the scrap meat ground and compressed into the gruesome treat wrapped in spongy white bread often drenched with ketchup called the hot dog. I did learn to eat some real sausages whose flavor made it worth risking a gastrointestinal catastrophe, but I have mainly avoided hot dogs my entire life ... until a few weeks ago, when I ate so many I lost count. Pathetically, I now crave them. I love them. It wasn’t so much culinary adventure as pandemic cabin fever that led me to my new lover. True, I was intrigued when I came across promo material for a new venture in East Atlanta Village called Screamin’ Weenies. The name isn’t novel but it’s a good choice since the hot dog stand is operated on the rear patio of the very cool Banshee restaurant. Screaming is what banshees do best. It also occurred to me that hot dog joints might make a good pandemic story. I was double-vaccinated but still cautious, and I figured hot dogs are a quick, usually outdoors eat. So I took the pills I take to make scary food digestible and headed over to Screamin’ Weenies, which is open 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. The patio space is small, and most people were picking up at the window of the mini-food truck where the dogs are cooked. I wanted to soak up the screamin’ vibe, so I threw my book on one of the few tiny tables available before ordering from the menu of five dogs. There was the Atlanta chili/slaw, the classic Chicago, a New Yorker with stewed onions, the classic naked that you dump everything from relish to sauerkraut on, and the day’s special Banshee Dog. I went for the latter. It included a beef hot dog over caramelized onion, flanked by sliced American cheese, topped with Thousand Island dressing pocked with chunks of dill pickle. I got all sentimental when I saw that Cheerwine, the cherry soda I drank on the Catawba River as a kid, was available. While I swilled my Cheerwine, I watched a woman be repelled from the order window for not wearing a mask. She had left hers in the car. “Hey,” I said, “I’m double-vaccinated. You can wear mine.” She declined. Hey, it’s not like I have herpes, bitch. I got up to fetch my dog. How do I love thee? Let me count the inches. The slim dog languidly draped itself across the roll, seriously jutting out at each end, grilled with a slight char. The ingredients were arranged with intention. I bit into one of the naked ends and got that vaunted snap from the natural lamb casing. The damn thing was delicious. The firm dog, made locally by Fripper’s, tasted like real beef and was nestled in all those creamy textures with one bit of crunch from the pickles. Damn. I wanted another but I confess I wasn’t up for paying about $20 for two dogs and a drink. But I was happy. I felt so ashamed that the young me had disparaged that hot dog long ago in Gib’town. That very evening, I excitedly told my friend Sausage Boy about the experience. He suggested that I may not want to generalize my new happiness to every hot dog in town. For an example of irredeemable misery, he said, I would not be able to write about hot dogs in Atlanta without going to the Varsity. I gasped. “I can’t go everywhere,” I said. He said: “The Varsity isn’t some unknown everywhere. It’s the mother of dogs, the nipple on which every Atlanta child is suckled all the way through adulthood until the grease coagulates in every artery and lands you in a coffin at a funeral celebration catered by the Varsity, the very people who killed you.” I told him I’d think about it. I had, by the way, decided I would limit this adventure to hot dogs, not the more complicated sausages that I really did learn to love. Nor would I be eating the raw onions that overpower every other taste with which they are associated. I would, however, permit myself to sample some chili, despite my dislike of the “classic” stuff that tastes like it was poured from a can stored in a fallout shelter for 40 years. That night I decided to try the hot dog at Grindhouse Killer Burgers. I’ve been addicted to their Apache burger ever since they first opened just over 10 years ago at the Sweet Auburn Curb Market. It has since left that location, expanding to several others, including the gigantic one on Memorial Drive that I decided to visit. It was a Sunday night and I didn’t expect a wait. It was, after all, the Lord’s Day during a plague he had visited upon the entire world in retaliation for America’s embrace of Donald Trump. The place actually was relatively packed, and the line to order moved so slowly that, exasperated, I decided to leave and go across the parking lot to load up on Sunday specials at Supremo Taco. As I approached the window, they literally slammed the shutters closed. “Sold out!” I returned to Grindhouse, and the people in front of me earlier admitted me back to my former place. I waited literally 20 minutes total with a crowd of fellow deep-sighers and eye-rollers. “Y’all are really slow,” I rudely said to the guy taking orders. He explained they were short-handed. Whatever. I placed my order to go and went to wait another 15 minutes at a table. When the bag arrived, I was ravenous and I decided to eat the hot dog on the premises. Grindhouse buys its dogs from legendary Vienna Beef in Chicago. I’d ordered mine with slaw, apparently the Atlanta favorite everywhere. I reached in the bag, pulled it out, and it completely fell apart in my hands. The aluminum foil I presumed was wrapping it turned out to be a loose sheet set over the top of the dog, which was in the usual cardboard cradle. I fetched the dog and bun from the floor. I swept the slaw on the table onto it. I ate it. It was actually delicious, and at $4 (including 50 cents for the slaw), it was the cheapest dog I’d eat. (I should note that the light use of aluminum foil would make the dog’s transport less steamy than full wrapping, but my piggy hands did not anticipate that.) I began to lose track of time. The hands on my clock turned into naked weenies. Eventually, a Saturday rolled around, and I felt fortified enough to attempt the unthinkable: The Varsity. I have lived in Atlanta most of my life and I have been to this enormous cliché only three times, as I recall. Once was in high school, on the way to the Georgia/Georgia Tech game. Second was with a visiting former college roommate who later cursed himself for trusting a tourist guide. Third was with my partner’s family. All were occasions of violent protest by my innards. I was shocked when I arrived, under the influence of GI medication, to see how crowded the place was, although I quickly found a parking space. The long line inside moved more rapidly than the bowels of the diners speeding to the bathrooms. I was happy to see that literally everyone in view was wearing a mask, except for the family of seven Appalachian refugees directly behind me. The woman in front of me surreptitiously took their picture and posted it online. “Where your masks at?” I asked Daddy Billy. He glared and pulled one of his litter close to him like a shield. “If you can use a child as your shield, you can wear a mask, dumbass.” Okay, I didn’t really say that. I ordered the iconic crap. A chili-cheese-slaw dog, onion rings, a fried peach pie, and a Frosted Orange. I was happy to notice that I did not hear any of the counter people shrieking the classic mantra, “Whattayahave?” My order instantaneously appeared, and I toted it to the “ESPN room” where I watched the Master’s Tournament and had flashbacks to childhood of watching golf all weekend with my father. I ate. You know what? I hate myself. I ate those gigantic, greasy onion rings in nothing flat. A young guy at a nearby table noted my speed and whined that he didn’t receive any ketchup for his rings. I tossed him my envelopes. “Why do you people put ketchup on everything fried?” I asked him. “Us people do that to cover up the strongest taste of the grease, dude. Duh!” Oh my god. It makes sense because everything there does have that singular note of aged, cured frying oil, supposedly never changed for decades. The Frosted Orange tasted like a melted Creamsicle, a bit watery but good enough to ring the bells of an ice cream truck in my head. The peach pie was fucking delicious. The hot dog of course was the most revolting thing I’ve put in my mouth since I was potty-trained. The greasy, stinky, yellow-stained chili made with ground-up mystery meat was slimed with hidden slaw from hell and yellow cheese that wouldn’t melt. Somehow, the baloney-tasting hot dog itself and its bun literally broke as if it were crying to be put out of its misery. Two bites and I was done. Sorry, dog. I called Sausage Boy on the way home. “It wasn’t that bad,” I said. “Only the hot dog was inedible.” “But the hot dog is the point,” he said. “You failed.” I was okay with failing. The Lord’s Day arrived again. I decided to head to Cabbagetown to visit Little’s Food Store, where I hadn’t been in years. I used to love to visit it and neighboring Carroll Street Café but that narrow street is a nightmare to negotiate. I actually embarrassed myself by immediately finding a large parking space directly in front of Little’s, which looks like a monument to so-called outsider art. As usual, the street was full of milling residents, hanging out in a few vacant lots turned into make-shift parks. I went inside. My eyes teared-up seeing all the grunge, and I rushed toward the grill where I was abruptly told to step my ass back. Soon enough, I ordered a chili dog with a side of slaw and some fries. I loitered, looking around mindlessly. An employee ordered me outside, where she soon brought my food in a black Styrofoam box. I sat on a bench outside the store and opened the box. My plan was to dump the sweet, spicy slaw on the chili dog, but that was difficult. I bit into the dog. I sighed. “I might as well face it,” I told the black cat that had suddenly appeared. “I just don’t like this super-ground version of chili that seems to be everyone’s favorite.” I dunked a limp fry in the chili and put it on the sidewalk for the presumably hungry stray. The cat sniffed and looked away. Fine. I put some slaw down. He struck it with his paw and backed away. Then he turned the corner and ran up the stairs to his apparent home. I wasn’t quite as unimpressed as the cat, who probably got sick of the food years ago, and the chili was definitely better than the Varsity’s, as was the hot dog itself, made by Fripper’s like those at Screamin’ Weenies. I ate it all. But I shuddered when I looked up and saw that Little’s flew a pirate’s flag. Between it and the black cat, I must have been bound for bad luck. I called Sausage Boy again. “I’m becoming indiscriminate,” I said. “Everything is running together in my head. A black cat derided me for eating a chili dog today.” He proposed a solution: “Go try a vegan or vegetarian hot dog.” Was this the bad luck the cat brought? Most of the hot dog places I investigated did offer such a thing, but how could something I have always hated be any more tolerable when imitated by healthy vegetables put to criminal use? But I decided to give it a go. I journeyed in the rain to the MET in West Atlanta. This gigantic warehouse development is home to La Bodega, a take-out pupuseria which also hosts the Window, a pop-up location for start-ups. One of those is Carrot Dog, operated by Kemi Bennings as part of her company, Food for Thought Vegan Café. She has an impressive resume of feeding celebrities and brands herself a “renaissance woman and creative badass.” When I first saw Carrot Dog during an earlier visit to review Bodega, I was thoroughly repulsed. I don’t really like carrots, and at the time I still really loathed even the thought of a hot dog. I’m going to be hated for saying this, but I ended up telling myself that this ridiculous creation was my favorite hot dog. I don’t know if that’s fair. Calling a carrot a weenie may be too oxymoronic even for this dying world. Bennings brines fat carrots in countless spices before cooking them. The carrots have just the right texture. They aren’t mushy like the ones your mother serves with pot roast, and they aren’t raw and unseasoned like people who claim they improve vision want them to be. These are nestled into slightly grilled buns and then dressed in a variety of ways. I chose a “Southern Santa Fe” specialty dog. The carrot is covered with chopped romaine lettuce, sliced avocado, smoked chipotle vegan mayo, chopped onions (which I declined), and, um, vegan bacon. Alright, I admit that the best thing about the tiny flap of vegan bacon was that it was completely inconspicuous with no noticeable taste or texture. I actually would have preferred more heat from the chipotle mayo, but this creation was a huge relief from everything I’d eaten. I think the effect was like eating dog food for weeks and then being served a fresh salad. Whatever, it was really good and only available Saturdays. But I was still hungry. Shamefully, on the way home, I decided to pay a second quick visit to Hot Dog Pete’s in Summerhill. I had tried takeout with a friend last summer and wasn’t impressed enough to eat more than a couple of bites of the two dogs we ordered. The menu includes sausages as well as an all-beef wiener and one made with beef and pork. They are all made by Fritz’s Meat & Superior Sausage in Kansas City. Pete’s shares ownership and patios with the oddly named Hero Doughnuts & Buns. More than doughnuts, Hero is known for its sandwiches made with house-baked brioche buns. The fried pork chop, the “Super Crunch” chicken, and the burger are all as addictive as the name of the house’s secret sauce — “crack sauce” — suggests. To stay consistent, I ordered an all-beef hot dog with chili and slaw. The big difference here is slaw made with collards and a brioche bun from Alon’s that earns our highly coveted Best of the Buns Award. Everything about this dog was savory — even the chili, despite one flaw: weirdly dry beans. But I’ll gladly deal with that in exchange for not having to deal with the over-seasoned greasy stuff that most seem to prefer. Time ticked on. I was growing tired of this adventure. I called Sausage Boy and told him I felt I needed to get to two more places — the Original Hot Dog Factory and Skip’s Chicago Dogs. “I need encouragement,” I told him. “Last night I dreamed I was back in Gibsonton and Lobster Boy murdered me.” The Sausage told me he had faith in me. I hung up the phone and got in my car and headed to the Original Hot Dog Factory on Piedmont Avenue. It’s technically on the Georgia State University campus. About four hours later I was looking up from a bed and had no idea where I was. A doctor explained that I was in the Emory Midtown Hospital emergency room. I had been in a car wreck. I was completely uninjured, but I was in a state of total amnesia. I remembered nothing of the last hours. “What is wrong with me?” I asked. “We’re not sure,” he said. “It’s the hot dogs,” I said. “What?” “Never mind.” He wanted me to stay overnight for examination the next morning by a neurologist. However, Kaiser, my insurance company, insisted that I be discharged (and it took over a week to get an appointment with them). The next morning, I Ubered to pick up my car at the city lot where it had been towed. I expected it to be damaged, but it was not. “Are you okay?” one of the employees out front asked me. “I need a hot dog.” I got in my car and drove directly to the Original Hot Dog Factory. I wasn’t sure if I had actually been there or not. I only knew that my accident, which involved another car, was in the immediate area. The restaurant, part of a chain, was empty except for me and two employees. “Hey,” I said, “did y’all happen to see an accident near here yesterday?” They said they had not. “Well, what about me? Did I eat here?” They looked a bit perturbed. “Never mind,” I said. With the advice of one of the employees, I ordered the all-beef Hawaiian dog. I also forced myself to do the unthinkable and order the second corn dog of my life. As I had come to realize by this point, there is no such thing as a hot dog with too much topping. The Hawaiian dog’s included a gigantic load of bacon, cheese, lightly grilled onions, and lots of grilled pineapple. In other words, it was the weenie version of the Hawaiian pizza which I usually detest, but it was the perfect mindless food for the amnesiac I had become. I figured I’d forget it by the time I got home. Obviously, I didn’t. I do congratulate myself for being able to eat the mess without resorting to a knife and fork. Hot dogs have made me a master of finger food. I don’t know exactly why the concept of a corn dog disgusts me. The only one I remember ever eating was on a dare at Dakota Blue in Grant Park about five years ago, and I actually kind of liked it. My corn dog at The Hot Dog Factory looked like a bulbous fried sex toy. I nervously bit into it and was surprised by a rush of crispy, juicy sweetness. The all-beef dog retained its earthy flavor. Yeah, boy! I decided I needed to try a dessert. This causes me a great deal of shame, and I blame it on my brain-rattling accident. I ate a fried Twinkie. I can say with absolute certainty that I have never eaten a Twinkie in any form, although I was tempted in the late ’70s when Dan White supposedly blamed eating too many Twinkies for his assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. This was labeled the “Twinkie Defense.” I have no viable defense of my decision to eat the deep-fried mess at the Hot Dog Factory, but it was spectacularly delicious, like a fist full of creamy melting cake oozing all kinds of white stuff inside sugar-coated crispy batter. It made the glazed donut at Krispy Kreme seem so pathetic. I shared this discovery with Sausage Boy, explaining that I was starting to doubt my taste. He acknowledged my worry but urged me to be kinder to myself. I told him the Twinkie had awakened a memory of working at Six Flags Over Georgia when I was 16. How had I forgotten that I worked in a hot dog stand? How had I forgotten how much I hated the customers who acted like they were buying delicacies instead of shitloads of crap I barely cooked on a griddle? How had I forgotten that throwing a hot dog at a customer and shoving him with a broom handle had nearly gotten me fired? Obviously, the hot dog — foe of my digestion and weapon against redneck assholes — was intimately connected to the PTSD I never knew I suffered. “Be strong,” Sausage Boy told me. “You’re at the end.” Onward! Wednesday arrived. That’s the day I resumed my years-long weekly lunch with two fully vaccinated friends. We drove to 40-year-old Skip’s Chicago Dogs in Avondale, probably the venue most hot dog lovers mentioned to me when I asked for recommendations. It looks like your usual fast-food place with mustard-and-ketchup-colored walls hung with sports stuff. Despite the name, sandwiches and burgers outnumber the hot dogs, which are made with Vienna beef. In my little sampling of hot dogs over the years, the Chicago style has usually been the most appetizing. Skip’s dog, according to the menu, is typically topped with pickles, peppers, celery salt, mustard, relish, and tomatoes. Sorry, Skip, but my dog was a low-class version. I found none of the juicy-hot sport pickles that I love. The huge strip of dill pickle overwhelmed everything. The tomatoes were pink and flavorless. What am I missing, people? By way of comparison to the Varsity, with which everyone positively compared it, I also ordered onion rings and a chili-slaw dog. The rings weren’t bad, but they were anemically skinny compared to the Varsity’s (and, granted, a ton less greasy). While no chili anywhere on the planet is as vile as the Varsity’s, Skip’s was totally meh, and the slaw tasted straight out of the Kroger deli bin. My friends did no better with their orders. I expected this to be the grand finale of my tour. But it was more like a return to vapidity. I felt my lust for hot dogs deflating, and, looking back, it was the dogs at Screamin’ Weenies and Carrot Dog that I hold dearest to my broken heart. I called Sausage Boy and told him I was done. He warmly congratulated me. “Is Little’s black cat of bad fortune on you forever? Was it worth the traffic accident you don’t remember and might land you in jail?” he asked. “Was it worth the derepression of traumatic memories of the human oddities you outraged and the customer you assaulted with a hot dog at Six Flags? What impassions you now? What calls you?” I had no answer. I had gone so high. Maybe … I called Sausage Boy repeatedly for guidance in the weeks that followed and never heard back from him. Finally, the doorbell rang one day, and there was a black cat on the front porch with a weenie between its teeth. It was time to start over. —CL— Screamin’ Weenies, 1271 Glenwood Ave. (rear of Banshee), 404-428-2034, open 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. only, @screaminweeniesatlanta Grindhouse Killer Burgers, 701 Memorial Drive S.E., 404-228-3722, grindhouseburgers.com. The Varsity, 61 North Ave. N.W., 404-881-1706, https://www.thevarsity.com/ Little’s Food Store, 198 Carroll St. S.E., 404-963-7012, https://www.littlesfoodstore.com/ Carrot Dog, 680 Murphy Ave., 404-447-8451, open 12-4 p.m. Saturdays, kemibennings.com, Kemi Bennings @carrotdogatl Hot Dog Pete’s, 25 Georgia Ave., 470-369-6777, hotdogpetes.com, @hotdogpetes The Original Hot Dog Factory, 75 Piedmont Ave., 404-907-4133, theoriginalhotdogfactory.com Skip’s Chicago Dogs, 48 N. Avondale Road, Avondale Estates, 404-292-6703, skipschicagodogs.com" ["tracker_field_contentWikiPage_raw"]=> string(24754) "It was a day that I should have named the Weenie Apocalypse. It was July 11, 1979, and I was in Gibsonton, Florida, outside Tampa. On that day, the whole world was crazy. The 77-ton Skylab space station was set to crash to earth. The fear that it would miss its target, the Indian Ocean, and create random hellfire turned it into the favored party theme everywhere that year. I went to one such impromptu party that day in Gibsonton, which was famous as the summer residence of the nation’s “carnies” — people who work for the carnivals that move all around America most of the year. My particular motivation for spending a few weeks there was to hang out with sideshow performers, especially the stars of so-called freak shows — “human oddities” — for a story I was writing. Unfortunately, it was difficult to penetrate that community unless I combined obsequiousness with drunkenness. I’ll spare you the details, but I ended up drunk behind the trailer of a famous freak, grilling burgers and hot dogs. It was a big deal for an outsider to be included by carnies. The host brought me a hot dog and I balked. “Thanks, but I don’t eat those.” I might as well have dropped the Skylab on the festival. Everyone went silent. “You said you love carnivals and you don’t eat hot dogs? Why don’t you eat them?” “They make me sick. Ever since I was a kid, they’ve made me sick. It’s nothing personal. They make me sick, man.” I laughed drunkenly. “It’s like you’d be hit right here by a gut bomb instead of a space station. Haha.” Nobody laughed. Thus did I brand myself a human oddity among professional human oddities. Truly, as long as I can remember, I would not eat the scrap meat ground and compressed into the gruesome treat wrapped in spongy white bread often drenched with ketchup called the hot dog. I did learn to eat some real sausages whose flavor made it worth risking a gastrointestinal catastrophe, but I have mainly avoided hot dogs my entire life ... until a few weeks ago, when I ate so many I lost count. Pathetically, I now crave them. I love them. It wasn’t so much culinary adventure as pandemic cabin fever that led me to my new lover. True, I was intrigued when I came across promo material for a new venture in East Atlanta Village called Screamin’ Weenies. The name isn’t novel but it’s a good choice since the hot dog stand is operated on the rear patio of the very cool Banshee restaurant. Screaming is what banshees do best. It also occurred to me that hot dog joints might make a good pandemic story. I was double-vaccinated but still cautious, and I figured hot dogs are a quick, usually outdoors eat. So I took the pills I take to make scary food digestible and headed over to Screamin’ Weenies, which is open 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. {DIV()}{BOX( bg="#66bfff" width="100%" style="padding-left: 25px")} {img fileId="37722|37723|37724" stylebox="float: left; margin-right:25px;" desc="desc" width="295px" responsive="y" button="popup"} {BOX}{DIV} The patio space is small, and most people were picking up at the window of the mini-food truck where the dogs are cooked. I wanted to soak up the screamin’ vibe, so I threw my book on one of the few tiny tables available before ordering from the menu of five dogs. There was the Atlanta chili/slaw, the classic Chicago, a New Yorker with stewed onions, the classic naked that you dump everything from relish to sauerkraut on, and the day’s special Banshee Dog. I went for the latter. It included a beef hot dog over caramelized onion, flanked by sliced American cheese, topped with Thousand Island dressing pocked with chunks of dill pickle. I got all sentimental when I saw that Cheerwine, the cherry soda I drank on the Catawba River as a kid, was available. While I swilled my Cheerwine, I watched a woman be repelled from the order window for not wearing a mask. She had left hers in the car. “Hey,” I said, “I’m double-vaccinated. You can wear mine.” She declined. Hey, it’s not like I have herpes, bitch. I got up to fetch my dog. How do I love thee? Let me count the inches. The slim dog languidly draped itself across the roll, seriously jutting out at each end, grilled with a slight char. The ingredients were arranged with intention. I bit into one of the naked ends and got that vaunted snap from the natural lamb casing. The damn thing was delicious. The firm dog, made locally by Fripper’s, tasted like real beef and was nestled in all those creamy textures with one bit of crunch from the pickles. Damn. I wanted another but I confess I wasn’t up for paying about $20 for two dogs and a drink. But I was happy. I felt so ashamed that the young me had disparaged that hot dog long ago in Gib’town. That very evening, I excitedly told my friend Sausage Boy about the experience. He suggested that I may not want to generalize my new happiness to every hot dog in town. For an example of irredeemable misery, he said, I would not be able to write about hot dogs in Atlanta without going to the Varsity. I gasped. “I can’t go everywhere,” I said. He said: “The Varsity isn’t some unknown everywhere. It’s the mother of dogs, the nipple on which every Atlanta child is suckled all the way through adulthood until the grease coagulates in every artery and lands you in a coffin at a funeral celebration catered by the Varsity, the very people who killed you.” I told him I’d think about it. I had, by the way, decided I would limit this adventure to hot dogs, not the more complicated sausages that I really did learn to love. Nor would I be eating the raw onions that overpower every other taste with which they are associated. I would, however, permit myself to sample some chili, despite my dislike of the “classic” stuff that tastes like it was poured from a can stored in a fallout shelter for 40 years. That night I decided to try the hot dog at Grindhouse Killer Burgers. I’ve been addicted to their Apache burger ever since they first opened just over 10 years ago at the Sweet Auburn Curb Market. It has since left that location, expanding to several others, including the gigantic one on Memorial Drive that I decided to visit. It was a Sunday night and I didn’t expect a wait. It was, after all, the Lord’s Day during a plague he had visited upon the entire world in retaliation for America’s embrace of Donald Trump. The place actually was relatively packed, and the line to order moved so slowly that, exasperated, I decided to leave and go across the parking lot to load up on Sunday specials at Supremo Taco. As I approached the window, they literally slammed the shutters closed. “Sold out!” I returned to Grindhouse, and the people in front of me earlier admitted me back to my former place. I waited literally 20 minutes total with a crowd of fellow deep-sighers and eye-rollers. “Y’all are really slow,” I rudely said to the guy taking orders. He explained they were short-handed. Whatever. I placed my order to go and went to wait another 15 minutes at a table. When the bag arrived, I was ravenous and I decided to eat the hot dog on the premises. Grindhouse buys its dogs from legendary Vienna Beef in Chicago. I’d ordered mine with slaw, apparently the Atlanta favorite everywhere. I reached in the bag, pulled it out, and it completely fell apart in my hands. The aluminum foil I presumed was wrapping it turned out to be a loose sheet set over the top of the dog, which was in the usual cardboard cradle. I fetched the dog and bun from the floor. I swept the slaw on the table onto it. I ate it. It was actually delicious, and at $4 (including 50 cents for the slaw), it was the cheapest dog I’d eat. (I should note that the light use of aluminum foil would make the dog’s transport less steamy than full wrapping, but my piggy hands did not anticipate that.) I began to lose track of time. The hands on my clock turned into naked weenies. Eventually, a Saturday rolled around, and I felt fortified enough to attempt the unthinkable: The Varsity. I have lived in Atlanta most of my life and I have been to this enormous cliché only three times, as I recall. Once was in high school, on the way to the Georgia/Georgia Tech game. Second was with a visiting former college roommate who later cursed himself for trusting a tourist guide. Third was with my partner’s family. All were occasions of violent protest by my innards. I was shocked when I arrived, under the influence of GI medication, to see how crowded the place was, although I quickly found a parking space. The long line inside moved more rapidly than the bowels of the diners speeding to the bathrooms. I was happy to see that literally everyone in view was wearing a mask, except for the family of seven Appalachian refugees directly behind me. The woman in front of me surreptitiously took their picture and posted it online. “Where your masks at?” I asked Daddy Billy. He glared and pulled one of his litter close to him like a shield. “If you can use a child as your shield, you can wear a mask, dumbass.” Okay, I didn’t really say that. I ordered the iconic crap. A chili-cheese-slaw dog, onion rings, a fried peach pie, and a Frosted Orange. I was happy to notice that I did not hear any of the counter people shrieking the classic mantra, “Whattayahave?” My order instantaneously appeared, and I toted it to the “ESPN room” where I watched the Master’s Tournament and had flashbacks to childhood of watching golf all weekend with my father. I ate. You know what? I hate myself. I ate those gigantic, greasy onion rings in nothing flat. A young guy at a nearby table noted my speed and whined that he didn’t receive any ketchup for his rings. I tossed him my envelopes. “Why do you people put ketchup on everything fried?” I asked him. “Us people do that to cover up the strongest taste of the grease, dude. Duh!” Oh my god. It makes sense because everything there does have that singular note of aged, cured frying oil, supposedly never changed for decades. The Frosted Orange tasted like a melted Creamsicle, a bit watery but good enough to ring the bells of an ice cream truck in my head. The peach pie was fucking delicious. The hot dog of course was the most revolting thing I’ve put in my mouth since I was potty-trained. The greasy, stinky, yellow-stained chili made with ground-up mystery meat was slimed with hidden slaw from hell and yellow cheese that wouldn’t melt. Somehow, the baloney-tasting hot dog itself and its bun literally broke as if it were crying to be put out of its misery. Two bites and I was done. Sorry, dog. I called Sausage Boy on the way home. “It wasn’t that bad,” I said. “Only the hot dog was inedible.” “But the hot dog is the point,” he said. “You failed.” I was okay with failing. The Lord’s Day arrived again. I decided to head to Cabbagetown to visit Little’s Food Store, where I hadn’t been in years. I used to love to visit it and neighboring Carroll Street Café but that narrow street is a nightmare to negotiate. I actually embarrassed myself by immediately finding a large parking space directly in front of Little’s, which looks like a monument to so-called outsider art. As usual, the street was full of milling residents, hanging out in a few vacant lots turned into make-shift parks. {DIV()}{BOX( bg="#66bfff" width="100%" style="padding-left: 25px")} {img fileId="37725|37726|37727" stylebox="float: left; margin-right:25px;" desc="desc" width="215px" responsive="y" button="popup"} {BOX}{DIV} I went inside. My eyes teared-up seeing all the grunge, and I rushed toward the grill where I was abruptly told to step my ass back. Soon enough, I ordered a chili dog with a side of slaw and some fries. I loitered, looking around mindlessly. An employee ordered me outside, where she soon brought my food in a black Styrofoam box. I sat on a bench outside the store and opened the box. My plan was to dump the sweet, spicy slaw on the chili dog, but that was difficult. I bit into the dog. I sighed. “I might as well face it,” I told the black cat that had suddenly appeared. “I just don’t like this super-ground version of chili that seems to be everyone’s favorite.” I dunked a limp fry in the chili and put it on the sidewalk for the presumably hungry stray. The cat sniffed and looked away. Fine. I put some slaw down. He struck it with his paw and backed away. Then he turned the corner and ran up the stairs to his apparent home. I wasn’t quite as unimpressed as the cat, who probably got sick of the food years ago, and the chili was definitely better than the Varsity’s, as was the hot dog itself, made by Fripper’s like those at Screamin’ Weenies. I ate it all. But I shuddered when I looked up and saw that Little’s flew a pirate’s flag. Between it and the black cat, I must have been bound for bad luck. I called Sausage Boy again. “I’m becoming indiscriminate,” I said. “Everything is running together in my head. A black cat derided me for eating a chili dog today.” He proposed a solution: “Go try a vegan or vegetarian hot dog.” Was this the bad luck the cat brought? Most of the hot dog places I investigated did offer such a thing, but how could something I have always hated be any more tolerable when imitated by healthy vegetables put to criminal use? But I decided to give it a go. I journeyed in the rain to the MET in West Atlanta. This gigantic warehouse development is home to La Bodega, a take-out pupuseria which also hosts the Window, a pop-up location for start-ups. One of those is Carrot Dog, operated by Kemi Bennings as part of her company, Food for Thought Vegan Café. She has an impressive resume of feeding celebrities and brands herself a “renaissance woman and creative badass.” When I first saw Carrot Dog during an earlier visit to review Bodega, I was thoroughly repulsed. I don’t really like carrots, and at the time I still really loathed even the thought of a hot dog. I’m going to be hated for saying this, but I ended up telling myself that this ridiculous creation was my favorite hot dog. I don’t know if that’s fair. Calling a carrot a weenie may be too oxymoronic even for this dying world. {DIV()}{BOX( bg="#66bfff" width="100%" style="padding-left: 25px")} {img fileId="37728|37729|37730|37731" stylebox="float: left; margin-right:25px;" desc="desc" width="215px" responsive="y" button="popup"} {BOX}{DIV} Bennings brines fat carrots in countless spices before cooking them. The carrots have just the right texture. They aren’t mushy like the ones your mother serves with pot roast, and they aren’t raw and unseasoned like people who claim they improve vision want them to be. These are nestled into slightly grilled buns and then dressed in a variety of ways. I chose a “Southern Santa Fe” specialty dog. The carrot is covered with chopped romaine lettuce, sliced avocado, smoked chipotle vegan mayo, chopped onions (which I declined), and, um, vegan bacon. Alright, I admit that the best thing about the tiny flap of vegan bacon was that it was completely inconspicuous with no noticeable taste or texture. I actually would have preferred more heat from the chipotle mayo, but this creation was a huge relief from everything I’d eaten. I think the effect was like eating dog food for weeks and then being served a fresh salad. Whatever, it was really good and only available Saturdays. But I was still hungry. Shamefully, on the way home, I decided to pay a second quick visit to Hot Dog Pete’s in Summerhill. I had tried takeout with a friend last summer and wasn’t impressed enough to eat more than a couple of bites of the two dogs we ordered. The menu includes sausages as well as an all-beef wiener and one made with beef and pork. They are all made by Fritz’s Meat & Superior Sausage in Kansas City. Pete’s shares ownership and patios with the oddly named Hero Doughnuts & Buns. More than doughnuts, Hero is known for its sandwiches made with house-baked brioche buns. The fried pork chop, the “Super Crunch” chicken, and the burger are all as addictive as the name of the house’s secret sauce — “crack sauce” — suggests. To stay consistent, I ordered an all-beef hot dog with chili and slaw. The big difference here is slaw made with collards and a brioche bun from Alon’s that earns our highly coveted Best of the Buns Award. Everything about this dog was savory — even the chili, despite one flaw: weirdly dry beans. But I’ll gladly deal with that in exchange for not having to deal with the over-seasoned greasy stuff that most seem to prefer. Time ticked on. I was growing tired of this adventure. I called Sausage Boy and told him I felt I needed to get to two more places — the Original Hot Dog Factory and Skip’s Chicago Dogs. “I need encouragement,” I told him. “Last night I dreamed I was back in Gibsonton and Lobster Boy murdered me.” The Sausage told me he had faith in me. I hung up the phone and got in my car and headed to the Original Hot Dog Factory on Piedmont Avenue. It’s technically on the Georgia State University campus. About four hours later I was looking up from a bed and had no idea where I was. A doctor explained that I was in the Emory Midtown Hospital emergency room. I had been in a car wreck. I was completely uninjured, but I was in a state of total amnesia. I remembered nothing of the last hours. “What is wrong with me?” I asked. “We’re not sure,” he said. “It’s the hot dogs,” I said. “What?” “Never mind.” He wanted me to stay overnight for examination the next morning by a neurologist. However, Kaiser, my insurance company, insisted that I be discharged (and it took over a week to get an appointment with them). The next morning, I Ubered to pick up my car at the city lot where it had been towed. I expected it to be damaged, but it was not. “Are you okay?” one of the employees out front asked me. “I need a hot dog.” I got in my car and drove directly to the Original Hot Dog Factory. I wasn’t sure if I had actually been there or not. I only knew that my accident, which involved another car, was in the immediate area. The restaurant, part of a chain, was empty except for me and two employees. “Hey,” I said, “did y’all happen to see an accident near here yesterday?” They said they had not. “Well, what about me? Did I eat here?” They looked a bit perturbed. “Never mind,” I said. With the advice of one of the employees, I ordered the all-beef Hawaiian dog. I also forced myself to do the unthinkable and order the second corn dog of my life. As I had come to realize by this point, there is no such thing as a hot dog with too much topping. The Hawaiian dog’s included a gigantic load of bacon, cheese, lightly grilled onions, and lots of grilled pineapple. In other words, it was the weenie version of the Hawaiian pizza which I usually detest, but it was the perfect mindless food for the amnesiac I had become. I figured I’d forget it by the time I got home. Obviously, I didn’t. I do congratulate myself for being able to eat the mess without resorting to a knife and fork. Hot dogs have made me a master of finger food. I don’t know exactly why the concept of a corn dog disgusts me. The only one I remember ever eating was on a dare at Dakota Blue in Grant Park about five years ago, and I actually kind of liked it. My corn dog at The Hot Dog Factory looked like a bulbous fried sex toy. I nervously bit into it and was surprised by a rush of crispy, juicy sweetness. The all-beef dog retained its earthy flavor. Yeah, boy! I decided I needed to try a dessert. This causes me a great deal of shame, and I blame it on my brain-rattling accident. I ate a fried Twinkie. I can say with absolute certainty that I have never eaten a Twinkie in any form, although I was tempted in the late ’70s when Dan White supposedly blamed eating too many Twinkies for his assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. This was labeled the “Twinkie Defense.” I have no viable defense of my decision to eat the deep-fried mess at the Hot Dog Factory, but it was spectacularly delicious, like a fist full of creamy melting cake oozing all kinds of white stuff inside sugar-coated crispy batter. It made the glazed donut at Krispy Kreme seem so pathetic. I shared this discovery with Sausage Boy, explaining that I was starting to doubt my taste. He acknowledged my worry but urged me to be kinder to myself. I told him the Twinkie had awakened a memory of working at Six Flags Over Georgia when I was 16. How had I forgotten that I worked in a hot dog stand? How had I forgotten how much I hated the customers who acted like they were buying delicacies instead of shitloads of crap I barely cooked on a griddle? How had I forgotten that throwing a hot dog at a customer and shoving him with a broom handle had nearly gotten me fired? Obviously, the hot dog — foe of my digestion and weapon against redneck assholes — was intimately connected to the PTSD I never knew I suffered. “Be strong,” Sausage Boy told me. “You’re at the end.” Onward! Wednesday arrived. That’s the day I resumed my years-long weekly lunch with two fully vaccinated friends. We drove to 40-year-old Skip’s Chicago Dogs in Avondale, probably the venue most hot dog lovers mentioned to me when I asked for recommendations. It looks like your usual fast-food place with mustard-and-ketchup-colored walls hung with sports stuff. Despite the name, sandwiches and burgers outnumber the hot dogs, which are made with Vienna beef. In my little sampling of hot dogs over the years, the Chicago style has usually been the most appetizing. Skip’s dog, according to the menu, is typically topped with pickles, peppers, celery salt, mustard, relish, and tomatoes. Sorry, Skip, but my dog was a low-class version. I found none of the juicy-hot sport pickles that I love. The huge strip of dill pickle overwhelmed everything. The tomatoes were pink and flavorless. What am I missing, people? By way of comparison to the Varsity, with which everyone positively compared it, I also ordered onion rings and a chili-slaw dog. The rings weren’t bad, but they were anemically skinny compared to the Varsity’s (and, granted, a ton less greasy). While no chili anywhere on the planet is as vile as the Varsity’s, Skip’s was totally meh, and the slaw tasted straight out of the Kroger deli bin. My friends did no better with their orders. I expected this to be the grand finale of my tour. But it was more like a return to vapidity. I felt my lust for hot dogs deflating, and, looking back, it was the dogs at Screamin’ Weenies and Carrot Dog that I hold dearest to my broken heart. I called Sausage Boy and told him I was done. He warmly congratulated me. “Is Little’s black cat of bad fortune on you forever? Was it worth the traffic accident you don’t remember and might land you in jail?” he asked. “Was it worth the derepression of traumatic memories of the human oddities you outraged and the customer you assaulted with a hot dog at Six Flags? What impassions you now? What calls you?” I had no answer. I had gone so high. Maybe … I called Sausage Boy repeatedly for guidance in the weeks that followed and never heard back from him. Finally, the doorbell rang one day, and there was a black cat on the front porch with a weenie between its teeth. It was time to start over. __—CL—__ ''Screamin’ Weenies, 1271 Glenwood Ave. (rear of Banshee), 404-428-2034, open 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. only, @screaminweeniesatlanta'' ''Grindhouse Killer Burgers, 701 Memorial Drive S.E., 404-228-3722, grindhouseburgers.com.'' 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They are a 3rd generation owned family affair that have been making their own dogs in Western New York for that long. They are far superior to any other dogs. The only kind I buy now for my home grill. They used to be at Barker's Red Hots on Windy Hill that has since closed. grazing hot dogs Grazing surveys some Atlanta hot dogs #1 Screamin Reduced 2021-05-03T16:42:23+00:00 GRAZING: Hot dogs, sideshow freaks, black cats, amnesia, and Sausage Boy jim.harris Jim Harris Cliff Bostock 2021-05-03T16:42:23+00:00 It was a day that I should have named the Weenie Apocalypse. It was July 11, 1979, and I was in Gibsonton, Florida, outside Tampa. On that day, the whole world was crazy. The 77-ton Skylab space station was set to crash to earth. The fear that it would miss its target, the Indian Ocean, and create random hellfire turned it into the favored party theme everywhere that year. I went to one such impromptu party that day in Gibsonton, which was famous as the summer residence of the nation’s “carnies” — people who work for the carnivals that move all around America most of the year. My particular motivation for spending a few weeks there was to hang out with sideshow performers, especially the stars of so-called freak shows — “human oddities” — for a story I was writing. Unfortunately, it was difficult to penetrate that community unless I combined obsequiousness with drunkenness. I’ll spare you the details, but I ended up drunk behind the trailer of a famous freak, grilling burgers and hot dogs. It was a big deal for an outsider to be included by carnies. The host brought me a hot dog and I balked. “Thanks, but I don’t eat those.” I might as well have dropped the Skylab on the festival. Everyone went silent. “You said you love carnivals and you don’t eat hot dogs? Why don’t you eat them?” “They make me sick. Ever since I was a kid, they’ve made me sick. It’s nothing personal. They make me sick, man.” I laughed drunkenly. “It’s like you’d be hit right here by a gut bomb instead of a space station. Haha.” Nobody laughed. Thus did I brand myself a human oddity among professional human oddities. Truly, as long as I can remember, I would not eat the scrap meat ground and compressed into the gruesome treat wrapped in spongy white bread often drenched with ketchup called the hot dog. I did learn to eat some real sausages whose flavor made it worth risking a gastrointestinal catastrophe, but I have mainly avoided hot dogs my entire life ... until a few weeks ago, when I ate so many I lost count. Pathetically, I now crave them. I love them. It wasn’t so much culinary adventure as pandemic cabin fever that led me to my new lover. True, I was intrigued when I came across promo material for a new venture in East Atlanta Village called Screamin’ Weenies. The name isn’t novel but it’s a good choice since the hot dog stand is operated on the rear patio of the very cool Banshee restaurant. Screaming is what banshees do best. It also occurred to me that hot dog joints might make a good pandemic story. I was double-vaccinated but still cautious, and I figured hot dogs are a quick, usually outdoors eat. So I took the pills I take to make scary food digestible and headed over to Screamin’ Weenies, which is open 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. The patio space is small, and most people were picking up at the window of the mini-food truck where the dogs are cooked. I wanted to soak up the screamin’ vibe, so I threw my book on one of the few tiny tables available before ordering from the menu of five dogs. There was the Atlanta chili/slaw, the classic Chicago, a New Yorker with stewed onions, the classic naked that you dump everything from relish to sauerkraut on, and the day’s special Banshee Dog. I went for the latter. It included a beef hot dog over caramelized onion, flanked by sliced American cheese, topped with Thousand Island dressing pocked with chunks of dill pickle. I got all sentimental when I saw that Cheerwine, the cherry soda I drank on the Catawba River as a kid, was available. While I swilled my Cheerwine, I watched a woman be repelled from the order window for not wearing a mask. She had left hers in the car. “Hey,” I said, “I’m double-vaccinated. You can wear mine.” She declined. Hey, it’s not like I have herpes, bitch. I got up to fetch my dog. How do I love thee? Let me count the inches. The slim dog languidly draped itself across the roll, seriously jutting out at each end, grilled with a slight char. The ingredients were arranged with intention. I bit into one of the naked ends and got that vaunted snap from the natural lamb casing. The damn thing was delicious. The firm dog, made locally by Fripper’s, tasted like real beef and was nestled in all those creamy textures with one bit of crunch from the pickles. Damn. I wanted another but I confess I wasn’t up for paying about $20 for two dogs and a drink. But I was happy. I felt so ashamed that the young me had disparaged that hot dog long ago in Gib’town. That very evening, I excitedly told my friend Sausage Boy about the experience. He suggested that I may not want to generalize my new happiness to every hot dog in town. For an example of irredeemable misery, he said, I would not be able to write about hot dogs in Atlanta without going to the Varsity. I gasped. “I can’t go everywhere,” I said. He said: “The Varsity isn’t some unknown everywhere. It’s the mother of dogs, the nipple on which every Atlanta child is suckled all the way through adulthood until the grease coagulates in every artery and lands you in a coffin at a funeral celebration catered by the Varsity, the very people who killed you.” I told him I’d think about it. I had, by the way, decided I would limit this adventure to hot dogs, not the more complicated sausages that I really did learn to love. Nor would I be eating the raw onions that overpower every other taste with which they are associated. I would, however, permit myself to sample some chili, despite my dislike of the “classic” stuff that tastes like it was poured from a can stored in a fallout shelter for 40 years. That night I decided to try the hot dog at Grindhouse Killer Burgers. I’ve been addicted to their Apache burger ever since they first opened just over 10 years ago at the Sweet Auburn Curb Market. It has since left that location, expanding to several others, including the gigantic one on Memorial Drive that I decided to visit. It was a Sunday night and I didn’t expect a wait. It was, after all, the Lord’s Day during a plague he had visited upon the entire world in retaliation for America’s embrace of Donald Trump. The place actually was relatively packed, and the line to order moved so slowly that, exasperated, I decided to leave and go across the parking lot to load up on Sunday specials at Supremo Taco. As I approached the window, they literally slammed the shutters closed. “Sold out!” I returned to Grindhouse, and the people in front of me earlier admitted me back to my former place. I waited literally 20 minutes total with a crowd of fellow deep-sighers and eye-rollers. “Y’all are really slow,” I rudely said to the guy taking orders. He explained they were short-handed. Whatever. I placed my order to go and went to wait another 15 minutes at a table. When the bag arrived, I was ravenous and I decided to eat the hot dog on the premises. Grindhouse buys its dogs from legendary Vienna Beef in Chicago. I’d ordered mine with slaw, apparently the Atlanta favorite everywhere. I reached in the bag, pulled it out, and it completely fell apart in my hands. The aluminum foil I presumed was wrapping it turned out to be a loose sheet set over the top of the dog, which was in the usual cardboard cradle. I fetched the dog and bun from the floor. I swept the slaw on the table onto it. I ate it. It was actually delicious, and at $4 (including 50 cents for the slaw), it was the cheapest dog I’d eat. (I should note that the light use of aluminum foil would make the dog’s transport less steamy than full wrapping, but my piggy hands did not anticipate that.) I began to lose track of time. The hands on my clock turned into naked weenies. Eventually, a Saturday rolled around, and I felt fortified enough to attempt the unthinkable: The Varsity. I have lived in Atlanta most of my life and I have been to this enormous cliché only three times, as I recall. Once was in high school, on the way to the Georgia/Georgia Tech game. Second was with a visiting former college roommate who later cursed himself for trusting a tourist guide. Third was with my partner’s family. All were occasions of violent protest by my innards. I was shocked when I arrived, under the influence of GI medication, to see how crowded the place was, although I quickly found a parking space. The long line inside moved more rapidly than the bowels of the diners speeding to the bathrooms. I was happy to see that literally everyone in view was wearing a mask, except for the family of seven Appalachian refugees directly behind me. The woman in front of me surreptitiously took their picture and posted it online. “Where your masks at?” I asked Daddy Billy. He glared and pulled one of his litter close to him like a shield. “If you can use a child as your shield, you can wear a mask, dumbass.” Okay, I didn’t really say that. I ordered the iconic crap. A chili-cheese-slaw dog, onion rings, a fried peach pie, and a Frosted Orange. I was happy to notice that I did not hear any of the counter people shrieking the classic mantra, “Whattayahave?” My order instantaneously appeared, and I toted it to the “ESPN room” where I watched the Master’s Tournament and had flashbacks to childhood of watching golf all weekend with my father. I ate. You know what? I hate myself. I ate those gigantic, greasy onion rings in nothing flat. A young guy at a nearby table noted my speed and whined that he didn’t receive any ketchup for his rings. I tossed him my envelopes. “Why do you people put ketchup on everything fried?” I asked him. “Us people do that to cover up the strongest taste of the grease, dude. Duh!” Oh my god. It makes sense because everything there does have that singular note of aged, cured frying oil, supposedly never changed for decades. The Frosted Orange tasted like a melted Creamsicle, a bit watery but good enough to ring the bells of an ice cream truck in my head. The peach pie was fucking delicious. The hot dog of course was the most revolting thing I’ve put in my mouth since I was potty-trained. The greasy, stinky, yellow-stained chili made with ground-up mystery meat was slimed with hidden slaw from hell and yellow cheese that wouldn’t melt. Somehow, the baloney-tasting hot dog itself and its bun literally broke as if it were crying to be put out of its misery. Two bites and I was done. Sorry, dog. I called Sausage Boy on the way home. “It wasn’t that bad,” I said. “Only the hot dog was inedible.” “But the hot dog is the point,” he said. “You failed.” I was okay with failing. The Lord’s Day arrived again. I decided to head to Cabbagetown to visit Little’s Food Store, where I hadn’t been in years. I used to love to visit it and neighboring Carroll Street Café but that narrow street is a nightmare to negotiate. I actually embarrassed myself by immediately finding a large parking space directly in front of Little’s, which looks like a monument to so-called outsider art. As usual, the street was full of milling residents, hanging out in a few vacant lots turned into make-shift parks. I went inside. My eyes teared-up seeing all the grunge, and I rushed toward the grill where I was abruptly told to step my ass back. Soon enough, I ordered a chili dog with a side of slaw and some fries. I loitered, looking around mindlessly. An employee ordered me outside, where she soon brought my food in a black Styrofoam box. I sat on a bench outside the store and opened the box. My plan was to dump the sweet, spicy slaw on the chili dog, but that was difficult. I bit into the dog. I sighed. “I might as well face it,” I told the black cat that had suddenly appeared. “I just don’t like this super-ground version of chili that seems to be everyone’s favorite.” I dunked a limp fry in the chili and put it on the sidewalk for the presumably hungry stray. The cat sniffed and looked away. Fine. I put some slaw down. He struck it with his paw and backed away. Then he turned the corner and ran up the stairs to his apparent home. I wasn’t quite as unimpressed as the cat, who probably got sick of the food years ago, and the chili was definitely better than the Varsity’s, as was the hot dog itself, made by Fripper’s like those at Screamin’ Weenies. I ate it all. But I shuddered when I looked up and saw that Little’s flew a pirate’s flag. Between it and the black cat, I must have been bound for bad luck. I called Sausage Boy again. “I’m becoming indiscriminate,” I said. “Everything is running together in my head. A black cat derided me for eating a chili dog today.” He proposed a solution: “Go try a vegan or vegetarian hot dog.” Was this the bad luck the cat brought? Most of the hot dog places I investigated did offer such a thing, but how could something I have always hated be any more tolerable when imitated by healthy vegetables put to criminal use? But I decided to give it a go. I journeyed in the rain to the MET in West Atlanta. This gigantic warehouse development is home to La Bodega, a take-out pupuseria which also hosts the Window, a pop-up location for start-ups. One of those is Carrot Dog, operated by Kemi Bennings as part of her company, Food for Thought Vegan Café. She has an impressive resume of feeding celebrities and brands herself a “renaissance woman and creative badass.” When I first saw Carrot Dog during an earlier visit to review Bodega, I was thoroughly repulsed. I don’t really like carrots, and at the time I still really loathed even the thought of a hot dog. I’m going to be hated for saying this, but I ended up telling myself that this ridiculous creation was my favorite hot dog. I don’t know if that’s fair. Calling a carrot a weenie may be too oxymoronic even for this dying world. Bennings brines fat carrots in countless spices before cooking them. The carrots have just the right texture. They aren’t mushy like the ones your mother serves with pot roast, and they aren’t raw and unseasoned like people who claim they improve vision want them to be. These are nestled into slightly grilled buns and then dressed in a variety of ways. I chose a “Southern Santa Fe” specialty dog. The carrot is covered with chopped romaine lettuce, sliced avocado, smoked chipotle vegan mayo, chopped onions (which I declined), and, um, vegan bacon. Alright, I admit that the best thing about the tiny flap of vegan bacon was that it was completely inconspicuous with no noticeable taste or texture. I actually would have preferred more heat from the chipotle mayo, but this creation was a huge relief from everything I’d eaten. I think the effect was like eating dog food for weeks and then being served a fresh salad. Whatever, it was really good and only available Saturdays. But I was still hungry. Shamefully, on the way home, I decided to pay a second quick visit to Hot Dog Pete’s in Summerhill. I had tried takeout with a friend last summer and wasn’t impressed enough to eat more than a couple of bites of the two dogs we ordered. The menu includes sausages as well as an all-beef wiener and one made with beef and pork. They are all made by Fritz’s Meat & Superior Sausage in Kansas City. Pete’s shares ownership and patios with the oddly named Hero Doughnuts & Buns. More than doughnuts, Hero is known for its sandwiches made with house-baked brioche buns. The fried pork chop, the “Super Crunch” chicken, and the burger are all as addictive as the name of the house’s secret sauce — “crack sauce” — suggests. To stay consistent, I ordered an all-beef hot dog with chili and slaw. The big difference here is slaw made with collards and a brioche bun from Alon’s that earns our highly coveted Best of the Buns Award. Everything about this dog was savory — even the chili, despite one flaw: weirdly dry beans. But I’ll gladly deal with that in exchange for not having to deal with the over-seasoned greasy stuff that most seem to prefer. Time ticked on. I was growing tired of this adventure. I called Sausage Boy and told him I felt I needed to get to two more places — the Original Hot Dog Factory and Skip’s Chicago Dogs. “I need encouragement,” I told him. “Last night I dreamed I was back in Gibsonton and Lobster Boy murdered me.” The Sausage told me he had faith in me. I hung up the phone and got in my car and headed to the Original Hot Dog Factory on Piedmont Avenue. It’s technically on the Georgia State University campus. About four hours later I was looking up from a bed and had no idea where I was. A doctor explained that I was in the Emory Midtown Hospital emergency room. I had been in a car wreck. I was completely uninjured, but I was in a state of total amnesia. I remembered nothing of the last hours. “What is wrong with me?” I asked. “We’re not sure,” he said. “It’s the hot dogs,” I said. “What?” “Never mind.” He wanted me to stay overnight for examination the next morning by a neurologist. However, Kaiser, my insurance company, insisted that I be discharged (and it took over a week to get an appointment with them). The next morning, I Ubered to pick up my car at the city lot where it had been towed. I expected it to be damaged, but it was not. “Are you okay?” one of the employees out front asked me. “I need a hot dog.” I got in my car and drove directly to the Original Hot Dog Factory. I wasn’t sure if I had actually been there or not. I only knew that my accident, which involved another car, was in the immediate area. The restaurant, part of a chain, was empty except for me and two employees. “Hey,” I said, “did y’all happen to see an accident near here yesterday?” They said they had not. “Well, what about me? Did I eat here?” They looked a bit perturbed. “Never mind,” I said. With the advice of one of the employees, I ordered the all-beef Hawaiian dog. I also forced myself to do the unthinkable and order the second corn dog of my life. As I had come to realize by this point, there is no such thing as a hot dog with too much topping. The Hawaiian dog’s included a gigantic load of bacon, cheese, lightly grilled onions, and lots of grilled pineapple. In other words, it was the weenie version of the Hawaiian pizza which I usually detest, but it was the perfect mindless food for the amnesiac I had become. I figured I’d forget it by the time I got home. Obviously, I didn’t. I do congratulate myself for being able to eat the mess without resorting to a knife and fork. Hot dogs have made me a master of finger food. I don’t know exactly why the concept of a corn dog disgusts me. The only one I remember ever eating was on a dare at Dakota Blue in Grant Park about five years ago, and I actually kind of liked it. My corn dog at The Hot Dog Factory looked like a bulbous fried sex toy. I nervously bit into it and was surprised by a rush of crispy, juicy sweetness. The all-beef dog retained its earthy flavor. Yeah, boy! I decided I needed to try a dessert. This causes me a great deal of shame, and I blame it on my brain-rattling accident. I ate a fried Twinkie. I can say with absolute certainty that I have never eaten a Twinkie in any form, although I was tempted in the late ’70s when Dan White supposedly blamed eating too many Twinkies for his assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. This was labeled the “Twinkie Defense.” I have no viable defense of my decision to eat the deep-fried mess at the Hot Dog Factory, but it was spectacularly delicious, like a fist full of creamy melting cake oozing all kinds of white stuff inside sugar-coated crispy batter. It made the glazed donut at Krispy Kreme seem so pathetic. I shared this discovery with Sausage Boy, explaining that I was starting to doubt my taste. He acknowledged my worry but urged me to be kinder to myself. I told him the Twinkie had awakened a memory of working at Six Flags Over Georgia when I was 16. How had I forgotten that I worked in a hot dog stand? How had I forgotten how much I hated the customers who acted like they were buying delicacies instead of shitloads of crap I barely cooked on a griddle? How had I forgotten that throwing a hot dog at a customer and shoving him with a broom handle had nearly gotten me fired? Obviously, the hot dog — foe of my digestion and weapon against redneck assholes — was intimately connected to the PTSD I never knew I suffered. “Be strong,” Sausage Boy told me. “You’re at the end.” Onward! Wednesday arrived. That’s the day I resumed my years-long weekly lunch with two fully vaccinated friends. We drove to 40-year-old Skip’s Chicago Dogs in Avondale, probably the venue most hot dog lovers mentioned to me when I asked for recommendations. It looks like your usual fast-food place with mustard-and-ketchup-colored walls hung with sports stuff. Despite the name, sandwiches and burgers outnumber the hot dogs, which are made with Vienna beef. In my little sampling of hot dogs over the years, the Chicago style has usually been the most appetizing. Skip’s dog, according to the menu, is typically topped with pickles, peppers, celery salt, mustard, relish, and tomatoes. Sorry, Skip, but my dog was a low-class version. I found none of the juicy-hot sport pickles that I love. The huge strip of dill pickle overwhelmed everything. The tomatoes were pink and flavorless. What am I missing, people? By way of comparison to the Varsity, with which everyone positively compared it, I also ordered onion rings and a chili-slaw dog. The rings weren’t bad, but they were anemically skinny compared to the Varsity’s (and, granted, a ton less greasy). While no chili anywhere on the planet is as vile as the Varsity’s, Skip’s was totally meh, and the slaw tasted straight out of the Kroger deli bin. My friends did no better with their orders. I expected this to be the grand finale of my tour. But it was more like a return to vapidity. I felt my lust for hot dogs deflating, and, looking back, it was the dogs at Screamin’ Weenies and Carrot Dog that I hold dearest to my broken heart. I called Sausage Boy and told him I was done. He warmly congratulated me. “Is Little’s black cat of bad fortune on you forever? Was it worth the traffic accident you don’t remember and might land you in jail?” he asked. “Was it worth the derepression of traumatic memories of the human oddities you outraged and the customer you assaulted with a hot dog at Six Flags? What impassions you now? What calls you?” I had no answer. I had gone so high. Maybe … I called Sausage Boy repeatedly for guidance in the weeks that followed and never heard back from him. Finally, the doorbell rang one day, and there was a black cat on the front porch with a weenie between its teeth. It was time to start over. —CL— Screamin’ Weenies, 1271 Glenwood Ave. (rear of Banshee), 404-428-2034, open 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. only, @screaminweeniesatlanta Grindhouse Killer Burgers, 701 Memorial Drive S.E., 404-228-3722, grindhouseburgers.com. The Varsity, 61 North Ave. N.W., 404-881-1706, https://www.thevarsity.com/ Little’s Food Store, 198 Carroll St. S.E., 404-963-7012, https://www.littlesfoodstore.com/ Carrot Dog, 680 Murphy Ave., 404-447-8451, open 12-4 p.m. Saturdays, kemibennings.com, Kemi Bennings @carrotdogatl Hot Dog Pete’s, 25 Georgia Ave., 470-369-6777, hotdogpetes.com, @hotdogpetes The Original Hot Dog Factory, 75 Piedmont Ave., 404-907-4133, theoriginalhotdogfactory.com Skip’s Chicago Dogs, 48 N. Avondale Road, Avondale Estates, 404-292-6703, skipschicagodogs.com Cliff Bostock TOP DOG: SCREAMIN' WEENIES' RECENT WEEKLY SPECIAL, AN INCOMPARABLE DOG FROM FRIPPER'S GRILLED AND SERVED OVER CARAMELIZED ONIONS AND DECORATED WITH THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING, PICKLES, AND AMERICAN CHEESE. 0,0,10 grazing "hot dogs" GRAZING: Hot dogs, sideshow freaks, black cats, amnesia, and Sausage Boy " ["score"]=> float(0) ["_index"]=> string(35) "atlantawiki_tiki_main_62872e622a9ae" ["objectlink"]=> string(36) "No value for 'contentTitle'" ["photos"]=> string(137) "" ["desc"]=> string(46) "Grazing surveys some Atlanta hot dogs" ["category"]=> string(14) "Food and Drink" }
GRAZING: Hot dogs, sideshow freaks, black cats, amnesia, and Sausage Boy Food and Drink
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Grazing surveys some Atlanta hot dogs
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["tracker_field_contentWikiPage_text"]=> string(8521) "An epic house party collapsed near the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Georgia — when about 500 people crowded into a modest two-story townhome. Cops estimate more than 500 people were attending the house party, when the flooring of the townhome suddenly collapsed from far too many people standing on it. Twenty-five people sustained minor injuries ranging from scratches and bruises to a possible broken arm. No one was hospitalized, though. Fire trucks had a rough time getting to the scene due to the “massive amounts of vehicles and people blocking the street,” according to a news release from the Athens Clark County Fire Department. “When our crews finally made it into the home, they found a two-story home over a high crawl space. The majority of the first floor had collapsed into the crawl space due to dozens of people overcrowding the space while having a party.” The party hostess — described by her friends as a college senior — now has “virtually nothing left” after her townhome on Magnolia Bluff Drive was decimated by her 500-person bash. Code enforcement was called in to determine whether or not her townhome should be condemned. “We are grateful that this unexpected event didn’t turn out any worse than it did,” Athens-Clarke County Fire Capt. Nate Moss told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “These folks should consider themselves fortunate.” We say, give it two weeks and see about those COVID numbers. FORNICATION FIGHT: Near Athens, Georgia, a 30-year-old woman was arguing with her boyfriend about their relationship, which she believes is based too much on sex. She left her boyfriend’s home and he followed her to the QuikTrip at the Oconee Connector. The boyfriend admitted that he reached into his girlfriend’s car at QuikTrip and grabbed her keys. A sheriff’s deputy showed up to resolve their sex-based argument. The boyfriend claimed that his girlfriend had stolen money from him — though we don’t know if he’s talking about a nickel or $500 — no amount listed. The boyfriend went to jail for swiping his gal’s keys. Two days later, he was released, and returned to his home in Watkinsville, Georgia. Apparently, post-fight makeup sex was not on the agenda. Someone had entered his bathroom window and stolen his laptop. The boyfriend believes the burglar was his now ex-girlfriend. CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER: About 110 motorcyclists and several truckers with the “Sons of Confederate Veterans” rode through Stone Mountain Park on a Saturday in April — even though they’d been denied a permit to gather there. The Georgia chapter of the group had petitioned to host a Confederate Memorial Day event in the park, as they’ve done for nearly two decades. This year, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association denied the group’s permit, and the association’s spokesperson explained why: “With the volatile nature of events in the immediate past and ongoing today, there is a clear and present danger to members of the [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[Sons of Confederate Veterans], potential counter-protesters, park employees, and guests.” Here’s the truly fucked-up part: “The group had a police escort, though they were not Stone Mountain Police, and it’s unclear which jurisdiction police came from,” reports WSB-TV. We say, those police officers should be punished. Promptly. It’s called: breaking the law. NO LAUGHING MATTER: Comedian Erik Andre claims he was racially profiled at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. What’s confusing: Who did the alleged racial profiling? Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance-Bottoms firmly says: It wasn’t City of Atlanta Police officers. Andre initially insisted on Twitter that two plainclothes Atlanta police detectives attempted to stop and search him at the T gates. “They stopped me on the way down to the bridge of the plane for a ‘random’ search and asked (if) they could search me for drugs. I told them no. Be careful.” Andre also tweeted: “At that moment, I was the only POC (person of color) on line. Keisha Bottoms, I know this isn’t the PD you want representing in your airports. #racism #racialprofiling # jimcrow #racistwarondrugs.” The Atlanta Police Department says it was not involved in the Erik Andre interaction at Hartsfield, according to the AJC. The APD made a point of noting that they don’t randomly search travelers without evidence/indication of criminal activity. Also, Hartsfield Airport is located in Clayton County — not the City of Atlanta. Multiple law enforcement agencies simultaneously work there. Within hours, Erik Andre dropped his Twitter attack on Atlanta police — instead, redirecting his tweet-questions and allegations to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. The DEA also denied being involved in the Andre incident. A short time later, the AJC reported: “Hours later, the officers involved were revealed to be part of the Clayton County Police Department’s drug task force .… Clayton County police offered a counter-narrative statement to Andre’s claims, saying the comedian was never detained, handcuffed, or searched. “Our preliminary findings have revealed that Mr. Andre was not racially profiled. Our inquiries have revealed that Mr. Andre was cordial, personable, and pleasant to speak with.” The comedian Andre ripped them on Twitter, responding: “I did NOT volunteer to a search, and I did not volunteer to talk. You guys flashed your badge and detained me with no probable cause except for racism. This is JIM CROW RACISM. I DID NOT VOLUNTEER TO A SEARCH. YOU ARE HARASSING ME. THIS IS RACISM!” FIBBING GEORGIA POLITICIAN, REDUX: Georgia’s flamboyant freshman Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene decided the night the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict was announced … was a good night to tweet lies about the nation’s capitol city of Washington, DC. She dropped this gem on Twitter on April 20: “DC is completely dead tonight. People stayed in and were scared to go out because of fear of riots. Police are everywhere and have riot gear. #BLM is the strongest terrorist threat in our country.” Worth noting: She tweeted this at 9:47 p.m., roughly five hours after the guilty verdict was announced. Except Rep. Greene was flat wrong. As Washington Post columnist Philip Bump notes, “… this wasn’t true. It was, by all accounts, a normal evening that followed an obviously tense day. Had that jury in Minneapolis not found Chauvin guilty, there probably would have been protests, but those protests would by now have been a function of an outcry that spilled past the boundaries of BLM organizing.” And oh yeah, there still IS increased police presence on Capitol Hill. “But that’s not due to BLM,” Bump says. “It’s because of the threat of right-wing violence like that manifested on Jan. 6 after Greene and others insisted falsely that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen.” Worth noting: Spotted among the rioting mob on January 6 inside the nation’s capitol: A close buddy and political ally of Rep. Taylor-Greene, a dude named Anthony Aguero. He’s a conservative live-streamer whom Greene once described as “amazing.” They attended a pro-Trump rally together in November, after he lost the election. IT’S A GAS, GAS, GAS: A 48-year-old woman rakes in $4,000+ a month by farting online. Seriously. The mother of two children has been “flatulence camming” for more than 20 years. Apparently, it pays wayyyyy more than her previous work as a travel agent. She’s been passing gas online since 1999. She even eats foods designed to increase her farting productivity, including Mexican entrees, avocados, and asparagus. “One of my favorites is coleslaw and baked beans mixed together,” she says. The videos are recorded only when no one else is at her home in South Carolina. Her husband is not into farting at all, she says. Apparently, she has two types of clients: White-collar professionals who want her to say their names in videos as she passes gas. And guys in their 20s who just view her online videos. All for a handsome price, of course. Is there anything illegal about her endeavor? Nope. Any crime committed or police involved? Again, no and no. We just thought it so bizarre it’s worth sharing in the Blotter. The Blotter Diva compiles reports from the Atlanta Police Department and local news reports — and puts them into her own words." ["tracker_field_contentWikiPage_raw"]=> string(8558) "An epic house party collapsed near the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Georgia — when about 500 people crowded into a modest two-story townhome. Cops estimate more than 500 people were attending the house party, when the flooring of the townhome suddenly collapsed from far too many people standing on it. Twenty-five people sustained minor injuries ranging from scratches and bruises to a possible broken arm. No one was hospitalized, though. Fire trucks had a rough time getting to the scene due to the “massive amounts of vehicles and people blocking the street,” according to a news release from the Athens Clark County Fire Department. “When our crews finally made it into the home, they found a two-story home over a high crawl space. The majority of the first floor had collapsed into the crawl space due to dozens of people overcrowding the space while having a party.” The party hostess — described by her friends as a college senior — now has “virtually nothing left” after her townhome on Magnolia Bluff Drive was decimated by her 500-person bash. Code enforcement was called in to determine whether or not her townhome should be condemned. “We are grateful that this unexpected event didn’t turn out any worse than it did,” Athens-Clarke County Fire Capt. Nate Moss told the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution.'' “These folks should consider themselves fortunate.” We say, give it two weeks and see about those COVID numbers. __FORNICATION FIGHT:__ Near Athens, Georgia, a 30-year-old woman was arguing with her boyfriend about their relationship, which she believes is based too much on sex. She left her boyfriend’s home and he followed her to the QuikTrip at the Oconee Connector. The boyfriend admitted that he reached into his girlfriend’s car at QuikTrip and grabbed her keys. A sheriff’s deputy showed up to resolve their sex-based argument. The boyfriend claimed that his girlfriend had stolen money from him — though we don’t know if he’s talking about a nickel or $500 — no amount listed. The boyfriend went to jail for swiping his gal’s keys. Two days later, he was released, and returned to his home in Watkinsville, Georgia. Apparently, post-fight makeup sex was not on the agenda. Someone had entered his bathroom window and stolen his laptop. The boyfriend believes the burglar was his now ex-girlfriend. __CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER:__ About 110 motorcyclists and several truckers with the “Sons of Confederate Veterans” rode through Stone Mountain Park on a Saturday in April — even though they’d been denied a permit to gather there. The Georgia chapter of the group had petitioned to host a Confederate Memorial Day event in the park, as they’ve done for nearly two decades. This year, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association denied the group’s permit, and the association’s spokesperson explained why: “With the volatile nature of events in the immediate past and ongoing today, there is a clear and present danger to members of the [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[Sons of Confederate Veterans], potential counter-protesters, park employees, and guests.” Here’s the truly fucked-up part: “The group had a police escort, though they were not Stone Mountain Police, and it’s unclear which jurisdiction police came from,” reports WSB-TV. We say, those police officers should be punished. Promptly. It’s called: breaking the law. __NO LAUGHING MATTER:__ Comedian Erik Andre claims he was racially profiled at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. What’s confusing: Who did the alleged racial profiling? Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance-Bottoms firmly says: It wasn’t City of Atlanta Police officers. Andre initially insisted on Twitter that two plainclothes Atlanta police detectives attempted to stop and search him at the T gates. “They stopped me on the way down to the bridge of the plane for a ‘random’ search and asked (if) they could search me for drugs. I told them no. Be careful.” Andre also tweeted: “At that moment, I was the only POC (person of color) on line. Keisha Bottoms, I know this isn’t the PD you want representing in your airports. #racism #racialprofiling # jimcrow #racistwarondrugs.” The Atlanta Police Department says it was not involved in the Erik Andre interaction at Hartsfield, according to the ''AJC''. The APD made a point of noting that they don’t randomly search travelers without evidence/indication of criminal activity. Also, Hartsfield Airport is located in Clayton County — not the City of Atlanta. Multiple law enforcement agencies simultaneously work there. Within hours, Erik Andre dropped his Twitter attack on Atlanta police — instead, redirecting his tweet-questions and allegations to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. The DEA also denied being involved in the Andre incident. A short time later, the AJC reported: “Hours later, the officers involved were revealed to be part of the Clayton County Police Department’s drug task force .… Clayton County police offered a counter-narrative statement to Andre’s claims, saying the comedian was never detained, handcuffed, or searched. “Our preliminary findings have revealed that Mr. Andre was not racially profiled. Our inquiries have revealed that Mr. Andre was cordial, personable, and pleasant to speak with.” The comedian Andre ripped them on Twitter, responding: “I did NOT volunteer to a search, and I did not volunteer to talk. You guys flashed your badge and detained me with no probable cause except for racism. This is JIM CROW RACISM. I DID NOT VOLUNTEER TO A SEARCH. YOU ARE HARASSING ME. THIS IS RACISM!” __FIBBING GEORGIA POLITICIAN, REDUX:__ Georgia’s flamboyant freshman Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene decided the night the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict was announced … was a good night to tweet lies about the nation’s capitol city of Washington, DC. She dropped this gem on Twitter on April 20: “DC is completely dead tonight. People stayed in and were scared to go out because of fear of riots. Police are everywhere and have riot gear. #BLM is the strongest terrorist threat in our country.” Worth noting: She tweeted this at 9:47 p.m., roughly five hours after the guilty verdict was announced. Except Rep. Greene was flat wrong. As ''Washington Post'' columnist Philip Bump notes, “… this wasn’t true. It was, by all accounts, a normal evening that followed an obviously tense day. Had that jury in Minneapolis not found Chauvin guilty, there probably would have been protests, but those protests would by now have been a function of an outcry that spilled past the boundaries of BLM organizing.” And oh yeah, there still IS increased police presence on Capitol Hill. “But that’s not due to BLM,” Bump says. “It’s because of the threat of right-wing violence like that manifested on Jan. 6 after Greene and others insisted falsely that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen.” Worth noting: Spotted among the rioting mob on January 6 inside the nation’s capitol: A close buddy and political ally of Rep. Taylor-Greene, a dude named Anthony Aguero. He’s a conservative live-streamer whom Greene once described as “amazing.” They attended a pro-Trump rally together in November, after he lost the election. __IT’S A GAS, GAS, GAS:__ A 48-year-old woman rakes in $4,000+ a month by farting online. Seriously. The mother of two children has been “flatulence camming” for more than 20 years. Apparently, it pays wayyyyy more than her previous work as a travel agent. She’s been passing gas online since 1999. She even eats foods designed to increase her farting productivity, including Mexican entrees, avocados, and asparagus. “One of my favorites is coleslaw and baked beans mixed together,” she says. The videos are recorded only when no one else is at her home in South Carolina. Her husband is not into farting at all, she says. Apparently, she has two types of clients: White-collar professionals who want her to say their names in videos as she passes gas. And guys in their 20s who just view her online videos. All for a handsome price, of course. Is there anything illegal about her endeavor? Nope. Any crime committed or police involved? Again, no and no. We just thought it so bizarre it’s worth sharing in the Blotter. ''The Blotter Diva compiles reports from the Atlanta Police Department and local news reports — and puts them into her own words.''" 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I truly hate you people for making this country horrible. You and the fat tan man can eat several dicks. blotter And other tales of life in the ATL 0521blotter Floor Collapse Reduced 2021-05-04T11:40:07+00:00 THE BLOTTER: Party ends with a bang (the whole shack shimmied!) jim.harris Jim Harris LAUREN KEATING lauren.keating (Lauren Keating) 2021-05-04T11:40:07+00:00 An epic house party collapsed near the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Georgia — when about 500 people crowded into a modest two-story townhome. Cops estimate more than 500 people were attending the house party, when the flooring of the townhome suddenly collapsed from far too many people standing on it. Twenty-five people sustained minor injuries ranging from scratches and bruises to a possible broken arm. No one was hospitalized, though. Fire trucks had a rough time getting to the scene due to the “massive amounts of vehicles and people blocking the street,” according to a news release from the Athens Clark County Fire Department. “When our crews finally made it into the home, they found a two-story home over a high crawl space. The majority of the first floor had collapsed into the crawl space due to dozens of people overcrowding the space while having a party.” The party hostess — described by her friends as a college senior — now has “virtually nothing left” after her townhome on Magnolia Bluff Drive was decimated by her 500-person bash. Code enforcement was called in to determine whether or not her townhome should be condemned. “We are grateful that this unexpected event didn’t turn out any worse than it did,” Athens-Clarke County Fire Capt. Nate Moss told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “These folks should consider themselves fortunate.” We say, give it two weeks and see about those COVID numbers. FORNICATION FIGHT: Near Athens, Georgia, a 30-year-old woman was arguing with her boyfriend about their relationship, which she believes is based too much on sex. She left her boyfriend’s home and he followed her to the QuikTrip at the Oconee Connector. The boyfriend admitted that he reached into his girlfriend’s car at QuikTrip and grabbed her keys. A sheriff’s deputy showed up to resolve their sex-based argument. The boyfriend claimed that his girlfriend had stolen money from him — though we don’t know if he’s talking about a nickel or $500 — no amount listed. The boyfriend went to jail for swiping his gal’s keys. Two days later, he was released, and returned to his home in Watkinsville, Georgia. Apparently, post-fight makeup sex was not on the agenda. Someone had entered his bathroom window and stolen his laptop. The boyfriend believes the burglar was his now ex-girlfriend. CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER: About 110 motorcyclists and several truckers with the “Sons of Confederate Veterans” rode through Stone Mountain Park on a Saturday in April — even though they’d been denied a permit to gather there. The Georgia chapter of the group had petitioned to host a Confederate Memorial Day event in the park, as they’ve done for nearly two decades. This year, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association denied the group’s permit, and the association’s spokesperson explained why: “With the volatile nature of events in the immediate past and ongoing today, there is a clear and present danger to members of the [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[Sons of Confederate Veterans], potential counter-protesters, park employees, and guests.” Here’s the truly fucked-up part: “The group had a police escort, though they were not Stone Mountain Police, and it’s unclear which jurisdiction police came from,” reports WSB-TV. We say, those police officers should be punished. Promptly. It’s called: breaking the law. NO LAUGHING MATTER: Comedian Erik Andre claims he was racially profiled at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. What’s confusing: Who did the alleged racial profiling? Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance-Bottoms firmly says: It wasn’t City of Atlanta Police officers. Andre initially insisted on Twitter that two plainclothes Atlanta police detectives attempted to stop and search him at the T gates. “They stopped me on the way down to the bridge of the plane for a ‘random’ search and asked (if) they could search me for drugs. I told them no. Be careful.” Andre also tweeted: “At that moment, I was the only POC (person of color) on line. Keisha Bottoms, I know this isn’t the PD you want representing in your airports. #racism #racialprofiling # jimcrow #racistwarondrugs.” The Atlanta Police Department says it was not involved in the Erik Andre interaction at Hartsfield, according to the AJC. The APD made a point of noting that they don’t randomly search travelers without evidence/indication of criminal activity. Also, Hartsfield Airport is located in Clayton County — not the City of Atlanta. Multiple law enforcement agencies simultaneously work there. Within hours, Erik Andre dropped his Twitter attack on Atlanta police — instead, redirecting his tweet-questions and allegations to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. The DEA also denied being involved in the Andre incident. A short time later, the AJC reported: “Hours later, the officers involved were revealed to be part of the Clayton County Police Department’s drug task force .… Clayton County police offered a counter-narrative statement to Andre’s claims, saying the comedian was never detained, handcuffed, or searched. “Our preliminary findings have revealed that Mr. Andre was not racially profiled. Our inquiries have revealed that Mr. Andre was cordial, personable, and pleasant to speak with.” The comedian Andre ripped them on Twitter, responding: “I did NOT volunteer to a search, and I did not volunteer to talk. You guys flashed your badge and detained me with no probable cause except for racism. This is JIM CROW RACISM. I DID NOT VOLUNTEER TO A SEARCH. YOU ARE HARASSING ME. THIS IS RACISM!” FIBBING GEORGIA POLITICIAN, REDUX: Georgia’s flamboyant freshman Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene decided the night the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict was announced … was a good night to tweet lies about the nation’s capitol city of Washington, DC. She dropped this gem on Twitter on April 20: “DC is completely dead tonight. People stayed in and were scared to go out because of fear of riots. Police are everywhere and have riot gear. #BLM is the strongest terrorist threat in our country.” Worth noting: She tweeted this at 9:47 p.m., roughly five hours after the guilty verdict was announced. Except Rep. Greene was flat wrong. As Washington Post columnist Philip Bump notes, “… this wasn’t true. It was, by all accounts, a normal evening that followed an obviously tense day. Had that jury in Minneapolis not found Chauvin guilty, there probably would have been protests, but those protests would by now have been a function of an outcry that spilled past the boundaries of BLM organizing.” And oh yeah, there still IS increased police presence on Capitol Hill. “But that’s not due to BLM,” Bump says. “It’s because of the threat of right-wing violence like that manifested on Jan. 6 after Greene and others insisted falsely that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen.” Worth noting: Spotted among the rioting mob on January 6 inside the nation’s capitol: A close buddy and political ally of Rep. Taylor-Greene, a dude named Anthony Aguero. He’s a conservative live-streamer whom Greene once described as “amazing.” They attended a pro-Trump rally together in November, after he lost the election. IT’S A GAS, GAS, GAS: A 48-year-old woman rakes in $4,000+ a month by farting online. Seriously. The mother of two children has been “flatulence camming” for more than 20 years. Apparently, it pays wayyyyy more than her previous work as a travel agent. She’s been passing gas online since 1999. She even eats foods designed to increase her farting productivity, including Mexican entrees, avocados, and asparagus. “One of my favorites is coleslaw and baked beans mixed together,” she says. The videos are recorded only when no one else is at her home in South Carolina. Her husband is not into farting at all, she says. Apparently, she has two types of clients: White-collar professionals who want her to say their names in videos as she passes gas. And guys in their 20s who just view her online videos. All for a handsome price, of course. Is there anything illegal about her endeavor? Nope. Any crime committed or police involved? Again, no and no. We just thought it so bizarre it’s worth sharing in the Blotter. 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Award-winning Georgia native David Driskell (1931-2020) is at the center of Icons of Nature and History, co-organized by Atlanta’s High Museum of Art and the Portland Museum of Art. As the first posthumous survey of his career, the exhibit reflects on Driskell’s seven decades of artistry with works from museums, private collections, and the artist’s estate. As an artist, he created paintings, collages, and prints frequently read in relationship to the Black Arts movement and Afrocentrism. Driskell made significant contributions to African American art as a field of study. He taught and mentored many students through his years at schools such as the University of Maryland, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Culture, and his alma mater, Howard University. During his time as a curator, museums such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Atlanta’s High Museum mounted Driskell’s exhibitions. He was also an art advisor to celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey. Catch this traveling collection before it leaves for Portland in May! Through May 9. Our Good Earth: Rural Life and American Art. When imagining the birth of America, one can’t help but picture a rural life and honest farmers. Even now, as America is much more than farmland, artists are still drawn to images of the countryside. Through prints, drawings, and photographs, the exhibition explores the human connection with nature. Artists include Winslow Homer, Marion Greenwood, Lewis Hine, Andrew Wyeth, and more. The High aims to highlight its collection’s diversity in this compelling pastoral. Through August 1. Timed tickets required, see here for safety guidelines, times, and pricing. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4400. www.high.org Atlanta Contemporary. At this year’s Atlanta Biennial, curator Dr. Jordan Amirkhani brings together 30 contemporary artists to present a bold snapshot of the Southeast in 2021 with Of Care and Destruction. Through painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, video, and photography, the exhibition confronts social issues caused by issues like COVID-19, racism, and inequality. It discusses the essential role that art plays at this moment in time. Virtual Remains takes you out of the traditional white cube for its portion of the Atlanta Biennial. Like Of Care and Destruction__, it addresses current social issues like inequality and racism. In one installation, Danielle Deadwyler incorporates performance, video, and sculpture to tell the story of the Black laborers who constructed the Atlanta railway corridor. Other installations include experimental and documentary films, collages of fabricated archives, and more. Through August 1. Free. Timed tickets required, see here for visitor and safety guidelines. Noon-5 p.m. Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat.; noon-8 p.m. Thurs.; noon-4 p.m. Sun. Atlanta Contemporary Museum, 535 Means St. N.W. 404-688-1970. www.atlantacontemporary.org Jackson Fine Art.. Jackson Fine Art is ringing in spring with two powerful exhibitions of new work from two innovative, female photographers, Cig Harvey’s Eat Flowers and Angela West’s Persephone. Both series demonstrate spring’s symbol of rebirth, depicting images of lively blossoms, soft scenery, and beautiful colors. Harvey’s installation combines photography, letterpress text, and sculpture, while West uses paint on a series of landscape photos. Harvey will be available to sign her recent, award-winning books from 12:30 p.m.-2:3- p.m. on May 8. Exhibit through May 15. Free. Open by appointment only, see website for times and safety guidelines, Jackson Fine Art, 3115 East Shadowlawn Ave. N.E. 404-233-3739. jacksonfineart.com Westside Cultural Arts Center. People have marveled at the beauty of the Sistine Chapel for five centuries. The timeless masterpiece attracts thousands of people a year to the Vatican, but with Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition, a one-of-a-kind recreation, you can see it with your own eyes right here in Atlanta! Awaken your inner art-lover and get lost in the never-before-seen perspectives given by the exhibition’s innovative staging and technology. This event is COVID-safe and kid-friendly, so mask up, bring the kids, and don’t miss this travelling show! Through May 23. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (last entry at 5 p.m.) Thurs.–Sun., see here for pricing, times, and safety guidelines. Westside Cultural Arts Center, 760 10th St. N.W., 404-561-9914, westsideartscenter.com Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. In recognition of their contributions to the community, the month-long 2021 Spring Benefit: Honoring Women Artists in Service of the Community exhibition features original works by Lucinda Bunnen, Tina Dunkley, and Susan Cofer. Bunnen, an accomplished photographer, generously donates to the continuation of important nonprofits in the area. Dunkley, a multi-talented artist, curates Clark Atlanta University’s collection of African American art. Cofer, a gifted portrait artist, has supported individual artists and institutions through her philanthropy. Without these women, Atlanta would likely not be the art hub it is today. Come out and show appreciation to the artists that keep things alive. Through May 15. Free-$5. Noon-4 p.m. Tues.–Sat. Advance tickets only, see here for visitor and safety guidelines. Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, 75 Bennett St. N.W. 404-367-8700. mocaga.org. Working: A Musical. Since 1977, Working: A Musical has graced stages for seven different productions. People can’t seem to get enough of this Tony award-nominated show. Now featuring two new songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the story is as fresh as ever. The Alliance’s outside, COVID-friendly “Under the Tent Series” takes place rain or shine, and allows you to buy pods with your friends to view the show while socially distancing with others. Food and drink are available for purchase. Through June 6. See site for pricing, performance schedules, and safety guidelines. Alliance Theatre, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4650 alliancetheatre.org !!UPCOMING MAY Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience. Immerse yourself in the beauty of Van Gogh’s art at this traveling light and sound spectacular! The Pratt-Pullman Yard will host this cutting-edge exhibition featuring two-story projections of the artist’s most famous works. The experience also includes separate galleries that document his life through informational panels, recreations, and activities. One activity is the virtual reality interactive which offers the user a 10-minute journey through “A day in the life of the Artist.” The 20,000 square feet of space allows for social distancing and masks are required. This COVID-friendly exhibition is child-friendly, too, so bring the whole family along for this beautiful and educational trip. Opens May 19. Through August 1. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Sat.-Sun. (time slots available every half hour) Pratt Pullman Yards, Building 1, Rogers St. N.E. vangoghexpo.com Hermitage: The Power of Art. Visit St. Petersburg’s State Hermitage Museum, home of the world’s largest collection of paintings, from the comfort of your couch. The documentary takes you on a vivid journey through two and a half centuries of art. Pieces range from Egyptian antiques and prehistoric art to modern and impressionist. Historically, the Hermitage has been a meeting place for great, creative minds to connect in Russia. $10. May 26-June 1. Runtime: 90 minutes. For tickets, dates, and times, see here !!UPCOMING JUNE High Museum of Art. The two most prominent figures of 20th-century art need no introduction. Calder-Picasso hit Paris last year, and now it’s coming to Atlanta this summer, presenting pieces that demonstrate Calder and Picasso’s revolutionary innovation and enduring influence. Over a hundred paintings, sculptures, and works on paper are featured, as well as Calder’s early wire figures and inventive works by Picasso in every media. The exhibition focuses on exploration of the void, a defining component of abstract art. June 26-September 19. Timed tickets required, see high.org for safety guidelines, times, and pricing. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4400. www.high.org !!UPCOMING JULY High Museum of Art. This summer, Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting offers a fascinating, touring exhibition exploring lighting design over the last century. The galleries will display nearly 80 lighting examples from twinkling, futuristic structures to vintage lamps and hanging lights. Designers include Achille Castiglioni, Greta Magnusson Grossman, Ingo Maurer, and others. The exhibition is split into three sections: “Typologies,” “The Lightbulb,” and “Quality of Light,” and features immersive experiences like DRIFT’s “Flylight” (2015), which puts the user in a room with interactive LED lights. This event is a unique one you won’t want to miss. July 2– September 26. Timed tickets required, see high.org for safety guidelines, times and pricing. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4400. www.high.org !!UPCOMING AUGUST Hamilton. Kick off the post-quarantine season right with one of Broadway’s biggest hits. Hamilton holds the record for the most Tony Award nominations in history with 16 total, and has won one of the highest number of Tonys to date, at 11 — including Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Choreography. Can you get bigger than that? Follow the story of Alexander Hamilton as he and pre-revolutionary America rise together, set against a modern-sounding score. These are rescheduled dates from 2020, so if you bought tickets last year, now’s your chance to finally see the show people can’t stop talking about. August 25–September 26. For tickets, times, and safety guidelines, see https://www.foxtheatre.org/events/detail/hamilton-2020. Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-881-2100. !!UPCOMING SEPTEMBER High Museum of Art. Marking the museum’s first partnership with the Art Bridges Foundation, the High will present Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe, September 3–January 9, 2022. Featuring nearly 60 works drawn from the museum’s leading collection of the self-taught artist’s art, the exhibition is the first major presentation of Rowe’s work in more than 20 years and the first to consider her practice as a radical act of self-expression and liberation in the post-civil rights-era South. For the last 15 years of her life, self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe (1900-1982) lived on a busy thoroughfare just outside of Atlanta and welcomed visitors to her “Playhouse,” which she decorated with found-object installations, handmade dolls, chewing-gum sculptures and hundreds of drawings. Timed tickets required, see high.org for safety guidelines, times and pricing. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4400. www.high.org !!UPCOMING NOVEMBER High Museum of Art. Twenty-five years ago, the High started commissioning photographers from across the world to explore the American South. Now, for the first time ever, it will bring all the pieces together for Picturing the South: 25 Years. The collection creates a diverse and complex archive of Southern history, including Dawoud Bey’s over-life-sized portraits of Atlanta high school students and photographs from Sally Mann’s Motherland series, as well as new commissions by An-My Lê, Sheila Pree Bright, and Jim Goldberg. November 5 2021–February 6 2022. Fox Theatre. Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher revitalizes Fiddler on the Roof, the longest-running Broadway musical, this fall at the Fox. The show tells the story of Tevye, a Russian milkman in the early 1900s, and his attempts to keep Jewish traditions in his family despite outside influences. With fresh choreography, a stellar cast, and a wonderful orchestra accompanying, the performance brings an iconic tale to a new generation. November 9-14. For more details, see www.foxtheatre.org. Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-881-2100." ["tracker_field_contentWikiPage_raw"]=> string(13102) "__High Museum of Art__. Award-winning Georgia native David Driskell (1931-2020) is at the center of __Icons of Nature and History__, co-organized by Atlanta’s High Museum of Art and the Portland Museum of Art. As the first posthumous survey of his career, the exhibit reflects on Driskell’s seven decades of artistry with works from museums, private collections, and the artist’s estate. As an artist, he created paintings, collages, and prints frequently read in relationship to the Black Arts movement and Afrocentrism. Driskell made significant contributions to African American art as a field of study. He taught and mentored many students through his years at schools such as the University of Maryland, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Culture, and his alma mater, Howard University. During his time as a curator, museums such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Atlanta’s High Museum mounted Driskell’s exhibitions. He was also an art advisor to celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey. Catch this traveling collection before it leaves for Portland in May! Through May 9. __Our Good Earth: Rural Life and American Art__. When imagining the birth of America, one can’t help but picture a rural life and honest farmers. Even now, as America is much more than farmland, artists are still drawn to images of the countryside. Through prints, drawings, and photographs, the exhibition explores the human connection with nature. Artists include Winslow Homer, Marion Greenwood, Lewis Hine, Andrew Wyeth, and more. The High aims to highlight its collection’s diversity in this compelling pastoral. Through August 1. ''Timed tickets required, see [https://high.org/welcome-back-faqs/|here] for safety guidelines, times, and pricing. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4400. www.high.org'' Atlanta Contemporary. At this year’s Atlanta Biennial, curator Dr. Jordan Amirkhani brings together 30 contemporary artists to present a bold snapshot of the Southeast in 2021 with Of Care and Destruction__. Through painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, video, and photography, the exhibition confronts social issues caused by issues like COVID-19, racism, and inequality. It discusses the essential role that art plays at this moment in time. Virtual Remains takes you out of the traditional white cube for its portion of the Atlanta Biennial. Like __Of Care and Destruction__, it addresses current social issues like inequality and racism. In one installation, Danielle Deadwyler incorporates performance, video, and sculpture to tell the story of the Black laborers who constructed the Atlanta railway corridor. Other installations include experimental and documentary films, collages of fabricated archives, and more. Through August 1. ''Free. Timed tickets required, see [https://atlantacontemporary.org/visit|here] for visitor and safety guidelines. Noon-5 p.m. Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat.; noon-8 p.m. Thurs.; noon-4 p.m. Sun. Atlanta Contemporary Museum, 535 Means St. N.W. 404-688-1970. www.atlantacontemporary.org'' Jackson Fine Art.. Jackson Fine Art is ringing in spring with two powerful exhibitions of new work from two innovative, female photographers, Cig Harvey’s ''Eat Flowers'' and Angela West’s ''Persephone''. Both series demonstrate spring’s symbol of rebirth, depicting images of lively blossoms, soft scenery, and beautiful colors. Harvey’s installation combines photography, letterpress text, and sculpture, while West uses paint on a series of landscape photos. Harvey will be available to sign her recent, award-winning books from 12:30 p.m.-2:3- p.m. on May 8. Exhibit through May 15. ''Free. Open by appointment only, see website for times and safety guidelines, Jackson Fine Art, 3115 East Shadowlawn Ave. N.E. 404-233-3739. [https://www.jacksonfineart.com/|jacksonfineart.com]'' Westside Cultural Arts Center. People have marveled at the beauty of the Sistine Chapel for five centuries. The timeless masterpiece attracts thousands of people a year to the Vatican, but with Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition, a one-of-a-kind recreation, you can see it with your own eyes right here in Atlanta! Awaken your inner art-lover and get lost in the never-before-seen perspectives given by the exhibition’s innovative staging and technology. This event is COVID-safe and kid-friendly, so mask up, bring the kids, and don’t miss this travelling show! Through May 23. ''10 a.m.-6 p.m. (last entry at 5 p.m.) Thurs.–Sun., see [https://chapelsistine.com/event/rome-come-to-the-westside-cultural-arts-center-in-atlanta-ga/edate/2021-05-23/#1564451979234-1c6b51e1-1d60b314-0a0a|here] for pricing, times, and safety guidelines. Westside Cultural Arts Center, 760 10th St. N.W., 404-561-9914, [https://www.westsideartscenter.com/sistine-chapel/|westsideartscenter.com]'' __Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia__. In recognition of their contributions to the community, the month-long __2021 Spring Benefit: Honoring Women Artists in Service of the Community__ exhibition features original works by Lucinda Bunnen, Tina Dunkley, and Susan Cofer. Bunnen, an accomplished photographer, generously donates to the continuation of important nonprofits in the area. Dunkley, a multi-talented artist, curates Clark Atlanta University’s collection of African American art. Cofer, a gifted portrait artist, has supported individual artists and institutions through her philanthropy. Without these women, Atlanta would likely not be the art hub it is today. Come out and show appreciation to the artists that keep things alive. Through May 15. ''Free-$5. Noon-4 p.m. Tues.–Sat. Advance tickets only, see [https://mocaga.org/faqs/|here] for visitor and safety guidelines. Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, 75 Bennett St. N.W. 404-367-8700. mocaga.org.'' __''Working: A Musical''__. Since 1977, ''Working: A Musical'' has graced stages for seven different productions. People can’t seem to get enough of this Tony award-nominated show. Now featuring two new songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the story is as fresh as ever. The Alliance’s outside, COVID-friendly “Under the Tent Series” takes place rain or shine, and allows you to buy pods with your friends to view the show while socially distancing with others. Food and drink are available for purchase. Through June 6. ''See site for pricing, performance schedules, and safety guidelines. Alliance Theatre, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4650 [https://alliancetheatre.org/production/2020-21/working-a-musical|alliancetheatre.org]'' !!UPCOMING MAY __Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience__. Immerse yourself in the beauty of Van Gogh’s art at this traveling light and sound spectacular! The Pratt-Pullman Yard will host this cutting-edge exhibition featuring two-story projections of the artist’s most famous works. The experience also includes separate galleries that document his life through informational panels, recreations, and activities. One activity is the virtual reality interactive which offers the user a 10-minute journey through “A day in the life of the Artist.” The 20,000 square feet of space allows for social distancing and masks are required. This COVID-friendly exhibition is child-friendly, too, so bring the whole family along for this beautiful and educational trip. Opens May 19. Through August 1. ''10 a.m.-10 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Sat.-Sun. (time slots available every half hour) Pratt Pullman Yards, Building 1, Rogers St. N.E. [https://vangoghexpo.com/atlanta/|vangoghexpo.com]'' __Hermitage: The Power of Art__. Visit St. Petersburg’s State Hermitage Museum, home of the world’s largest collection of paintings, from the comfort of your couch. The documentary takes you on a vivid journey through two and a half centuries of art. Pieces range from Egyptian antiques and prehistoric art to modern and impressionist. Historically, the Hermitage has been a meeting place for great, creative minds to connect in Russia. ''$10. May 26-June 1. Runtime: 90 minutes. For tickets, dates, and times, see [https://www.stellartickets.com/o/by-experience/events/hermitage-the-power-of-art-great-art-on-screen-documentary-at-home?aff=685920.|here]'' !!UPCOMING JUNE __High Museum of Art__. The two most prominent figures of 20th-century art need no introduction. Calder-Picasso hit Paris last year, and now it’s coming to Atlanta this summer, presenting pieces that demonstrate Calder and Picasso’s revolutionary innovation and enduring influence. Over a hundred paintings, sculptures, and works on paper are featured, as well as Calder’s early wire figures and inventive works by Picasso in every media. The exhibition focuses on exploration of the void, a defining component of abstract art. June 26-September 19. ''Timed tickets required, see [https://high.org/welcome-back-faqs/|high.org] for safety guidelines, times, and pricing. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4400. www.high.org'' !!UPCOMING JULY __High Museum of Art__. This summer, Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting offers a fascinating, touring exhibition exploring lighting design over the last century. The galleries will display nearly 80 lighting examples from twinkling, futuristic structures to vintage lamps and hanging lights. Designers include Achille Castiglioni, Greta Magnusson Grossman, Ingo Maurer, and others. The exhibition is split into three sections: “Typologies,” “The Lightbulb,” and “Quality of Light,” and features immersive experiences like DRIFT’s “Flylight” (2015), which puts the user in a room with interactive LED lights. This event is a unique one you won’t want to miss. July 2– September 26. ''Timed tickets required, see [https://high.org/welcome-back-faqs/|high.org] for safety guidelines, times and pricing. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4400. www.high.org'' {imagefloatright imageid="37740" wdthval="500px"} !!UPCOMING AUGUST __Hamilton__. Kick off the post-quarantine season right with one of Broadway’s biggest hits. ''Hamilton'' holds the record for the most Tony Award nominations in history with 16 total, and has won one of the highest number of Tonys to date, at 11 — including Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Choreography. Can you get bigger than that? Follow the story of Alexander Hamilton as he and pre-revolutionary America rise together, set against a modern-sounding score. These are rescheduled dates from 2020, so if you bought tickets last year, now’s your chance to finally see the show people can’t stop talking about. August 25–September 26. ''For tickets, times, and safety guidelines, see https://www.foxtheatre.org/events/detail/hamilton-2020. Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-881-2100.'' !!UPCOMING SEPTEMBER __High Museum of Art__. Marking the museum’s first partnership with the Art Bridges Foundation, the High will present Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe, September 3–January 9, 2022. Featuring nearly 60 works drawn from the museum’s leading collection of the self-taught artist’s art, the exhibition is the first major presentation of Rowe’s work in more than 20 years and the first to consider her practice as a radical act of self-expression and liberation in the post-civil rights-era South. For the last 15 years of her life, self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe (1900-1982) lived on a busy thoroughfare just outside of Atlanta and welcomed visitors to her “Playhouse,” which she decorated with found-object installations, handmade dolls, chewing-gum sculptures and hundreds of drawings. ''Timed tickets required, see [https://high.org/welcome-back-faqs/|high.org] for safety guidelines, times and pricing. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4400. www.high.org'' !!UPCOMING NOVEMBER __High Museum of Art__. Twenty-five years ago, the High started commissioning photographers from across the world to explore the American South. Now, for the first time ever, it will bring all the pieces together for __Picturing the South: 25 Years__. The collection creates a diverse and complex archive of Southern history, including Dawoud Bey’s over-life-sized portraits of Atlanta high school students and photographs from Sally Mann’s ''Motherland'' series, as well as new commissions by An-My Lê, Sheila Pree Bright, and Jim Goldberg. November 5 2021–February 6 2022. __Fox Theatre__. Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher revitalizes __''Fiddler on the Roof''__, the longest-running Broadway musical, this fall at the Fox. The show tells the story of Tevye, a Russian milkman in the early 1900s, and his attempts to keep Jewish traditions in his family despite outside influences. With fresh choreography, a stellar cast, and a wonderful orchestra accompanying, the performance brings an iconic tale to a new generation. November 9-14. ''For more details, see [https://www.foxtheatre.org/events/detail/fiddler-on-the-roof|www.foxtheatre.org]. Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-881-2100.''" 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Award-winning Georgia native David Driskell (1931-2020) is at the center of Icons of Nature and History, co-organized by Atlanta’s High Museum of Art and the Portland Museum of Art. As the first posthumous survey of his career, the exhibit reflects on Driskell’s seven decades of artistry with works from museums, private collections, and the artist’s estate. As an artist, he created paintings, collages, and prints frequently read in relationship to the Black Arts movement and Afrocentrism. Driskell made significant contributions to African American art as a field of study. He taught and mentored many students through his years at schools such as the University of Maryland, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Culture, and his alma mater, Howard University. During his time as a curator, museums such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Atlanta’s High Museum mounted Driskell’s exhibitions. He was also an art advisor to celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey. Catch this traveling collection before it leaves for Portland in May! Through May 9. Our Good Earth: Rural Life and American Art. When imagining the birth of America, one can’t help but picture a rural life and honest farmers. Even now, as America is much more than farmland, artists are still drawn to images of the countryside. Through prints, drawings, and photographs, the exhibition explores the human connection with nature. Artists include Winslow Homer, Marion Greenwood, Lewis Hine, Andrew Wyeth, and more. The High aims to highlight its collection’s diversity in this compelling pastoral. Through August 1. Timed tickets required, see here for safety guidelines, times, and pricing. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4400. www.high.org Atlanta Contemporary. At this year’s Atlanta Biennial, curator Dr. Jordan Amirkhani brings together 30 contemporary artists to present a bold snapshot of the Southeast in 2021 with Of Care and Destruction. Through painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, video, and photography, the exhibition confronts social issues caused by issues like COVID-19, racism, and inequality. It discusses the essential role that art plays at this moment in time. Virtual Remains takes you out of the traditional white cube for its portion of the Atlanta Biennial. Like Of Care and Destruction__, it addresses current social issues like inequality and racism. In one installation, Danielle Deadwyler incorporates performance, video, and sculpture to tell the story of the Black laborers who constructed the Atlanta railway corridor. Other installations include experimental and documentary films, collages of fabricated archives, and more. Through August 1. Free. Timed tickets required, see here for visitor and safety guidelines. Noon-5 p.m. Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat.; noon-8 p.m. Thurs.; noon-4 p.m. Sun. Atlanta Contemporary Museum, 535 Means St. N.W. 404-688-1970. www.atlantacontemporary.org Jackson Fine Art.. Jackson Fine Art is ringing in spring with two powerful exhibitions of new work from two innovative, female photographers, Cig Harvey’s Eat Flowers and Angela West’s Persephone. Both series demonstrate spring’s symbol of rebirth, depicting images of lively blossoms, soft scenery, and beautiful colors. Harvey’s installation combines photography, letterpress text, and sculpture, while West uses paint on a series of landscape photos. Harvey will be available to sign her recent, award-winning books from 12:30 p.m.-2:3- p.m. on May 8. Exhibit through May 15. Free. Open by appointment only, see website for times and safety guidelines, Jackson Fine Art, 3115 East Shadowlawn Ave. N.E. 404-233-3739. jacksonfineart.com Westside Cultural Arts Center. People have marveled at the beauty of the Sistine Chapel for five centuries. The timeless masterpiece attracts thousands of people a year to the Vatican, but with Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition, a one-of-a-kind recreation, you can see it with your own eyes right here in Atlanta! Awaken your inner art-lover and get lost in the never-before-seen perspectives given by the exhibition’s innovative staging and technology. This event is COVID-safe and kid-friendly, so mask up, bring the kids, and don’t miss this travelling show! Through May 23. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (last entry at 5 p.m.) Thurs.–Sun., see here for pricing, times, and safety guidelines. Westside Cultural Arts Center, 760 10th St. N.W., 404-561-9914, westsideartscenter.com Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. In recognition of their contributions to the community, the month-long 2021 Spring Benefit: Honoring Women Artists in Service of the Community exhibition features original works by Lucinda Bunnen, Tina Dunkley, and Susan Cofer. Bunnen, an accomplished photographer, generously donates to the continuation of important nonprofits in the area. Dunkley, a multi-talented artist, curates Clark Atlanta University’s collection of African American art. Cofer, a gifted portrait artist, has supported individual artists and institutions through her philanthropy. Without these women, Atlanta would likely not be the art hub it is today. Come out and show appreciation to the artists that keep things alive. Through May 15. Free-$5. Noon-4 p.m. Tues.–Sat. Advance tickets only, see here for visitor and safety guidelines. Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, 75 Bennett St. N.W. 404-367-8700. mocaga.org. Working: A Musical. Since 1977, Working: A Musical has graced stages for seven different productions. People can’t seem to get enough of this Tony award-nominated show. Now featuring two new songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the story is as fresh as ever. The Alliance’s outside, COVID-friendly “Under the Tent Series” takes place rain or shine, and allows you to buy pods with your friends to view the show while socially distancing with others. Food and drink are available for purchase. Through June 6. See site for pricing, performance schedules, and safety guidelines. Alliance Theatre, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4650 alliancetheatre.org !!UPCOMING MAY Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience. Immerse yourself in the beauty of Van Gogh’s art at this traveling light and sound spectacular! The Pratt-Pullman Yard will host this cutting-edge exhibition featuring two-story projections of the artist’s most famous works. The experience also includes separate galleries that document his life through informational panels, recreations, and activities. One activity is the virtual reality interactive which offers the user a 10-minute journey through “A day in the life of the Artist.” The 20,000 square feet of space allows for social distancing and masks are required. This COVID-friendly exhibition is child-friendly, too, so bring the whole family along for this beautiful and educational trip. Opens May 19. Through August 1. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Sat.-Sun. (time slots available every half hour) Pratt Pullman Yards, Building 1, Rogers St. N.E. vangoghexpo.com Hermitage: The Power of Art. Visit St. Petersburg’s State Hermitage Museum, home of the world’s largest collection of paintings, from the comfort of your couch. The documentary takes you on a vivid journey through two and a half centuries of art. Pieces range from Egyptian antiques and prehistoric art to modern and impressionist. Historically, the Hermitage has been a meeting place for great, creative minds to connect in Russia. $10. May 26-June 1. Runtime: 90 minutes. For tickets, dates, and times, see here !!UPCOMING JUNE High Museum of Art. The two most prominent figures of 20th-century art need no introduction. Calder-Picasso hit Paris last year, and now it’s coming to Atlanta this summer, presenting pieces that demonstrate Calder and Picasso’s revolutionary innovation and enduring influence. Over a hundred paintings, sculptures, and works on paper are featured, as well as Calder’s early wire figures and inventive works by Picasso in every media. The exhibition focuses on exploration of the void, a defining component of abstract art. June 26-September 19. Timed tickets required, see high.org for safety guidelines, times, and pricing. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4400. www.high.org !!UPCOMING JULY High Museum of Art. This summer, Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting offers a fascinating, touring exhibition exploring lighting design over the last century. The galleries will display nearly 80 lighting examples from twinkling, futuristic structures to vintage lamps and hanging lights. Designers include Achille Castiglioni, Greta Magnusson Grossman, Ingo Maurer, and others. The exhibition is split into three sections: “Typologies,” “The Lightbulb,” and “Quality of Light,” and features immersive experiences like DRIFT’s “Flylight” (2015), which puts the user in a room with interactive LED lights. This event is a unique one you won’t want to miss. July 2– September 26. Timed tickets required, see high.org for safety guidelines, times and pricing. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4400. www.high.org !!UPCOMING AUGUST Hamilton. Kick off the post-quarantine season right with one of Broadway’s biggest hits. Hamilton holds the record for the most Tony Award nominations in history with 16 total, and has won one of the highest number of Tonys to date, at 11 — including Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Choreography. Can you get bigger than that? Follow the story of Alexander Hamilton as he and pre-revolutionary America rise together, set against a modern-sounding score. These are rescheduled dates from 2020, so if you bought tickets last year, now’s your chance to finally see the show people can’t stop talking about. August 25–September 26. For tickets, times, and safety guidelines, see https://www.foxtheatre.org/events/detail/hamilton-2020. Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-881-2100. !!UPCOMING SEPTEMBER High Museum of Art. Marking the museum’s first partnership with the Art Bridges Foundation, the High will present Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe, September 3–January 9, 2022. Featuring nearly 60 works drawn from the museum’s leading collection of the self-taught artist’s art, the exhibition is the first major presentation of Rowe’s work in more than 20 years and the first to consider her practice as a radical act of self-expression and liberation in the post-civil rights-era South. For the last 15 years of her life, self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe (1900-1982) lived on a busy thoroughfare just outside of Atlanta and welcomed visitors to her “Playhouse,” which she decorated with found-object installations, handmade dolls, chewing-gum sculptures and hundreds of drawings. Timed tickets required, see high.org for safety guidelines, times and pricing. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4400. www.high.org !!UPCOMING NOVEMBER High Museum of Art. Twenty-five years ago, the High started commissioning photographers from across the world to explore the American South. Now, for the first time ever, it will bring all the pieces together for Picturing the South: 25 Years. The collection creates a diverse and complex archive of Southern history, including Dawoud Bey’s over-life-sized portraits of Atlanta high school students and photographs from Sally Mann’s Motherland series, as well as new commissions by An-My Lê, Sheila Pree Bright, and Jim Goldberg. November 5 2021–February 6 2022. Fox Theatre. Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher revitalizes Fiddler on the Roof, the longest-running Broadway musical, this fall at the Fox. The show tells the story of Tevye, a Russian milkman in the early 1900s, and his attempts to keep Jewish traditions in his family despite outside influences. With fresh choreography, a stellar cast, and a wonderful orchestra accompanying, the performance brings an iconic tale to a new generation. November 9-14. For more details, see www.foxtheatre.org. Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-881-2100. Courtesy of The High LITHOGRAPH ON PAPER: John S. de Martelly, “Looking at the Sunshine,’ 1942, now on view at the High. 0,0,10 artsagenda Arts Agenda - May 2021 " ["score"]=> float(0) ["_index"]=> string(35) "atlantawiki_tiki_main_62872e622a9ae" ["objectlink"]=> string(36) "No value for 'contentTitle'" ["photos"]=> string(128) "" ["desc"]=> string(55) "THEATER, DANCE, PERFORMING ARTS, & VISUAL ARTS" ["category"]=> string(11) "Arts Agenda" }
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But there is another story that reveals Huckaby’s character that was not included in that testimonial. Though many of these facts were learned out of order, the following timeline (which leaves out some sordid details for the sake of simplification) is instructive: After the economic crash of 2008, most USG schools such as Georgia State University and Fort Valley State were operating dangerously in the red, according to USG records. In 2009, on the other hand, Georgia Perimeter College (GPC), under the leadership of President Anthony Tricoli since 2006, enjoyed a $20.9 million surplus. In 2010, according to multiple witnesses, GPC Vice President for Finance Ron Carruth began secretly making multimillion-dollar transfers out of GPC’s reserves. This kept up till January 2012, when midlevel manager Keith Chapman blew Carruth’s cover by sending an email to the assistant VP of finance Sheletha Champion asking why almost $10 million were “gone with no explanation” from GPC’s reserve fund. Meanwhile, Ron Carruth was reporting contradictory information to President Tricoli and the rest of the GPC administration that GPC was still in great fiscal shape with a surplus as high as $37 million. That glaring discrepancy created quite a flurry of emails between Champion, Carruth, and USG officials about an imminent financial train wreck at GPC, the false reporting of a continuing surplus, and the financial requirements for the USG re-accreditation process underway at the time. In March of 2012, Champion sent a report to USG vice chancellors Ben Riden, John Brown, and John Fuchko detailing a $12.8 million deficit, even as Champion was preparing the financial reports for reaccreditation — on which the USG's continuing eligibility for federal funding depended. It is undisputed that this deficit information was kept from Tricoli and the rest of the GPC administration. In fact, Carruth continued to falsely report surpluses. In March of 2012, the same month as Champion’s deficit report to the USG, Huckaby conducted a USG budget hearing for GPC with Tricoli, Carruth, and Champion. No one mentioned anything about a deficit or millions missing from GPC reserves. Other state records show that current USG Chancellor, then-Vice Chancellor Steve Wrigley knew about Champion’s deficit report, but also withheld that information from the rest of the GPC administration. This behind-the-scenes maneuvering continued until April 25, when Carruth finally (for reasons that have never been investigated) admitted to Tricoli that Carruth’s sanguine financial reports were false. Tricoli called USG Chancellor Huckaby and asked for audit assistance from the USG. Auditors arrived at GPC that same afternoon. The next day, on April 26, Riden and Fuchko announced that USG auditors had discovered a massive deficit at GPC, supposedly by going through the books overnight. In fact, the information they reported exactly tracked the information already provided to the USG by Champion back in March, over a month earlier. No sooner was this sudden deficit announced in the April 26 meeting between USG and GPC officials than Huckaby called Tricoli out of the meeting and ordered him to the USG central office in downtown Atlanta. As soon as Tricoli arrived at Huckaby’s office, Huckaby demanded Tricoli’s immediate resignation. Tricoli refused, arguing that Carruth had just reported a surplus to him and that there must be financial fraud going on. Falsifying a state agency financial report is a felony under OCGA § 16-10-20. On May 1, state records show that Wrigley falsely reported to the Board of Regents that USG officials first learned of the GPC deficit on April 26. Huckaby and Wrigley exchanged emails about replacing Tricoli, and the need to get his resignation before the Board of Regents meeting on May 8. As Tricoli continued to refuse to resign, Huckaby tried a new tack. He offered Tricoli an alternate position in the USG central office if Tricoli would resign from GPC quietly. State records that the USG and Attorney General Chris Carr have refused to produce in response to Open Records requests show that, without Tricoli’s knowledge, the GPC interim president that preceded Tricoli, Rob Watts, had been selected to return in that position. Efforts were already underway to obtain a waiver for Watts to serve because he did not meet the qualifications for the office. As the May 8 Board of Regents meeting approached, the calls to obtain Tricoli’s resignation became more urgent. On the morning of May 7, USG Vice Chancellor Houston Davis called GPC Dean of Academic Affairs Alan Jackson and informed Jackson that he was now acting president of GPC. Tricoli had already been officially replaced and he did not even know it. Yet Huckaby was still trying to procure Tricoli’s resignation. Later that same day, May 7, Huckaby took matters into his own hands and released a press statement reporting that Tricoli had stepped down at GPC and been transferred to the alternate job in the USG central office Huckaby had promised. Tricoli read about this when it was reported in the AJC. Not knowing exactly what ruse was in play, Tricoli wrote to Huckaby the afternoon of May 7 and accepted the new position in writing, but disputed that he had stepped down from GPC. The next day, on May 8, when the Board of Regents was performing its annual presidential reappointment process (a month later than required by Regents’ policy at the time), unbeknownst to Tricoli, Rob Watts name was submitted to the Board for reappointment instead of Tricoli’s. Moreover, Tricoli still did not know that he had already been officially relieved of his duties as GPC president the day before the Board of Regents meeting. State records show that some Board of Regents members knew that Tricoli’s name was not presented because Huckaby had already fired him. They offered Huckaby condolences for the tough decision he had to make to fire Tricoli — who had run the only USG institution that operated in the black after 2008 and had just received a national award from the American Association of University Professors. Tricoli remained ignorant of his fate till May 10, when Huckaby called him in and handed him a termination letter with the explanation that the Board of Regents had determined not to reappoint him. That, of course, was false, as Tricoli had already been fired and replaced before the May 8 Board meeting. On the same day Huckaby informed Tricoli he was history, May 10, Huckaby also issued a letter announcing that the USG was going to conduct an investigation of how and when the GPC finances went wrong. Then-Attorney General Sam Olens specifically signed off on allowing the USG to review its own conduct. That alternate position dangled to trick Tricoli into resigning after he had already been fired, already announced as a fait accompli in the AJC, simply dematerialized. The next day, May 11, the USG appeared to solve the puzzle by passing information to the AJC that the AJC dutifully reported with a headline that Tricoli had “dipped into the GPC reserves.” The AJC also reported that the USG had just discovered, since April 25, the same financial information Sheletha Champion reported to the USG back in March. In fact, when the USG finally released the results of the self-reviewinitiated on May 10 — in the USG’s September 2012Special Review Report,” the USG findings again exactly tracked Champion’s deficit report from back in March, and the USG said it could not determine where the money went. Among its many misrepresentations, the Special Report authored by USG chief auditor John Fuchko also repeated that no one at the USG had any prior knowledge of the GPC financial crisis. Though the Special Report admitted that Carruth and Champion provided grossly false financial information to Tricoli, the report nonetheless concluded that Tricoli was responsible — though it did confirm that Tricoli did not know about the reserve depletions and that the AJC articles about Tricoli personally dipping into the reserves were false. Huckaby and Fuchko later did a similar dance to remove Dan Papp as president of Kennesaw State University, to make way for the USG to appoint Olens — the attorney general who let the USG investigate itself — to the position. Papp was also pressured to resign, and Fuchko also released an after-the-fact report misrepresenting Papp as responsible for the USG’s own financial improprieties (a tale that will have to wait for another column). The AJC also dutifully reported the USG’s misrepresentations about Papp. Neither Papp nor Tricoli were ever able to get another job after the number Huckaby did on them with the resignation ruse. I sent the AJC evidence of Huckaby and other USG officials knowingly misleading the daily paper. No response from the AJC. It is an important part of Huckaby’s legacy that he engaged in two different extortion schemes. Why was it so important to coerce or cajole these presidents into resigning, to the point of committing a racketeering felony? It was all to protect those responsible for the financial fraud in the USG. By forcing Papp to resign and pretending Tricoli resigned, the attorney general and the USG evaded a hearing required by Regents’ policy if the USG presidents were fired. The resignation ruse allowed the USG to get both men out of the way without ever bringing any formal accusations against them — a formal statement of charges is also required under Regents' policy if they were fired. So the USG was able to smear them in the press by false insinuation without ever actually accusing them of anything, or having to hold a hearing that could have revealed the truth the AJC was not reporting. In Tricoli’s case, the resignation ruse was used as a flimsy pretext to deny the waiver of sovereign immunity on a written contract with the state. When Tricoli sued Huckaby, Wrigley, Fuchko, Carruth, and Champion, DeKalb Superior Court Judge Daniel Coursey ruled that these state officials regained their sovereign immunity protection when they tricked Tricoli into resigning from his contract. No court has ever ruled on the evidence, later discovered, that Tricoli had already been fired and replaced before Huckaby’s resignation ruse ever went into operation. In other words, the resignation ruse has prevented Tricoli from suing Huckaby and other USG officials who scapegoated him, as well as attorney generals Sam Olens and Chris Carr, who obstructed criminal investigation of the financial fraud for which Papp and Tricoli were falsely blamed. In 2015, Georgia Trend named Huckaby Georgian of the Year. The AJC offered tribute to Huckaby on his death, and it is true he can never be indicted now for any crimes he may have committed. When Anthony Tricoli died earlier this year the AJC — that destroyed Tricoli’s life and career by printing Huckaby’s lies — never mentioned Tricoli’s passing. —CL—" ["tracker_field_contentWikiPage_raw"]=> string(13029) " {DIV( type="blockquote" width="75%")}''“I want to thank President Tricoli for his dedication to GPC's students and his leadership. He will join the system office to assist with initiatives in distance education, adult degree completion, and learning support programs.”'' from USG Chancellor Huckaby’s press statement, May 7, 2012{DIV} When Hank Huckaby died last week, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran a [https://epaper.ajc.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=0e79bb41-4ba2-4953-9eff-46e55fe03572&pbid=8e0858ee-1443-484d-9e94-f8b8a1eaaaff&utm_source=app.pagesuite&utm_medium=app-interaction&utm_campaign=pagesuite-epaper-html5_share-article|tribute] on the former chancellor of the University System of Georgia (USG). But there is another story that reveals Huckaby’s character that was not included in that testimonial. Though many of these facts were learned out of order, the following timeline (which leaves out some sordid details for the sake of simplification) is instructive: After the economic crash of 2008, most USG schools such as Georgia State University and Fort Valley State were operating dangerously in the red, according to USG records. In 2009, on the other hand, Georgia Perimeter College (GPC), under the leadership of President Anthony Tricoli since 2006, enjoyed a $20.9 million surplus. In 2010, according to multiple witnesses, GPC Vice President for Finance Ron Carruth began secretly making multimillion-dollar transfers out of GPC’s reserves. This kept up till January 2012, when midlevel manager Keith Chapman blew Carruth’s cover by sending an email to the assistant VP of finance Sheletha Champion asking why almost $10 million were “[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M5Tr39y64UY4nxhuUgN37J-mzeUnjm0m/view?usp=sharing|gone with no explanation]” from GPC’s reserve fund. Meanwhile, Ron Carruth was reporting [https://creativeloafing.com/content-425364-OUTLANDISH-CONSPIRACY-THEORIES-The-adventure-of-the-disappearing-budget-surplus|contradictory information] to President Tricoli and the rest of the GPC administration that GPC was still in great fiscal shape with a surplus as high as $37 million. That glaring discrepancy created quite a flurry of emails between Champion, Carruth, and USG officials about an imminent financial train wreck at GPC, the false reporting of a continuing surplus, and the financial requirements for the USG re-accreditation process underway at the time. In March of 2012, Champion sent a report to USG vice chancellors Ben Riden, John Brown, and John Fuchko detailing a [https://creativeloafing.com/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=15289&display=y|$12.8 million deficit], even as Champion was preparing the financial reports for reaccreditation — ''on which the USG's continuing eligibility for federal funding depended.'' It is undisputed that this deficit information was kept from Tricoli and the rest of the GPC administration. In fact, Carruth continued to falsely report surpluses. In March of 2012, the same month as Champion’s deficit report to the USG, Huckaby conducted a USG budget hearing for GPC with Tricoli, Carruth, and Champion. No one mentioned anything about a deficit or millions missing from GPC reserves. Other state records show that current USG Chancellor, then-Vice Chancellor Steve Wrigley knew about Champion’s deficit report, but also withheld that information from the rest of the GPC administration. This behind-the-scenes maneuvering continued until April 25, when Carruth finally (for reasons that have never been investigated) admitted to Tricoli that Carruth’s sanguine financial reports were false. Tricoli called USG Chancellor Huckaby and asked for audit assistance from the USG. Auditors arrived at GPC that same afternoon. The next day, on April 26, Riden and Fuchko announced that USG auditors had discovered a massive deficit at GPC, supposedly by going through the books overnight. In fact, the information they reported exactly tracked the information already provided to the USG by Champion back in March, over a month earlier. No sooner was this sudden deficit announced in the April 26 meeting between USG and GPC officials than Huckaby called Tricoli out of the meeting and ordered him to the USG central office in downtown Atlanta. As soon as Tricoli arrived at Huckaby’s office, Huckaby demanded Tricoli’s immediate resignation. Tricoli refused, arguing that Carruth had just reported a surplus to him and that there must be financial fraud going on. Falsifying a state agency financial report is a felony under [https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2010/title-16/chapter-10/article-2/16-10-20|OCGA § 16-10-20]. On May 1, state records show that Wrigley falsely reported to the Board of Regents that USG officials first learned of the GPC deficit on April 26. Huckaby and Wrigley exchanged emails about replacing Tricoli, and the need to get his resignation before the Board of Regents meeting on May 8. As Tricoli continued to refuse to resign, Huckaby tried a new tack. He offered Tricoli an alternate position in the USG central office if Tricoli would resign from GPC quietly. State records that the USG and Attorney General Chris Carr have refused to produce in response to Open Records requests show that, without Tricoli’s knowledge, the GPC interim president that preceded Tricoli, Rob Watts, had been selected to return in that position. Efforts were already underway to obtain a waiver for Watts to serve because he did not meet the qualifications for the office. As the May 8 Board of Regents meeting approached, the calls to obtain Tricoli’s resignation became more urgent. On the morning of May 7, USG Vice Chancellor Houston Davis called GPC Dean of Academic Affairs Alan Jackson and informed Jackson that he was now acting president of GPC. Tricoli had already been officially replaced and he did not even know it. Yet Huckaby was still trying to procure Tricoli’s resignation. Later that same day, May 7, Huckaby took matters into his own hands and released a press statement reporting that Tricoli had stepped down at GPC and been transferred to the alternate job in the USG central office Huckaby had promised. Tricoli read about this when it was reported in the AJC. Not knowing exactly what ruse was in play, Tricoli wrote to Huckaby the afternoon of May 7 and accepted the new position in writing, but disputed that he had stepped down from GPC. The next day, on May 8, when the Board of Regents was performing its annual presidential reappointment process (a month later than required by Regents’ policy at the time), unbeknownst to Tricoli, Rob Watts name was submitted to the Board for reappointment instead of Tricoli’s. Moreover, Tricoli still did not know that he had already been officially relieved of his duties as GPC president the day before the Board of Regents meeting. State records show that some Board of Regents members knew that Tricoli’s name was not presented because Huckaby had already fired him. They offered Huckaby condolences for the tough decision he had to make to fire Tricoli — who had run the only USG institution that operated in the black after 2008 and had just received a national award from the American Association of University Professors. Tricoli remained ignorant of his fate till May 10, when Huckaby called him in and handed him a termination letter with the explanation that the Board of Regents had determined not to reappoint him. That, of course, was false, as Tricoli had already been fired and replaced before the May 8 Board meeting. On the same day Huckaby informed Tricoli he was history, May 10, Huckaby also issued a letter announcing that the USG was going to conduct an investigation of how and when the GPC finances went wrong. Then-Attorney General Sam Olens specifically signed off on allowing the USG to review its own conduct. That alternate position dangled to trick Tricoli into resigning after he had already been fired, already announced as a fait accompli in the ''AJC'', simply dematerialized. The next day, May 11, the USG appeared to solve the puzzle by passing information to the ''AJC'' that the AJC dutifully reported with a headline that Tricoli had “[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FT6QM5DpBYGy_86mr2Xwzl-l4qVHD5xW/view|dipped] into the GPC reserves.” The AJC also reported that the USG had just discovered, since April 25, the same financial information Sheletha Champion reported to the USG back in March. In fact, when the USG finally released the results of the [https://creativeloafing.com/content-478114-outlandish-conspiracy-theories-isn-t-the-usg-self-review|self-review]initiated on May 10 — in the USG’s September 2012[https://drive.google.com/file/d/16sfe2IG-zWDlj7ldMK6NAJbFUCWgnNpI/view?usp=sharing|Special Review Report],” the USG findings again exactly tracked Champion’s deficit report from back in March, and the USG said it could not determine where the money went. Among its many [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pGPN5Jyd40xCzR6u2yZ5UT8Id1lHF0oC/view?usp=sharing|misrepresentations], the Special Report authored by USG chief auditor John Fuchko also repeated that no one at the USG had any prior knowledge of the GPC financial crisis. Though the Special Report admitted that Carruth and Champion provided grossly false financial information to Tricoli, the report nonetheless concluded that Tricoli was responsible — though it did confirm that Tricoli did not know about the reserve depletions and that the AJC articles about Tricoli personally dipping into the reserves were false. Huckaby and Fuchko later did a similar dance to remove Dan Papp as president of Kennesaw State University, to make way for the USG to appoint Olens — the attorney general who let the USG investigate itself — to the position. Papp was also pressured to resign, and Fuchko also released an after-the-fact report misrepresenting Papp as responsible for the USG’s own financial improprieties (a tale that will have to wait for another column). The AJC also dutifully reported the USG’s misrepresentations about Papp. Neither Papp nor Tricoli were ever able to get another job after the number Huckaby did on them with the resignation ruse. I sent the ''AJC'' evidence of Huckaby and other USG officials knowingly [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1brC2zaVGmp0H7SCOpi6-XHfvzH-2EJKz/view?usp=sharing|misleading] the daily paper. No response from the ''AJC''. It is an important part of Huckaby’s legacy that he engaged in two different extortion schemes. Why was it so important to coerce or cajole these presidents into resigning, to the point of committing a racketeering felony? It was all to protect those responsible for the financial fraud in the USG. By forcing Papp to resign and pretending Tricoli resigned, the attorney general and the USG evaded a hearing required by Regents’ policy if the USG presidents were fired. The resignation ruse allowed the USG to get both men out of the way without ever bringing any formal accusations against them — a formal statement of charges is also required under Regents' policy if they were fired. So the USG was able to smear them in the press by false insinuation without ever actually accusing them of anything, or having to hold a hearing that could have revealed the truth the AJC was not reporting. In Tricoli’s case, the resignation ruse was used as a flimsy pretext to deny the [https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2010/title-50/chapter-21/article-1/50-21-1/|waiver of sovereign immunity on a written contract] with the state. When Tricoli sued Huckaby, Wrigley, Fuchko, Carruth, and Champion, DeKalb Superior Court Judge Daniel Coursey ruled that these state officials regained their [https://creativeloafing.com/content-470481-outlandish-conspiracy-theories-counterfeiting-sovereign|sovereign immunity protection] when they tricked Tricoli into resigning from his contract. No court has ever ruled on the evidence, later discovered, that Tricoli had already been fired and replaced before Huckaby’s resignation ruse ever went into operation. In other words, the resignation ruse has [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ttn5vs0sIyN7-6aUHuLwtgEFCmaJIisx/view?usp=sharing|prevented Tricoli from suing] Huckaby and other USG officials who scapegoated him, as well as attorney generals Sam Olens and Chris Carr, who obstructed criminal investigation of the financial fraud for which Papp and Tricoli were falsely blamed. In 2015, ''Georgia Trend'' named Huckaby Georgian of the Year. 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"trackeritem" ["object_id"]=> string(6) "489388" ["contents"]=> string(12338) " Tricoli Huckaby Comp 2021-05-04T13:56:04+00:00 Tricoli_Huckaby_comp.jpg Malcom X once said… “ The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” The problem for those in the media, and for the crooked people called out in this article, is that the one that counts the most (the one providing admission at the Pearly Gates) is watching and is taking good notes. outlandish conspiracy theories Another view on the former University System chancellor Tricoli Huckaby Comp 2021-05-04T13:07:42+00:00 OUTLANDISH CONSPIRACY THEORIES: Hank Huckaby and the resignation ruse jim.harris Jim Harris STEPHEN HUMPHREYS athenslaw (Stephen Humphreys) 2021-05-04T13:07:42+00:00 When Hank Huckaby died last week, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran a tribute on the former chancellor of the University System of Georgia (USG). But there is another story that reveals Huckaby’s character that was not included in that testimonial. Though many of these facts were learned out of order, the following timeline (which leaves out some sordid details for the sake of simplification) is instructive: After the economic crash of 2008, most USG schools such as Georgia State University and Fort Valley State were operating dangerously in the red, according to USG records. In 2009, on the other hand, Georgia Perimeter College (GPC), under the leadership of President Anthony Tricoli since 2006, enjoyed a $20.9 million surplus. In 2010, according to multiple witnesses, GPC Vice President for Finance Ron Carruth began secretly making multimillion-dollar transfers out of GPC’s reserves. This kept up till January 2012, when midlevel manager Keith Chapman blew Carruth’s cover by sending an email to the assistant VP of finance Sheletha Champion asking why almost $10 million were “gone with no explanation” from GPC’s reserve fund. Meanwhile, Ron Carruth was reporting contradictory information to President Tricoli and the rest of the GPC administration that GPC was still in great fiscal shape with a surplus as high as $37 million. That glaring discrepancy created quite a flurry of emails between Champion, Carruth, and USG officials about an imminent financial train wreck at GPC, the false reporting of a continuing surplus, and the financial requirements for the USG re-accreditation process underway at the time. In March of 2012, Champion sent a report to USG vice chancellors Ben Riden, John Brown, and John Fuchko detailing a $12.8 million deficit, even as Champion was preparing the financial reports for reaccreditation — on which the USG's continuing eligibility for federal funding depended. It is undisputed that this deficit information was kept from Tricoli and the rest of the GPC administration. In fact, Carruth continued to falsely report surpluses. In March of 2012, the same month as Champion’s deficit report to the USG, Huckaby conducted a USG budget hearing for GPC with Tricoli, Carruth, and Champion. No one mentioned anything about a deficit or millions missing from GPC reserves. Other state records show that current USG Chancellor, then-Vice Chancellor Steve Wrigley knew about Champion’s deficit report, but also withheld that information from the rest of the GPC administration. This behind-the-scenes maneuvering continued until April 25, when Carruth finally (for reasons that have never been investigated) admitted to Tricoli that Carruth’s sanguine financial reports were false. Tricoli called USG Chancellor Huckaby and asked for audit assistance from the USG. Auditors arrived at GPC that same afternoon. The next day, on April 26, Riden and Fuchko announced that USG auditors had discovered a massive deficit at GPC, supposedly by going through the books overnight. In fact, the information they reported exactly tracked the information already provided to the USG by Champion back in March, over a month earlier. No sooner was this sudden deficit announced in the April 26 meeting between USG and GPC officials than Huckaby called Tricoli out of the meeting and ordered him to the USG central office in downtown Atlanta. As soon as Tricoli arrived at Huckaby’s office, Huckaby demanded Tricoli’s immediate resignation. Tricoli refused, arguing that Carruth had just reported a surplus to him and that there must be financial fraud going on. Falsifying a state agency financial report is a felony under OCGA § 16-10-20. On May 1, state records show that Wrigley falsely reported to the Board of Regents that USG officials first learned of the GPC deficit on April 26. Huckaby and Wrigley exchanged emails about replacing Tricoli, and the need to get his resignation before the Board of Regents meeting on May 8. As Tricoli continued to refuse to resign, Huckaby tried a new tack. He offered Tricoli an alternate position in the USG central office if Tricoli would resign from GPC quietly. State records that the USG and Attorney General Chris Carr have refused to produce in response to Open Records requests show that, without Tricoli’s knowledge, the GPC interim president that preceded Tricoli, Rob Watts, had been selected to return in that position. Efforts were already underway to obtain a waiver for Watts to serve because he did not meet the qualifications for the office. As the May 8 Board of Regents meeting approached, the calls to obtain Tricoli’s resignation became more urgent. On the morning of May 7, USG Vice Chancellor Houston Davis called GPC Dean of Academic Affairs Alan Jackson and informed Jackson that he was now acting president of GPC. Tricoli had already been officially replaced and he did not even know it. Yet Huckaby was still trying to procure Tricoli’s resignation. Later that same day, May 7, Huckaby took matters into his own hands and released a press statement reporting that Tricoli had stepped down at GPC and been transferred to the alternate job in the USG central office Huckaby had promised. Tricoli read about this when it was reported in the AJC. Not knowing exactly what ruse was in play, Tricoli wrote to Huckaby the afternoon of May 7 and accepted the new position in writing, but disputed that he had stepped down from GPC. The next day, on May 8, when the Board of Regents was performing its annual presidential reappointment process (a month later than required by Regents’ policy at the time), unbeknownst to Tricoli, Rob Watts name was submitted to the Board for reappointment instead of Tricoli’s. Moreover, Tricoli still did not know that he had already been officially relieved of his duties as GPC president the day before the Board of Regents meeting. State records show that some Board of Regents members knew that Tricoli’s name was not presented because Huckaby had already fired him. They offered Huckaby condolences for the tough decision he had to make to fire Tricoli — who had run the only USG institution that operated in the black after 2008 and had just received a national award from the American Association of University Professors. Tricoli remained ignorant of his fate till May 10, when Huckaby called him in and handed him a termination letter with the explanation that the Board of Regents had determined not to reappoint him. That, of course, was false, as Tricoli had already been fired and replaced before the May 8 Board meeting. On the same day Huckaby informed Tricoli he was history, May 10, Huckaby also issued a letter announcing that the USG was going to conduct an investigation of how and when the GPC finances went wrong. Then-Attorney General Sam Olens specifically signed off on allowing the USG to review its own conduct. That alternate position dangled to trick Tricoli into resigning after he had already been fired, already announced as a fait accompli in the AJC, simply dematerialized. The next day, May 11, the USG appeared to solve the puzzle by passing information to the AJC that the AJC dutifully reported with a headline that Tricoli had “dipped into the GPC reserves.” The AJC also reported that the USG had just discovered, since April 25, the same financial information Sheletha Champion reported to the USG back in March. In fact, when the USG finally released the results of the self-reviewinitiated on May 10 — in the USG’s September 2012Special Review Report,” the USG findings again exactly tracked Champion’s deficit report from back in March, and the USG said it could not determine where the money went. Among its many misrepresentations, the Special Report authored by USG chief auditor John Fuchko also repeated that no one at the USG had any prior knowledge of the GPC financial crisis. Though the Special Report admitted that Carruth and Champion provided grossly false financial information to Tricoli, the report nonetheless concluded that Tricoli was responsible — though it did confirm that Tricoli did not know about the reserve depletions and that the AJC articles about Tricoli personally dipping into the reserves were false. Huckaby and Fuchko later did a similar dance to remove Dan Papp as president of Kennesaw State University, to make way for the USG to appoint Olens — the attorney general who let the USG investigate itself — to the position. Papp was also pressured to resign, and Fuchko also released an after-the-fact report misrepresenting Papp as responsible for the USG’s own financial improprieties (a tale that will have to wait for another column). The AJC also dutifully reported the USG’s misrepresentations about Papp. Neither Papp nor Tricoli were ever able to get another job after the number Huckaby did on them with the resignation ruse. I sent the AJC evidence of Huckaby and other USG officials knowingly misleading the daily paper. No response from the AJC. It is an important part of Huckaby’s legacy that he engaged in two different extortion schemes. Why was it so important to coerce or cajole these presidents into resigning, to the point of committing a racketeering felony? It was all to protect those responsible for the financial fraud in the USG. By forcing Papp to resign and pretending Tricoli resigned, the attorney general and the USG evaded a hearing required by Regents’ policy if the USG presidents were fired. The resignation ruse allowed the USG to get both men out of the way without ever bringing any formal accusations against them — a formal statement of charges is also required under Regents' policy if they were fired. So the USG was able to smear them in the press by false insinuation without ever actually accusing them of anything, or having to hold a hearing that could have revealed the truth the AJC was not reporting. In Tricoli’s case, the resignation ruse was used as a flimsy pretext to deny the waiver of sovereign immunity on a written contract with the state. When Tricoli sued Huckaby, Wrigley, Fuchko, Carruth, and Champion, DeKalb Superior Court Judge Daniel Coursey ruled that these state officials regained their sovereign immunity protection when they tricked Tricoli into resigning from his contract. No court has ever ruled on the evidence, later discovered, that Tricoli had already been fired and replaced before Huckaby’s resignation ruse ever went into operation. In other words, the resignation ruse has prevented Tricoli from suing Huckaby and other USG officials who scapegoated him, as well as attorney generals Sam Olens and Chris Carr, who obstructed criminal investigation of the financial fraud for which Papp and Tricoli were falsely blamed. In 2015, Georgia Trend named Huckaby Georgian of the Year. The AJC offered tribute to Huckaby on his death, and it is true he can never be indicted now for any crimes he may have committed. When Anthony Tricoli died earlier this year the AJC — that destroyed Tricoli’s life and career by printing Huckaby’s lies — never mentioned Tricoli’s passing. —CL— University System of Georgia (L) FORCED OUT: Anthony Tricoli, (R) FORCEFUL CHANCELLOR: Hank Huckaby 0,0,10 "outlandish conspiracy theories" OUTLANDISH CONSPIRACY THEORIES: Hank Huckaby and the resignation ruse " ["score"]=> float(0) ["_index"]=> string(35) "atlantawiki_tiki_main_62872e622a9ae" ["objectlink"]=> string(36) "No value for 'contentTitle'" ["photos"]=> string(138) "" ["desc"]=> string(64) "Another view on the former University System chancellor" ["category"]=> string(4) "News" }
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When the University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents balked at Talmadge’s demand that Cocking be drummed out of the university, Talmadge replaced three board members with loyalists to rig the vote. Even 13 years before Brown v. Board of Education mandated school integration, Talmadge’s bald racist maneuvers sparked national outrage, and resulted in the university system losing its accreditation. The Regents responded by enacting Board of Regents Policy 6.4, which states that the board is “unalterably opposed to political interference” in Georgia’s system of higher education. Eighty years after Governor Talmadge’s coup against the regents, Athenian Brian Kemp tried to follow in Talmadge’s footsteps to make the board appoint former Governor Sonny Perdue to the position of USG chancellor. After all, Perdue is out of a job since his gig as Trump’s secretary of agriculture came to a riotous end, and Kemp owes his own political rise to Perdue — since Perdue appointed Kemp to the secretary of state position from which Kemp oversaw his own election to the governor’s office. Here are 10 reasons Kemp may want to re-think this political move: 1. First, it must be asked, sui generis, if it is really a good idea to subvert the interests of educating Georgia’s future leaders to such a rank political favor. Is it worth the risk that a first-class system of higher education will not be the result? 2. In a flashback to 1941, the specter has already been raised whether the USG’s accreditation will find itself in jeopardy again. According to Belle Wheelan, head of the SACS regional accreditation agency, any suggestion of undue political pressure to appoint Sonny Perdue could endanger the accreditation on which continued federal funding of the USG depends. That is a strong statement, since SACS covered for the USG when it fudged its financial records to keep its accreditation intact after the crash of 2008. 3. As Community Papers publisher and former Chair of the Board of Regents Dink Nesmith once pointed out, former Governor Nathan Deal endangered the university system by strong-arming the appointment of Hank Huckaby as USG chancellor in 2011. Huckaby was chancellor when the USG was accused of falsifying its financials and forcing out USG presidents such as Anthony Tricoli at Georgia Perimeter College and Dan Papp at Kennesaw State to sweep the unsightly dirt under the rug. 4. The USG badly needs new blood. Most university systems remain vital by bringing in top-flight talent from the proving grounds of other major universities. But when was the last time the USG brought in a gunslinger from Ohio State or UCLA? To keep the system under political control, Huckaby was promoted from UGA and the Georgia legislature. UGA promoted a middling administrator Jere Morehead — like Huckaby, also hand-picked by Deal, to Nesmith’s chagrin — to its last presidential vacancy. Current USG Chancellor Steve Wrigley also wormed his way up through the ranks from UGA. A UGA administrator was also transferred within the system to take over after Sam Olens’ reign of disaster as president of Kennesaw State University (KSU). Perdue would just be another hire from within the Georgia good old boy system — the one the Republicans were supposed to replace when Perdue took over as governor in 2002. 5. The last time the regents rigged an insider appointment, it did not turn out so well. When the USG appointed former Attorney General Sam Olens, as the sole candidate considered, despite vocal opposition at KSU and Olens’ lack of any educational qualifications, Olens did not last a year at KSU. Perdue’s resume is more like Olens’ than the candidates a national search would turn up. 6. Olens labored under a cloud of extortion and bribery allegations at KSU that did nothing for the USG’s reputation. Even worse, three days after former Secretary of State Brian Kemp and KSU President Olens were served with a lawsuit over vulnerabilities in the Center for Election Systems on the KSU campus (for some unknown reason, Georgia elections were run by the USG — an entity clearly not impervious to partisan political pressures — instead of under the province of the secretary of state, till recently) the GCES servers were wiped clean, dragging USG deeper into political mire. Questions of destroying possible evidence of Russian hacking in the 2016 presidential election and manipulation in the 2017 special election to replace Tom Price, Perdue’s colleague in Trump’s Southern Strategy-heavy cabinet, still loom over the USG, even as the Fulton County DA is investigating Trump for election interference.= 7. Perdue has his own public image problems. As governor, he stopped the purchase of 20,000 acres for a nature preserve in Oaky Woods while secretly buying adjacent land which doubled in value when the Oaky Woods parcel was sold to real estate developers instead of the Nature Conservancy. Next, Perdue served as Trump’s secretary of agriculture (after receiving $950,000 in contributions for agricultural business interests) right to the end — in insurrection and calls to pressure Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to change the election results. Perdue quickly acclimated to the swamp, however, appointing lobbyists for agribusiness and the pesticide industry to key Department of Agriculture posts. 8. Does USG need such an appearance of self-serving corruption? Even if a Perdue appointment does not cause another accreditation failure, a negative public image tarnishes the hard-earned degrees of Georgia students. After all, who can forget the furor caused by Governor Perdue appearing to sign into law a $100,000 tax break for himself? 9. What about the temptation for real corruption for chancellor with his fingers in the USG’s $15 billion budget? The USG already spent the last decade defending allegations that USG officials falsified financials to conceal misappropriation of millions of taxpayer dollars and Attorneys General Sam Olens and Chris Carr obstructed criminal investigations. The defense is not that the fraud did not occur, but that these state officials have sovereign immunity protection for RICO felonies. 10. Talmadge’s vote-rigging did not serve him as well in the polls as Perdue’s championing of the Confederate battle flag that propelled Perdue into office in 2002. Aligning with secessionists, segregationists, and seditionists remains as politically controversial as it is commercially problematic. In the next election, in 1942, the governor who seemed to be a fixture in Georgia’s reactionary establishment lost to that racially-indifferent upstart Ellis Arnall. That same result in 2022 would be bad for Brian Kemp, but maybe it’s for the best for the rest of us. —CL—" ["tracker_field_contentWikiPage_raw"]=> string(7142) "In 1941, an anonymous writer who dubbed himself Atheneus penned an epistle to the ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' to decry Georgia Governor Gene Talmadge’s firing of a UGA dean for advocating “communism and racial equality” — in what came to be known as the Cocking Affair. When the University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents balked at Talmadge’s demand that Cocking be drummed out of the university, Talmadge replaced three board members with loyalists to rig the vote. Even 13 years before ''Brown v. 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First, it must be asked, ''sui generis'', if it is really a good idea to subvert the interests of educating Georgia’s future leaders to such a rank political favor. Is it worth the risk that a first-class system of higher education will not be the result? 2. In a flashback to 1941, the specter has already been raised whether the USG’s accreditation will find itself in jeopardy again. According to Belle Wheelan, head of the SACS regional accreditation agency, any suggestion of undue political pressure to appoint Sonny Perdue could endanger the accreditation on which continued federal funding of the USG depends. That is a strong statement, since SACS covered for the USG when it fudged its financial records to keep its accreditation intact after the crash of 2008. 3. As Community Papers publisher and former Chair of the Board of Regents Dink Nesmith once pointed out, former Governor Nathan Deal endangered the university system by strong-arming the appointment of Hank Huckaby as USG chancellor in 2011. Huckaby was chancellor when the USG was accused of falsifying its financials and forcing out USG presidents such as Anthony Tricoli at Georgia Perimeter College and Dan Papp at Kennesaw State to sweep the unsightly dirt under the rug. 4. The USG badly needs new blood. Most university systems remain vital by bringing in top-flight talent from the proving grounds of other major universities. But when was the last time the USG brought in a gunslinger from Ohio State or UCLA? To keep the system under political control, Huckaby was promoted from UGA and the Georgia legislature. UGA promoted a middling administrator Jere Morehead — like Huckaby, also hand-picked by Deal, to Nesmith’s chagrin — to its last presidential vacancy. Current USG Chancellor Steve Wrigley also wormed his way up through the ranks from UGA. A UGA administrator was also transferred within the system to take over after Sam Olens’ reign of disaster as president of Kennesaw State University (KSU). Perdue would just be another hire from within the Georgia good old boy system — the one the Republicans were supposed to replace when Perdue took over as governor in 2002. 5. The last time the regents rigged an insider appointment, it did not turn out so well. When the USG appointed former Attorney General Sam Olens, as the sole candidate considered, despite vocal opposition at KSU and Olens’ lack of any educational qualifications, Olens did not last a year at KSU. Perdue’s resume is more like Olens’ than the candidates a national search would turn up. 6. Olens labored under a cloud of extortion and bribery allegations at KSU that did nothing for the USG’s reputation. Even worse, three days after former Secretary of State Brian Kemp and KSU President Olens were served with a lawsuit over vulnerabilities in the Center for Election Systems on the KSU campus (for some unknown reason, Georgia elections were run by the USG — an entity clearly not impervious to partisan political pressures — instead of under the province of the secretary of state, till recently) the GCES servers were wiped clean, dragging USG deeper into political mire. Questions of destroying possible evidence of Russian hacking in the 2016 presidential election and manipulation in the 2017 special election to replace Tom Price, Perdue’s colleague in Trump’s Southern Strategy-heavy cabinet, still loom over the USG, even as the Fulton County DA is investigating Trump for election interference.= 7. Perdue has his own public image problems. As governor, he stopped the purchase of 20,000 acres for a nature preserve in Oaky Woods while secretly buying adjacent land which doubled in value when the Oaky Woods parcel was sold to real estate developers instead of the Nature Conservancy. Next, Perdue served as Trump’s secretary of agriculture (after receiving $950,000 in contributions for agricultural business interests) right to the end — in insurrection and calls to pressure Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to change the election results. Perdue quickly acclimated to the swamp, however, appointing lobbyists for agribusiness and the pesticide industry to key Department of Agriculture posts. 8. Does USG need such an appearance of self-serving corruption? Even if a Perdue appointment does not cause another accreditation failure, a negative public image tarnishes the hard-earned degrees of Georgia students. After all, who can forget the furor caused by Governor Perdue appearing to sign into law a $100,000 tax break for himself? 9. What about the temptation for real corruption for chancellor with his fingers in the USG’s $15 billion budget? The USG already spent the last decade defending allegations that USG officials falsified financials to conceal misappropriation of millions of taxpayer dollars and Attorneys General Sam Olens and Chris Carr obstructed criminal investigations. The defense is not that the fraud did not occur, but that these state officials have sovereign immunity protection for RICO felonies. 10. Talmadge’s vote-rigging did not serve him as well in the polls as Perdue’s championing of the Confederate battle flag that propelled Perdue into office in 2002. Aligning with secessionists, segregationists, and seditionists remains as politically controversial as it is commercially problematic. In the next election, in 1942, the governor who seemed to be a fixture in Georgia’s reactionary establishment lost to that racially-indifferent upstart Ellis Arnall. 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When the University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents balked at Talmadge’s demand that Cocking be drummed out of the university, Talmadge replaced three board members with loyalists to rig the vote. Even 13 years before Brown v. Board of Education mandated school integration, Talmadge’s bald racist maneuvers sparked national outrage, and resulted in the university system losing its accreditation. The Regents responded by enacting Board of Regents Policy 6.4, which states that the board is “unalterably opposed to political interference” in Georgia’s system of higher education. Eighty years after Governor Talmadge’s coup against the regents, Athenian Brian Kemp tried to follow in Talmadge’s footsteps to make the board appoint former Governor Sonny Perdue to the position of USG chancellor. After all, Perdue is out of a job since his gig as Trump’s secretary of agriculture came to a riotous end, and Kemp owes his own political rise to Perdue — since Perdue appointed Kemp to the secretary of state position from which Kemp oversaw his own election to the governor’s office. Here are 10 reasons Kemp may want to re-think this political move: 1. First, it must be asked, sui generis, if it is really a good idea to subvert the interests of educating Georgia’s future leaders to such a rank political favor. Is it worth the risk that a first-class system of higher education will not be the result? 2. In a flashback to 1941, the specter has already been raised whether the USG’s accreditation will find itself in jeopardy again. According to Belle Wheelan, head of the SACS regional accreditation agency, any suggestion of undue political pressure to appoint Sonny Perdue could endanger the accreditation on which continued federal funding of the USG depends. That is a strong statement, since SACS covered for the USG when it fudged its financial records to keep its accreditation intact after the crash of 2008. 3. As Community Papers publisher and former Chair of the Board of Regents Dink Nesmith once pointed out, former Governor Nathan Deal endangered the university system by strong-arming the appointment of Hank Huckaby as USG chancellor in 2011. Huckaby was chancellor when the USG was accused of falsifying its financials and forcing out USG presidents such as Anthony Tricoli at Georgia Perimeter College and Dan Papp at Kennesaw State to sweep the unsightly dirt under the rug. 4. The USG badly needs new blood. Most university systems remain vital by bringing in top-flight talent from the proving grounds of other major universities. But when was the last time the USG brought in a gunslinger from Ohio State or UCLA? To keep the system under political control, Huckaby was promoted from UGA and the Georgia legislature. UGA promoted a middling administrator Jere Morehead — like Huckaby, also hand-picked by Deal, to Nesmith’s chagrin — to its last presidential vacancy. Current USG Chancellor Steve Wrigley also wormed his way up through the ranks from UGA. A UGA administrator was also transferred within the system to take over after Sam Olens’ reign of disaster as president of Kennesaw State University (KSU). Perdue would just be another hire from within the Georgia good old boy system — the one the Republicans were supposed to replace when Perdue took over as governor in 2002. 5. The last time the regents rigged an insider appointment, it did not turn out so well. When the USG appointed former Attorney General Sam Olens, as the sole candidate considered, despite vocal opposition at KSU and Olens’ lack of any educational qualifications, Olens did not last a year at KSU. Perdue’s resume is more like Olens’ than the candidates a national search would turn up. 6. Olens labored under a cloud of extortion and bribery allegations at KSU that did nothing for the USG’s reputation. Even worse, three days after former Secretary of State Brian Kemp and KSU President Olens were served with a lawsuit over vulnerabilities in the Center for Election Systems on the KSU campus (for some unknown reason, Georgia elections were run by the USG — an entity clearly not impervious to partisan political pressures — instead of under the province of the secretary of state, till recently) the GCES servers were wiped clean, dragging USG deeper into political mire. Questions of destroying possible evidence of Russian hacking in the 2016 presidential election and manipulation in the 2017 special election to replace Tom Price, Perdue’s colleague in Trump’s Southern Strategy-heavy cabinet, still loom over the USG, even as the Fulton County DA is investigating Trump for election interference.= 7. Perdue has his own public image problems. As governor, he stopped the purchase of 20,000 acres for a nature preserve in Oaky Woods while secretly buying adjacent land which doubled in value when the Oaky Woods parcel was sold to real estate developers instead of the Nature Conservancy. Next, Perdue served as Trump’s secretary of agriculture (after receiving $950,000 in contributions for agricultural business interests) right to the end — in insurrection and calls to pressure Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to change the election results. Perdue quickly acclimated to the swamp, however, appointing lobbyists for agribusiness and the pesticide industry to key Department of Agriculture posts. 8. Does USG need such an appearance of self-serving corruption? Even if a Perdue appointment does not cause another accreditation failure, a negative public image tarnishes the hard-earned degrees of Georgia students. After all, who can forget the furor caused by Governor Perdue appearing to sign into law a $100,000 tax break for himself? 9. What about the temptation for real corruption for chancellor with his fingers in the USG’s $15 billion budget? The USG already spent the last decade defending allegations that USG officials falsified financials to conceal misappropriation of millions of taxpayer dollars and Attorneys General Sam Olens and Chris Carr obstructed criminal investigations. The defense is not that the fraud did not occur, but that these state officials have sovereign immunity protection for RICO felonies. 10. Talmadge’s vote-rigging did not serve him as well in the polls as Perdue’s championing of the Confederate battle flag that propelled Perdue into office in 2002. Aligning with secessionists, segregationists, and seditionists remains as politically controversial as it is commercially problematic. In the next election, in 1942, the governor who seemed to be a fixture in Georgia’s reactionary establishment lost to that racially-indifferent upstart Ellis Arnall. That same result in 2022 would be bad for Brian Kemp, but maybe it’s for the best for the rest of us. —CL— U.S. Department of Agriculture Sonny Perdue 0,0,10 Perdue déjà vu " ["score"]=> float(0) ["_index"]=> string(35) "atlantawiki_tiki_main_62872e622a9ae" ["objectlink"]=> string(36) "No value for 'contentTitle'" ["photos"]=> string(162) "" ["desc"]=> string(63) "Top Ten reasons to drop Sonny Perdue as USG chancellor" ["category"]=> string(4) "News" }
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For those who don’t know, the “Studio 54 of the South” in the Piedmont-Peachtree Crossing shopping center is what gave the Disco Kroger its moniker, long after the dance club closed. Forty years from now people will probably be having another discussion about what by then may seem bizarre: “What did you do during the Great Pandemic of 2020?” A lot of people will answer that they fought over rolls and rolls of toilet paper, sheltered in place, washed their hands over and over for at least 20 seconds each time, wore masks, wore double masks, made their own hand sanitizer, shopped for necessities online, and streamed endless movies and television shows until they’d binge-watched everything on the internet. A good number of people will lament how live music came to an end, music clubs and bars and theaters closed, touring acts were forced off the road, and road crews, sound and light people, tour managers, and club personnel, booking agency and concert promotions employees, and others who made a living doing what they loved were either furloughed or lost their gigs altogether. With an increase in the number of people getting vaccinated and others getting a bad case of cabin fever, people have started going out again. Are you ready to get back to it? Are you willing to head out to the clubs to hear live music, see musicians perform onstage, and revel in all that you’ve been missing during these long months of self-isolation? The time is now, apparently, if you’re ready, willing, and able. Some people have already been paying the doorman a cover charge, throwing caution to the wind, and catching live music in real life. For quite a few weeks now, both Blind Willie’s in Virginia-Highland and the Northside Tavern on Atlanta’s Westside have been booking weekend shows. I guess if you’re into the blues, taking your life in your hands comes with the territory. I mean, the musicians onstage had to make a deal with the devil to get their chops, right? So what’s the harm of going into a small club and enjoying some live music even if no one is following CDC guidelines, despite their being posted at the door, and there’s no social distancing, no one is wearing masks, and you don’t know if the person next to you has been vaccinated or is a COVID-19 denier? Heading out is up to the individual — and many Atlanta club owners are betting that with spring having sprung, the time has come. Smith’s Olde Bar is reopening for live music this month. While the restaurant has been open for quite some time, the people at Smith’s have used the months of pandemic shut-down to make some much-needed renovations and upgrades to the upstairs main music room and the smaller Atlanta room downstairs, as well as the bar, dining, and game rooms. Patrons will immediately notice that all of the carpets have been ripped out, the hardwoods underneath are newly-polished, and everything looks and smells clean. Even the bathrooms have undergone renovations. Musicians playing Smith’s will also note a difference, especially with the stage having been enlarged, new sound and lights installed, the dressing rooms getting a make-over, and that side bar, stage right, being moved to the back of the room. The outdoor deck in back has also been extended, which is great if you’re still circumspect about the coronavirus pandemic, but not so good if you’re trying to avoid cigarette smokers and carbon monoxide inhalation. Other club owners are also spinning the wheel of fortune, booking performers and reopening. Eddie’s Attic and Eddie Owen Presents: Red Clay Music Foundry have done so, though with more strict adherence to pandemic guidelines; Terminal West, the Coca-Cola Roxy, and the Buckhead Theatre are also selling tickets to shows. Masquerade and City Winery have been offering the best of both worlds, presenting live streams and live music, as both venues mobilize and return to live concerts. Just outside of Atlanta, MadLife Stage and Studios is bringing back live music. In Avondale Estates, the new 37 Main has been providing live music since its recent opening. It remains to be seen when The Earl and 529, currently with their restaurant and bars open respectively, will announce the return of live music to East Atlanta, though sources close to both businesses say June is probably when bands will start being booked at both places. Though Aisle 5 in Little Five Points has been offering live music, there’s no word when the Star Bar will open its doors, thoughg it will present Bubbapalooza 2021 in its parking lot May 29, with The Revenge of Boone's Farm Saturday starring Ghost Riders Car Club for two sets, starting at 2-8:00 p.m. Meanwhile, the Variety Playhouse is looking to August to welcome back music fans. Elsewhere around town, Napoleon’s continues to book shows in the restaurant and the parking lot, while the Vista Room next door remains closed. And, if you are in need of a vinyl fix, the Atlanta Record and CD Show will return to the Doubletree Hotel, 2055 South Park Place, on Sunday, June 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with early entry at 8 a.m. The hotel requires everyone who enters to wear a face mask. I’ll be wearing two, with a bottle of hand sanitizer attached to my belt! If something’s happening with your club or music venue, and I don’t know what it is, fill me in: tony.paris at creativeloafing.com —CL—" ["tracker_field_contentWikiPage_raw"]=> string(6450) "On a local Atlanta music Facebook page there is an extended discussion about whether or not there were sharks swimming in a tank underneath the glass dance floor of the Limelight in Buckhead during the ’80s (there were — for opening night). For those who don’t know, the “Studio 54 of the South” in the Piedmont-Peachtree Crossing shopping center is what gave the Disco Kroger its moniker, long after the dance club closed. Forty years from now people will probably be having another discussion about what by then may seem bizarre: “What did you do during the Great Pandemic of 2020?” A lot of people will answer that they fought over rolls and rolls of toilet paper, sheltered in place, washed their hands over and over for at least 20 seconds each time, wore masks, wore double masks, made their own hand sanitizer, shopped for necessities online, and streamed endless movies and television shows until they’d binge-watched everything on the internet. A good number of people will lament how live music came to an end, music clubs and bars and theaters closed, touring acts were forced off the road, and road crews, sound and light people, tour managers, and club personnel, booking agency and concert promotions employees, and others who made a living doing what they loved were either furloughed or lost their gigs altogether. 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[https://eddiesattic.com|Eddie’s Attic] and Eddie Owen Presents: [https://eddieowenpresents.com|Red Clay Music Foundry] have done so, though with more strict adherence to pandemic guidelines; Terminal West, the Coca-Cola Roxy, and the Buckhead Theatre are also selling tickets to shows. [http://www.masqueradeatlanta.com|Masquerade] and [https://citywinery.com/atlanta/|City Winery] have been offering the best of both worlds, presenting live streams and live music, as both venues mobilize and return to live concerts. Just outside of Atlanta, [http://madlifestageandstudios.com|MadLife Stage and Studios] is bringing back live music. 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Though [https://aisle5atl.com|Aisle 5] in Little Five Points has been offering live music, there’s no word when the [https://www.facebook.com/star.bar.142|Star Bar] will open its doors, thoughg it will present Bubbapalooza 2021 in its parking lot May 29, with The Revenge of Boone's Farm Saturday starring Ghost Riders Car Club for two sets, starting at 2-8:00 p.m. Meanwhile, the [http://variety-playhouse.com|Variety Playhouse] is looking to August to welcome back music fans. Elsewhere around town, [https://www.napoleonsgrill.com|Napoleon’s] continues to book shows in the restaurant and the parking lot, while the Vista Room next door remains closed. And, if you are in need of a vinyl fix, the [https://www.facebook.com/Records.Shows|Atlanta Record and CD Show] will return to the Doubletree Hotel, 2055 South Park Place, on Sunday, June 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with early entry at 8 a.m. The hotel requires everyone who enters to wear a face mask. 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For those who don’t know, the “Studio 54 of the South” in the Piedmont-Peachtree Crossing shopping center is what gave the Disco Kroger its moniker, long after the dance club closed. Forty years from now people will probably be having another discussion about what by then may seem bizarre: “What did you do during the Great Pandemic of 2020?” A lot of people will answer that they fought over rolls and rolls of toilet paper, sheltered in place, washed their hands over and over for at least 20 seconds each time, wore masks, wore double masks, made their own hand sanitizer, shopped for necessities online, and streamed endless movies and television shows until they’d binge-watched everything on the internet. A good number of people will lament how live music came to an end, music clubs and bars and theaters closed, touring acts were forced off the road, and road crews, sound and light people, tour managers, and club personnel, booking agency and concert promotions employees, and others who made a living doing what they loved were either furloughed or lost their gigs altogether. With an increase in the number of people getting vaccinated and others getting a bad case of cabin fever, people have started going out again. Are you ready to get back to it? Are you willing to head out to the clubs to hear live music, see musicians perform onstage, and revel in all that you’ve been missing during these long months of self-isolation? The time is now, apparently, if you’re ready, willing, and able. Some people have already been paying the doorman a cover charge, throwing caution to the wind, and catching live music in real life. For quite a few weeks now, both Blind Willie’s in Virginia-Highland and the Northside Tavern on Atlanta’s Westside have been booking weekend shows. I guess if you’re into the blues, taking your life in your hands comes with the territory. I mean, the musicians onstage had to make a deal with the devil to get their chops, right? So what’s the harm of going into a small club and enjoying some live music even if no one is following CDC guidelines, despite their being posted at the door, and there’s no social distancing, no one is wearing masks, and you don’t know if the person next to you has been vaccinated or is a COVID-19 denier? Heading out is up to the individual — and many Atlanta club owners are betting that with spring having sprung, the time has come. Smith’s Olde Bar is reopening for live music this month. While the restaurant has been open for quite some time, the people at Smith’s have used the months of pandemic shut-down to make some much-needed renovations and upgrades to the upstairs main music room and the smaller Atlanta room downstairs, as well as the bar, dining, and game rooms. Patrons will immediately notice that all of the carpets have been ripped out, the hardwoods underneath are newly-polished, and everything looks and smells clean. Even the bathrooms have undergone renovations. Musicians playing Smith’s will also note a difference, especially with the stage having been enlarged, new sound and lights installed, the dressing rooms getting a make-over, and that side bar, stage right, being moved to the back of the room. The outdoor deck in back has also been extended, which is great if you’re still circumspect about the coronavirus pandemic, but not so good if you’re trying to avoid cigarette smokers and carbon monoxide inhalation. Other club owners are also spinning the wheel of fortune, booking performers and reopening. Eddie’s Attic and Eddie Owen Presents: Red Clay Music Foundry have done so, though with more strict adherence to pandemic guidelines; Terminal West, the Coca-Cola Roxy, and the Buckhead Theatre are also selling tickets to shows. Masquerade and City Winery have been offering the best of both worlds, presenting live streams and live music, as both venues mobilize and return to live concerts. Just outside of Atlanta, MadLife Stage and Studios is bringing back live music. In Avondale Estates, the new 37 Main has been providing live music since its recent opening. It remains to be seen when The Earl and 529, currently with their restaurant and bars open respectively, will announce the return of live music to East Atlanta, though sources close to both businesses say June is probably when bands will start being booked at both places. Though Aisle 5 in Little Five Points has been offering live music, there’s no word when the Star Bar will open its doors, thoughg it will present Bubbapalooza 2021 in its parking lot May 29, with The Revenge of Boone's Farm Saturday starring Ghost Riders Car Club for two sets, starting at 2-8:00 p.m. Meanwhile, the Variety Playhouse is looking to August to welcome back music fans. Elsewhere around town, Napoleon’s continues to book shows in the restaurant and the parking lot, while the Vista Room next door remains closed. And, if you are in need of a vinyl fix, the Atlanta Record and CD Show will return to the Doubletree Hotel, 2055 South Park Place, on Sunday, June 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with early entry at 8 a.m. The hotel requires everyone who enters to wear a face mask. I’ll be wearing two, with a bottle of hand sanitizer attached to my belt! If something’s happening with your club or music venue, and I don’t know what it is, fill me in: tony.paris at creativeloafing.com —CL— TONY PARIS THE LIGHTS ARE BRIGHT: On the patio at Smith’s Olde Bar. 0,0,10 highfrequencies HIGH FREQUENCIES: Are you ready? " ["score"]=> float(0) ["_index"]=> string(35) "atlantawiki_tiki_main_62872e622a9ae" ["objectlink"]=> string(36) "No value for 'contentTitle'" ["photos"]=> string(124) "" ["desc"]=> string(65) "Some say ‘it’s showtime,’ others are more cautious" ["category"]=> string(16) "High Frequencies" }
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However, the IBS took place in late January 2020. We all know what followed after that. Chalk it up to bad luck and timing, but after a few months lying low, Collins realized he had to keep playing live to maintain the momentum achieved after years of hard work, hundreds of gigs, and plenty of practice. He had come too far to let it fizzle away due to a pesky worldwide pandemic. Collins, who grew up in a musical family, discovered the guitar when he was around 15 in 2013 after being exposed to Jonny Lang. It was love at first sight. “Something about when I picked up the guitar and started listening to the blues, I just completely immersed myself with that. I knew I wanted to do music, but (after hearing the blues) that was the first time I thought ‘this is what I want to do, play blues music.’” He quit high school and homeschooled for the remaining few years. “I knew it was the best thing for me, because I wasn’t looking back. I knew what I wanted to do and wanted to achieve,” he clarifies. After being inspired by fellow Atlanta bluesman Cody Matlock when the two connected at a Northside Tavern tribute to Sean Costello (Collins was playing acoustic at that point), he learned how to solo on electric guitar and hasn’t looked back. The “project” started in 2017 with drummer Justin Raffield and bassist Dennis Stevenson. That lineup has, somewhat incredibly, stayed consistent to this day. They had considered adding another member on keyboards — they use one in the studio — but “we really love what we’re able to produce with just the three of us. It’s easier that way. We always joke that we have a fourth member because (bassist Stevenson) has this pedal that makes his bass sound like an organ.” After the pandemic brought live music to a screeching halt, Collins took a job as a cook (another of his passions) in March of 2020. But in May, his outfit played a private party and soon afterwards got a regular gig as the house band at Two Urban Licks. “For about three months, that’s all we had every weekend, Friday through Sunday. But we still managed to play over 200 shows last year during the pandemic.” That’s about what the trio has been logging for the past three years, pre-COVID-19, which is quite an achievement. Of course the crowds were thin for a while, but that’s improving, albeit slowly. “For us who have been out in the trenches, we’ve just kept doing it, obviously being as safe as possible. But we gotta eat.” Collins admits, “It was a crazy year but I really can’t complain.” Things have been going remarkably well lately considering the circumstances. “Back in September of 2020 we landed the residency for Northside Tavern every Thursday. We’ve been doing that for about six months. We just found out it’s our spot for sure. We’re really proud of that.” But it hasn’t been easy. “We have busted our tail going into clubs doing jam nights, just trying to show people what we can do.” It helps that Collins expands his music on stage to include soul, R&B, and even country covers. Most, like crowd favorite “Ring of Fire,” are creatively rearranged and revamped to make them fresher and more blues oriented, rather than simply rehashing the originals as note-perfect reproductions. Collins is effusive in his praise for assistance from Atlanta’s blues organization. “I can’t say enough about the Atlanta Blues Society. They have been so supportive of not only me but of all the young people trying to make this music live on. They helped raise money to send us to Memphis (for the IBC).” Collins and his group networked there, played five original tunes, and made it to the semifinals as one of the top 40 bands out of 250 acts. Then, when they were at their hottest, COVID hit. Now that pandemic restrictions are loosening, Collins is revving up for the next phase of his still young career. He’s working on a professionally recorded album of originals to release and sell at shows, something he has taken his time doing in order to get right. “We’re now in preproduction to start recording new songs in Atlanta,” he says. “The plan is to release the album in three song sets.” Collins is committed to the music and moving forward in a tough genre with substantial competition. He has received priceless support and mentorship from 75-year-old Macon musician Robert Lee Coleman, who played guitar with James Brown and Percy Sledge. The relationship has cemented Collins’ appreciation for the blues. “That’s what I love about (blues) music, how it transcends generations. Color doesn’t matter, age doesn’t matter, how you were raised doesn’t matter. I love how a 75-year-old Black man was sitting in central Georgia with a 17-year-old white kid, and the one thing that brought them together was the blues.” Spoken like a lifelong bluesman. Roots music shows start revving up in May: Thurs., May 6 Carsie Blanton, Eddie’s Attic — Philly-based folkie Blanton enlivens her roots with retro jazz and even rocks out a bit, although in a reserved way. Her lyrics are sharp, wry, and witty (“Jesus Christ was a handsome man,” goes one tune), and she’s got charm to spare. Fri.-Sat., May 7-8 Chris Knight, Eddie’s Attic — Kentucky-born Knight has been singing about the blue-collar, hardscrabble people he knows and loves with raw, often ragged country rock that skews to the darker side. His 2019 release, Almost Daylight, which included a cameo from John Prine (an obvious influence), was one of his finest in a catalog filled with tough and scruffy heartland folk/rock. Sat., May 8 Randall Bramblett Band, From the Earth Brewing Company (Marietta) — Athens-based, Georgia-born Bramblett hasn’t looked back after leaving Steve Winwood’s band and flying solo. He will feature music from 2020’s Pine Needle Fire, another classy notch in the singer/songwriter’s expansive catalog of dusky, idiosyncratic, introspective Southern-tinged rock. Sun., May 9 Shawn Mullins, Red Clay Music Foundry (Duluth) — Local folk/pop veteran Mullins kicks off a month of early evening (6 p.m. start) Sunday solo shows (the others are May 16, 23, 30) featuring selections from his deep catalog, mellifluous voice, engaging personality, and, of course, his big late-’90’s hit “Lullaby.” That may be his most popular tune, but there are plenty more gems where that came from and Mullins always brings it live. Fri., May 28 Pony Bradshaw, Eddie’s Attic — Bradshaw, whose Mom calls him James, crafted a terrific set of songs around a fictional character named Calico Jim, releasing a titular album of them earlier this year as his second full-length. His sound is tinged with darker country and folk influences reflected in his everyman voice and lyrics about a drifter’s life that seems awfully close to his own. Fri., Sat., Sun., May 28-30 Forward Festival at Cherokee Farms, LaFayette, GA — It’s a bit of a drive north on I-75 but the first major Georgia fest of the year features local favorite Oliver Woods (now a Nashville resident) headlining a decidedly rootsy bill with Grass Is Dead, Jon Stickley Trio, and Blair Crimmins & the Hookers, among other similarly organic acts. The promotional material promises “music, art, and camping,” which sounds like a good way to welcome back a festival season that took a year’s sabbatical. Fri., June 4 Liz Longley, Eddie’s Attic — Nashville-based Longley is an introspective folk/pop songstress who has been refining her career for well over a decade. Her latest, 2020’s Funeral for My Past, is her most soulful release, as she sings emotional tales detailing the ups and mostly downs of romantic liaisons, likely based on personal experience. Sat., June 5 Eddie 9V, Blind Willie’s, 8:30 p.m. show — A CD release show to celebrate the release of Eddie’s new Ruf label album Little Black Flies. This is a major event — not just as a big break in the singer/songwriter’s career — but also as an acknowledgement that the young blues/roots talent cropping up in Atlanta is ready for prime time. Come out and support the cause. Sat., June 5 Jason Ringenberg, Eddie’s Attic, 7 p.m. show — Ringenberg will always be remembered as one of the founding fathers of country punk for his frontman status for the legendary Jason and the Scorchers. But he has a sturdy catalog of solo albums, too, and has found a successful secondary niche as Farmer Jason, crafting a colorful persona for children’s music even adults can love. Sat., June 5 Dom Flemons, Eddie’s Attic, 9 p.m. show — Rhiannon Giddens isn’t the only member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops to have a successful solo career. Multi-instrumentalist Flemons has released a handful of albums that display his love of rustic country, bluegrass, blues, and rooty-toot-tooting old-timey Americana, often with humorous lyrics, not far removed from some of Taj Mahal or local icon Mudcat’s work. —CL— Please send upcoming blues events to consider for CL’s Blues & Beyond concert calendar to hal.horowitz at creativeloafing.com." 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It was love at first sight. “Something about when I picked up the guitar and started listening to the blues, I just completely immersed myself with that. I knew I wanted to do music, but (after hearing the blues) that was the first time I thought ‘''this'' is what I want to do, play ''blues'' music.’” He quit high school and homeschooled for the remaining few years. “I knew it was the best thing for me, because I wasn’t looking back. I knew what I wanted to do and wanted to achieve,” he clarifies. After being inspired by fellow Atlanta bluesman Cody Matlock when the two connected at a Northside Tavern tribute to Sean Costello (Collins was playing acoustic at that point), he learned how to solo on electric guitar and hasn’t looked back. The “project” started in 2017 with drummer Justin Raffield and bassist Dennis Stevenson. That lineup has, somewhat incredibly, stayed consistent to this day. They had considered adding another member on keyboards — they use one in the studio — but “we really love what we’re able to produce with just the three of us. It’s easier that way. We always joke that we have a fourth member because (bassist Stevenson) has this pedal that makes his bass sound like an organ.” After the pandemic brought live music to a screeching halt, Collins took a job as a cook (another of his passions) in March of 2020. But in May, his outfit played a private party and soon afterwards got a regular gig as the house band at Two Urban Licks. “For about three months, that’s all we had every weekend, Friday through Sunday. But we still managed to play over 200 shows last year during the pandemic.” That’s about what the trio has been logging for the past three years, pre-COVID-19, which is quite an achievement. Of course the crowds were thin for a while, but that’s improving, albeit slowly. “For us who have been out in the trenches, we’ve just kept doing it, obviously being as safe as possible. But we gotta eat.” Collins admits, “It was a crazy year but I really can’t complain.” Things have been going remarkably well lately considering the circumstances. “Back in September of 2020 we landed the residency for Northside Tavern every Thursday. We’ve been doing that for about six months. We just found out it’s our spot for sure. We’re really proud of that.” But it hasn’t been easy. “We have busted our tail going into clubs doing jam nights, just trying to show people what we can do.” It helps that Collins expands his music on stage to include soul, R&B, and even country covers. Most, like crowd favorite “Ring of Fire,” are creatively rearranged and revamped to make them fresher and more blues oriented, rather than simply rehashing the originals as note-perfect reproductions. Collins is effusive in his praise for assistance from Atlanta’s blues organization. “I can’t say enough about the Atlanta Blues Society. They have been so supportive of not only me but of all the young people trying to make this music live on. They helped raise money to send us to Memphis (for the IBC).” Collins and his group networked there, played five original tunes, and made it to the semifinals as one of the top 40 bands out of 250 acts. Then, when they were at their hottest, COVID hit. Now that pandemic restrictions are loosening, Collins is revving up for the next phase of his still young career. He’s working on a professionally recorded album of originals to release and sell at shows, something he has taken his time doing in order to get right. “We’re now in preproduction to start recording new songs in Atlanta,” he says. “The plan is to release the album in three song sets.” Collins is committed to the music and moving forward in a tough genre with substantial competition. He has received priceless support and mentorship from 75-year-old Macon musician Robert Lee Coleman, who played guitar with James Brown and Percy Sledge. The relationship has cemented Collins’ appreciation for the blues. “That’s what I love about (blues) music, how it transcends generations. Color doesn’t matter, age doesn’t matter, how you were raised doesn’t matter. I love how a 75-year-old Black man was sitting in central Georgia with a 17-year-old white kid, and the one thing that brought them together was the blues.” Spoken like a lifelong bluesman. __Roots music shows start revving up in May:__ __Thurs., May 6__ Carsie Blanton, Eddie’s Attic — Philly-based folkie Blanton enlivens her roots with retro jazz and even rocks out a bit, although in a reserved way. Her lyrics are sharp, wry, and witty (“Jesus Christ was a handsome man,” goes one tune), and she’s got charm to spare. __Fri.-Sat., May 7-8__ Chris Knight, Eddie’s Attic — Kentucky-born Knight has been singing about the blue-collar, hardscrabble people he knows and loves with raw, often ragged country rock that skews to the darker side. His 2019 release, ''Almost Daylight'', which included a cameo from John Prine (an obvious influence), was one of his finest in a catalog filled with tough and scruffy heartland folk/rock. __Sat., May 8__ Randall Bramblett Band, From the Earth Brewing Company (Marietta) — Athens-based, Georgia-born Bramblett hasn’t looked back after leaving Steve Winwood’s band and flying solo. He will feature music from 2020’s ''Pine Needle Fire'', another classy notch in the singer/songwriter’s expansive catalog of dusky, idiosyncratic, introspective Southern-tinged rock. __Sun., May 9 __Shawn Mullins, Red Clay Music Foundry (Duluth) — Local folk/pop veteran Mullins kicks off a month of early evening (6 p.m. start) Sunday solo shows (the others are May 16, 23, 30) featuring selections from his deep catalog, mellifluous voice, engaging personality, and, of course, his big late-’90’s hit “Lullaby.” That may be his most popular tune, but there are plenty more gems where that came from and Mullins always brings it live. __Fri., May 28__ Pony Bradshaw, Eddie’s Attic — Bradshaw, whose Mom calls him James, crafted a terrific set of songs around a fictional character named Calico Jim, releasing a titular album of them earlier this year as his second full-length. His sound is tinged with darker country and folk influences reflected in his everyman voice and lyrics about a drifter’s life that seems awfully close to his own. __Fri., Sat., Sun., May 28-30__ Forward Festival at Cherokee Farms, LaFayette, GA — It’s a bit of a drive north on I-75 but the first major Georgia fest of the year features local favorite Oliver Woods (now a Nashville resident) headlining a decidedly rootsy bill with Grass Is Dead, Jon Stickley Trio, and Blair Crimmins & the Hookers, among other similarly organic acts. The promotional material promises “music, art, and camping,” which sounds like a good way to welcome back a festival season that took a year’s sabbatical. __Fri., June 4 __Liz Longley, Eddie’s Attic — Nashville-based Longley is an introspective folk/pop songstress who has been refining her career for well over a decade. 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But he has a sturdy catalog of solo albums, too, and has found a successful secondary niche as Farmer Jason, crafting a colorful persona for children’s music even adults can love. __Sat., June 5__ Dom Flemons, Eddie’s Attic, 9 p.m. show — Rhiannon Giddens isn’t the only member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops to have a successful solo career. Multi-instrumentalist Flemons has released a handful of albums that display his love of rustic country, bluegrass, blues, and rooty-toot-tooting old-timey Americana, often with humorous lyrics, not far removed from some of Taj Mahal or local icon Mudcat’s work. __—CL—__ ''Please send upcoming blues events to consider for CL’s Blues & Beyond concert calendar to hal.horowitz@creativeloafing.com.''" 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However, the IBS took place in late January 2020. We all know what followed after that. Chalk it up to bad luck and timing, but after a few months lying low, Collins realized he had to keep playing live to maintain the momentum achieved after years of hard work, hundreds of gigs, and plenty of practice. He had come too far to let it fizzle away due to a pesky worldwide pandemic. Collins, who grew up in a musical family, discovered the guitar when he was around 15 in 2013 after being exposed to Jonny Lang. It was love at first sight. “Something about when I picked up the guitar and started listening to the blues, I just completely immersed myself with that. I knew I wanted to do music, but (after hearing the blues) that was the first time I thought ‘this is what I want to do, play blues music.’” He quit high school and homeschooled for the remaining few years. “I knew it was the best thing for me, because I wasn’t looking back. I knew what I wanted to do and wanted to achieve,” he clarifies. After being inspired by fellow Atlanta bluesman Cody Matlock when the two connected at a Northside Tavern tribute to Sean Costello (Collins was playing acoustic at that point), he learned how to solo on electric guitar and hasn’t looked back. The “project” started in 2017 with drummer Justin Raffield and bassist Dennis Stevenson. That lineup has, somewhat incredibly, stayed consistent to this day. They had considered adding another member on keyboards — they use one in the studio — but “we really love what we’re able to produce with just the three of us. It’s easier that way. We always joke that we have a fourth member because (bassist Stevenson) has this pedal that makes his bass sound like an organ.” After the pandemic brought live music to a screeching halt, Collins took a job as a cook (another of his passions) in March of 2020. But in May, his outfit played a private party and soon afterwards got a regular gig as the house band at Two Urban Licks. “For about three months, that’s all we had every weekend, Friday through Sunday. But we still managed to play over 200 shows last year during the pandemic.” That’s about what the trio has been logging for the past three years, pre-COVID-19, which is quite an achievement. Of course the crowds were thin for a while, but that’s improving, albeit slowly. “For us who have been out in the trenches, we’ve just kept doing it, obviously being as safe as possible. But we gotta eat.” Collins admits, “It was a crazy year but I really can’t complain.” Things have been going remarkably well lately considering the circumstances. “Back in September of 2020 we landed the residency for Northside Tavern every Thursday. We’ve been doing that for about six months. We just found out it’s our spot for sure. We’re really proud of that.” But it hasn’t been easy. “We have busted our tail going into clubs doing jam nights, just trying to show people what we can do.” It helps that Collins expands his music on stage to include soul, R&B, and even country covers. Most, like crowd favorite “Ring of Fire,” are creatively rearranged and revamped to make them fresher and more blues oriented, rather than simply rehashing the originals as note-perfect reproductions. Collins is effusive in his praise for assistance from Atlanta’s blues organization. “I can’t say enough about the Atlanta Blues Society. They have been so supportive of not only me but of all the young people trying to make this music live on. They helped raise money to send us to Memphis (for the IBC).” Collins and his group networked there, played five original tunes, and made it to the semifinals as one of the top 40 bands out of 250 acts. Then, when they were at their hottest, COVID hit. Now that pandemic restrictions are loosening, Collins is revving up for the next phase of his still young career. He’s working on a professionally recorded album of originals to release and sell at shows, something he has taken his time doing in order to get right. “We’re now in preproduction to start recording new songs in Atlanta,” he says. “The plan is to release the album in three song sets.” Collins is committed to the music and moving forward in a tough genre with substantial competition. He has received priceless support and mentorship from 75-year-old Macon musician Robert Lee Coleman, who played guitar with James Brown and Percy Sledge. The relationship has cemented Collins’ appreciation for the blues. “That’s what I love about (blues) music, how it transcends generations. Color doesn’t matter, age doesn’t matter, how you were raised doesn’t matter. I love how a 75-year-old Black man was sitting in central Georgia with a 17-year-old white kid, and the one thing that brought them together was the blues.” Spoken like a lifelong bluesman. Roots music shows start revving up in May: Thurs., May 6 Carsie Blanton, Eddie’s Attic — Philly-based folkie Blanton enlivens her roots with retro jazz and even rocks out a bit, although in a reserved way. Her lyrics are sharp, wry, and witty (“Jesus Christ was a handsome man,” goes one tune), and she’s got charm to spare. Fri.-Sat., May 7-8 Chris Knight, Eddie’s Attic — Kentucky-born Knight has been singing about the blue-collar, hardscrabble people he knows and loves with raw, often ragged country rock that skews to the darker side. His 2019 release, Almost Daylight, which included a cameo from John Prine (an obvious influence), was one of his finest in a catalog filled with tough and scruffy heartland folk/rock. Sat., May 8 Randall Bramblett Band, From the Earth Brewing Company (Marietta) — Athens-based, Georgia-born Bramblett hasn’t looked back after leaving Steve Winwood’s band and flying solo. He will feature music from 2020’s Pine Needle Fire, another classy notch in the singer/songwriter’s expansive catalog of dusky, idiosyncratic, introspective Southern-tinged rock. Sun., May 9 Shawn Mullins, Red Clay Music Foundry (Duluth) — Local folk/pop veteran Mullins kicks off a month of early evening (6 p.m. start) Sunday solo shows (the others are May 16, 23, 30) featuring selections from his deep catalog, mellifluous voice, engaging personality, and, of course, his big late-’90’s hit “Lullaby.” That may be his most popular tune, but there are plenty more gems where that came from and Mullins always brings it live. Fri., May 28 Pony Bradshaw, Eddie’s Attic — Bradshaw, whose Mom calls him James, crafted a terrific set of songs around a fictional character named Calico Jim, releasing a titular album of them earlier this year as his second full-length. His sound is tinged with darker country and folk influences reflected in his everyman voice and lyrics about a drifter’s life that seems awfully close to his own. Fri., Sat., Sun., May 28-30 Forward Festival at Cherokee Farms, LaFayette, GA — It’s a bit of a drive north on I-75 but the first major Georgia fest of the year features local favorite Oliver Woods (now a Nashville resident) headlining a decidedly rootsy bill with Grass Is Dead, Jon Stickley Trio, and Blair Crimmins & the Hookers, among other similarly organic acts. The promotional material promises “music, art, and camping,” which sounds like a good way to welcome back a festival season that took a year’s sabbatical. Fri., June 4 Liz Longley, Eddie’s Attic — Nashville-based Longley is an introspective folk/pop songstress who has been refining her career for well over a decade. Her latest, 2020’s Funeral for My Past, is her most soulful release, as she sings emotional tales detailing the ups and mostly downs of romantic liaisons, likely based on personal experience. Sat., June 5 Eddie 9V, Blind Willie’s, 8:30 p.m. show — A CD release show to celebrate the release of Eddie’s new Ruf label album Little Black Flies. This is a major event — not just as a big break in the singer/songwriter’s career — but also as an acknowledgement that the young blues/roots talent cropping up in Atlanta is ready for prime time. Come out and support the cause. Sat., June 5 Jason Ringenberg, Eddie’s Attic, 7 p.m. show — Ringenberg will always be remembered as one of the founding fathers of country punk for his frontman status for the legendary Jason and the Scorchers. But he has a sturdy catalog of solo albums, too, and has found a successful secondary niche as Farmer Jason, crafting a colorful persona for children’s music even adults can love. Sat., June 5 Dom Flemons, Eddie’s Attic, 9 p.m. show — Rhiannon Giddens isn’t the only member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops to have a successful solo career. Multi-instrumentalist Flemons has released a handful of albums that display his love of rustic country, bluegrass, blues, and rooty-toot-tooting old-timey Americana, often with humorous lyrics, not far removed from some of Taj Mahal or local icon Mudcat’s work. —CL— Please send upcoming blues events to consider for CL’s Blues & Beyond concert calendar to hal.horowitz at creativeloafing.com. ©2019 Martin Krohne COOKING IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE: Garrett Collins. 0,0,2 blues&beyond BLUES & BEYOND: No looking back " ["score"]=> float(0) ["_index"]=> string(35) "atlantawiki_tiki_main_62872e622a9ae" ["objectlink"]=> string(36) "No value for 'contentTitle'" ["photos"]=> string(143) "" ["desc"]=> string(92) "After weathering the worst year in music, Garrett Collins prepares for his next act" ["category"]=> string(19) "Music and Nightlife" }
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For most of the 2010s, Georgia has provided a happy habitat for movies and TV series about caped crusaders … until the pandemic put them on hold. Many paused productions resumed last summer but have not been released until recently, along with completed films that were either postponed or shuffled to streaming services. But as of early 2021, audiences have been able to see Atlanta as the backdrop for superpowered heroism. The Krog Street Tunnel doubled for the lawless nation of Madripoor in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” on Disney Plus. Local landmarks like the Little Five Points Community Center and the First United Methodist Church made cameos in Netflix’s wan superhero comedy Thunder Force. Major Marvel and DC films shot locally will screen theatrically this summer, with the thrice delayed Black Widow scheduled for July 9 and The Suicide Squad on August 6. The most impressive local heroes, however, may be the Good Samaritans of the comedy Bad Trip, who show no superpowers but common decency. Currently available on Netflix, the hidden-camera road movie has a scripted through-line, as an underachiever (Eric Andre) resolves to drive from Miami to New York to pursue an old flame. He convinces his best friend (Lil Rey Howery) to “borrow” a car belonging to his convict sister (Tiffany Haddish), but she breaks out of jail and pursues them in a rage. Films based on pranking or deceiving unsuspecting passersby, like Borat or parts of the Jackass franchise, can have a mean-spirited quality: They treat onlookers like unwitting improv partners, provoking them to get a reaction. Bad Trip definitely captures people getting flustered with Andre, Howery, and Haddish’s antics. In one of the first scenes shot, Andre and Howery have their penises connected in a Chinese finger trap, then go into an Atlanta barbershop and are chased out at knifepoint. For the most part, Bad Trip avoids making innocent bystanders the butt of the joke, instead setting up elaborate public disasters to befall the actors. It can be quite touching — as well as laugh-out-loud funny — to see people step up to help them, like the woman to tries to save Howery from sinking into a portable toilet, or the nurse who rushes to Andre’s side after he suffers a spectacular fall at Kennesaw’s now-closed Electric Cowboy. An army recruiter consoles a heartbroken, seemingly-deranged Andre at a low point. Directed by Kitao Sakurai, Bad Trip demonstrates how to make a cross-country movie primarily in the Metro Atlanta area. It was filmed between October 2017 and December of 2018 in Georgia (along with scenes in New York, California, and South Carolina). While establishing shots and on-camera maps place the cast moving up the East Coast, many unscripted gags were filmed at relatively nondescript Atlanta locales. A title says “Trenton, N.J.” but cuts to Midtown Atlanta’s The Original J.R. Crickets, where diners seemed thrilled to have ringside seats to the characters’ messy drama. Near the end, Haddish chases Andre from a New York gallery, down a few blocks and up a rooftop, where their conflict plays out in view of customers of the Atlanta-based food truck, The Blaxican. The closing credits include scenes of Andre and company revealing the truth to their victims, the laughter and hugging ending the film on a note of good cheer. Of course, these are the happy responses: Reportedly, the final scene at a fancy gala had to be reshot in California because the dupes at the Atlanta-filmed version were too angry to sign permission forms afterward. But even though Bad Trip makes sport of ordinary people, it also has the attitude that they’re the real heroes. Hello, I Must Be Going: With U.S. vaccinations well underway, Atlanta moviegoing is inching closer to normalcy. Many local cinemas have reopened under safety protocols, with the main holdouts, the Regal theater chain, scheduled to open their doors this month. Such venues as Atlantic Station and Regal Hollywood 24 are set for May 7, Perimeter Pointe on May 14, and the Tara Cinema on May 21. But while the movie theaters are coming back, the moviemakers might be leaving. After the passage of Georgia’s restrictive voting rights laws, SB202, many filmmakers are opting to boycott the state. Ford v. Ferrari director James Mangold has vowed not to film in Georgia, while Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua announced that their historical drama Emancipation would be relocated to another state. Other screen artists are critiquing SB202 while doubling down on their support for the local filmmaking community. Director Ryan Coogler announcing that Black Panther 2 would stay in Atlanta while calling out SB202 for “its shameful roots in Jim Crow.” It’s a relief that Atlanta will continue to double for the nation of Wakanda even as other superheroes may choose to fly elsewhere. —CL— Screen Time is a monthly column about film and video from the big screen to streaming services." ["tracker_field_contentWikiPage_raw"]=> string(5157) "Like migratory birds, superheroes have been flocking back to Atlanta. For most of the 2010s, Georgia has provided a happy habitat for movies and TV series about caped crusaders … until the pandemic put them on hold. Many paused productions resumed last summer but have not been released until recently, along with completed films that were either postponed or shuffled to streaming services. But as of early 2021, audiences have been able to see Atlanta as the backdrop for superpowered heroism. The Krog Street Tunnel doubled for the lawless nation of Madripoor in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” on Disney Plus. Local landmarks like the Little Five Points Community Center and the First United Methodist Church made cameos in Netflix’s wan superhero comedy ''Thunder Force''. Major Marvel and DC films shot locally will screen theatrically this summer, with the thrice delayed ''Black Widow'' scheduled for July 9 and ''The Suicide Squad'' on August 6. The most impressive local heroes, however, may be the Good Samaritans of the comedy ''Bad Trip'', who show no superpowers but common decency. Currently available on Netflix, the hidden-camera road movie has a scripted through-line, as an underachiever (Eric Andre) resolves to drive from Miami to New York to pursue an old flame. He convinces his best friend (Lil Rey Howery) to “borrow” a car belonging to his convict sister (Tiffany Haddish), but she breaks out of jail and pursues them in a rage. Films based on pranking or deceiving unsuspecting passersby, like ''Borat'' or parts of the ''Jackass'' franchise, can have a mean-spirited quality: They treat onlookers like unwitting improv partners, provoking them to get a reaction. ''Bad Trip'' definitely captures people getting flustered with Andre, Howery, and Haddish’s antics. In one of the first scenes shot, Andre and Howery have their penises connected in a Chinese finger trap, then go into an Atlanta barbershop and are chased out at knifepoint. For the most part, ''Bad Trip'' avoids making innocent bystanders the butt of the joke, instead setting up elaborate public disasters to befall the actors. It can be quite touching — as well as laugh-out-loud funny — to see people step up to help them, like the woman to tries to save Howery from sinking into a portable toilet, or the nurse who rushes to Andre’s side after he suffers a spectacular fall at Kennesaw’s now-closed Electric Cowboy. An army recruiter consoles a heartbroken, seemingly-deranged Andre at a low point. Directed by Kitao Sakurai, ''Bad Trip'' demonstrates how to make a cross-country movie primarily in the Metro Atlanta area. It was filmed between October 2017 and December of 2018 in Georgia (along with scenes in New York, California, and South Carolina). While establishing shots and on-camera maps place the cast moving up the East Coast, many unscripted gags were filmed at relatively nondescript Atlanta locales. A title says “Trenton, N.J.” but cuts to Midtown Atlanta’s The Original J.R. Crickets, where diners seemed thrilled to have ringside seats to the characters’ messy drama. Near the end, Haddish chases Andre from a New York gallery, down a few blocks and up a rooftop, where their conflict plays out in view of customers of the Atlanta-based food truck, The Blaxican. The closing credits include scenes of Andre and company revealing the truth to their victims, the laughter and hugging ending the film on a note of good cheer. Of course, these are the happy responses: Reportedly, the final scene at a fancy gala had to be reshot in California because the dupes at the Atlanta-filmed version were too angry to sign permission forms afterward. But even though ''Bad Trip'' makes sport of ordinary people, it also has the attitude that they’re the real heroes. __Hello, I Must Be Going__: With U.S. vaccinations well underway, Atlanta moviegoing is inching closer to normalcy. Many local cinemas have reopened under safety protocols, with the main holdouts, the Regal theater chain, scheduled to open their doors this month. Such venues as Atlantic Station and Regal Hollywood 24 are set for May 7, Perimeter Pointe on May 14, and the Tara Cinema on May 21. But while the movie theaters are coming back, the moviemakers might be leaving. After the passage of Georgia’s restrictive voting rights laws, SB202, many filmmakers are opting to boycott the state. ''Ford v. Ferrari'' director James Mangold has vowed not to film in Georgia, while Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua announced that their historical drama ''Emancipation'' would be relocated to another state. Other screen artists are critiquing SB202 while doubling down on their support for the local filmmaking community. Director Ryan Coogler announcing that ''Black Panther 2'' would stay in Atlanta while calling out SB202 for “its shameful roots in Jim Crow.” It’s a relief that Atlanta will continue to double for the nation of Wakanda even as other superheroes may choose to fly elsewhere. __—CL—__ ''Screen Time is a monthly column about film and video from the big screen to streaming services.''" 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For most of the 2010s, Georgia has provided a happy habitat for movies and TV series about caped crusaders … until the pandemic put them on hold. Many paused productions resumed last summer but have not been released until recently, along with completed films that were either postponed or shuffled to streaming services. But as of early 2021, audiences have been able to see Atlanta as the backdrop for superpowered heroism. The Krog Street Tunnel doubled for the lawless nation of Madripoor in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” on Disney Plus. Local landmarks like the Little Five Points Community Center and the First United Methodist Church made cameos in Netflix’s wan superhero comedy Thunder Force. Major Marvel and DC films shot locally will screen theatrically this summer, with the thrice delayed Black Widow scheduled for July 9 and The Suicide Squad on August 6. The most impressive local heroes, however, may be the Good Samaritans of the comedy Bad Trip, who show no superpowers but common decency. Currently available on Netflix, the hidden-camera road movie has a scripted through-line, as an underachiever (Eric Andre) resolves to drive from Miami to New York to pursue an old flame. He convinces his best friend (Lil Rey Howery) to “borrow” a car belonging to his convict sister (Tiffany Haddish), but she breaks out of jail and pursues them in a rage. Films based on pranking or deceiving unsuspecting passersby, like Borat or parts of the Jackass franchise, can have a mean-spirited quality: They treat onlookers like unwitting improv partners, provoking them to get a reaction. Bad Trip definitely captures people getting flustered with Andre, Howery, and Haddish’s antics. In one of the first scenes shot, Andre and Howery have their penises connected in a Chinese finger trap, then go into an Atlanta barbershop and are chased out at knifepoint. For the most part, Bad Trip avoids making innocent bystanders the butt of the joke, instead setting up elaborate public disasters to befall the actors. It can be quite touching — as well as laugh-out-loud funny — to see people step up to help them, like the woman to tries to save Howery from sinking into a portable toilet, or the nurse who rushes to Andre’s side after he suffers a spectacular fall at Kennesaw’s now-closed Electric Cowboy. An army recruiter consoles a heartbroken, seemingly-deranged Andre at a low point. Directed by Kitao Sakurai, Bad Trip demonstrates how to make a cross-country movie primarily in the Metro Atlanta area. It was filmed between October 2017 and December of 2018 in Georgia (along with scenes in New York, California, and South Carolina). While establishing shots and on-camera maps place the cast moving up the East Coast, many unscripted gags were filmed at relatively nondescript Atlanta locales. A title says “Trenton, N.J.” but cuts to Midtown Atlanta’s The Original J.R. Crickets, where diners seemed thrilled to have ringside seats to the characters’ messy drama. Near the end, Haddish chases Andre from a New York gallery, down a few blocks and up a rooftop, where their conflict plays out in view of customers of the Atlanta-based food truck, The Blaxican. The closing credits include scenes of Andre and company revealing the truth to their victims, the laughter and hugging ending the film on a note of good cheer. Of course, these are the happy responses: Reportedly, the final scene at a fancy gala had to be reshot in California because the dupes at the Atlanta-filmed version were too angry to sign permission forms afterward. But even though Bad Trip makes sport of ordinary people, it also has the attitude that they’re the real heroes. Hello, I Must Be Going: With U.S. vaccinations well underway, Atlanta moviegoing is inching closer to normalcy. Many local cinemas have reopened under safety protocols, with the main holdouts, the Regal theater chain, scheduled to open their doors this month. Such venues as Atlantic Station and Regal Hollywood 24 are set for May 7, Perimeter Pointe on May 14, and the Tara Cinema on May 21. But while the movie theaters are coming back, the moviemakers might be leaving. After the passage of Georgia’s restrictive voting rights laws, SB202, many filmmakers are opting to boycott the state. Ford v. Ferrari director James Mangold has vowed not to film in Georgia, while Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua announced that their historical drama Emancipation would be relocated to another state. Other screen artists are critiquing SB202 while doubling down on their support for the local filmmaking community. Director Ryan Coogler announcing that Black Panther 2 would stay in Atlanta while calling out SB202 for “its shameful roots in Jim Crow.” It’s a relief that Atlanta will continue to double for the nation of Wakanda even as other superheroes may choose to fly elsewhere. —CL— Screen Time is a monthly column about film and video from the big screen to streaming services. Courtesy of Netflix WHAT’S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN? Eric Andre and Lil Rey Howery in ‘Bad Trip.’ 0,0,10 screentime SCREEN TIME: ‘Bad Trip,’ Good Samaritans " ["score"]=> float(0) ["_index"]=> string(35) "atlantawiki_tiki_main_62872e622a9ae" ["objectlink"]=> string(36) "No value for 'contentTitle'" ["photos"]=> string(148) "" ["desc"]=> string(87) "Unsuspecting Atlantans prove to be the real heroes of the hidden-camera comedy" ["category"]=> string(31) "Movies and TV
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An imitable being, history-making recording artist, and hip-hop icon, DMX (born Earl Simmons) passed away in New York at 50 years old after remaining on life support for days following a catastrophic heart attack. As news spread about the Ruff Ryder, it seemed unbelievable. The Yonkers emcee had battled drug addiction and so many other personal demons throughout his lifetime to become the larger-than-life artist and actor that he will forever be remembered as, and just like that, he was gone. As far as the hip-hop community was concerned, this special artist — who made Billboard history in 1998 by dropping two chart-topping albums within the span of a calendar year (a feat which has only been achieved since then by Atlanta trap aficionado Future), whose first five albums reached Billboard’s apex and set the record as the first artist to do so, and whose musical success permeated films such as Belly, Romeo Must Die, and Cradle 2 the Grave — was invincible. After a week of waiting and hoping that he would fully recover and snap back better than ever, it was a shock to learn that DMX was no longer with us. His legacy is a hard topic to tackle. Although DMX was an artist with a brag sheet that could take up this entire page, one can’t fully grasp how awe-inspiring his dominance from the late ’90s to the mid aughts was by reading a barrage of statistics. In the wake of his passing, several fans and people who were fortunate to have met the growling rapper have shared their one-of-a-kind experiences with X, yet no single story fully captures the complexity of who he was as a human being. To paint the picture of DMX’s life and career would be, one imagines, something like recreating the frescoed ceiling of the Sistine Chapel without Michaelangelo’s talent, a task bordering on sacrilege. That said, the energy that DMX transmitted into the universe deserves to be described in just such a multitude of accounts, so to honor Dark Man X, here are several tributes from local artists, journalists, and music industry executives. He may not have been from our beloved city, but Atlanta mourns hip-hop’s fallen top dog. For BOREGARD., who commanded the spotlight of last month’s installment of “ATL Untrapped,” DMX was one of the first artists that he connected with on a deeper level. “I don’t think there will ever be another artist like him,” the Trustfall2 artist says. “He influenced me in a number of ways. Outside of music, he consistently fought that battle, even when things looked dire, so I always admired his pursuit of happiness. That’s something that I want to embody within myself.” “As far as music goes,” BOREGARD. continues, “if you listen to his music and then my music, you can hear the subtle influence that he had on me, from the ad libs and deliveries to just using my voice as an instrument in the same way that he did. He really was the first rapper that I personally was a fan of and that I personally cared about. So I felt it when we lost him, but I also know that he had a very great relationship with God, and he’s going to be happy alongside him.” Rowdy Records artist Johnny Apollo has also drawn inspiration from the late rapper throughout his career. Citing the footage from when DMX performed at the infamous Woodstock ’99 music festival, the “No Cap” rapper reminisces about the impact that X left on him. “I’m sure most people have seen that one specific clip. He was wearing a red overall-shorts-jumpsuit thing. It’s like a sea of people; it’s gotta be 100,000 folks out there. Everybody’s just going crazy to his music,” Apollo says. “That was one of my first inspirations to hit the stage and try to do that. X’s music has always had big energy, big vibes, and aggressiveness.” “Yeah, he’s from a whole different state,” Apollo continues. “He’s from New York; I’m from Atlanta. But it’s still a certain energy or a kindred spirit. That’s why I feel like when I met him, he just embraced me immediately.” ONE Musicfest veteran Maurice “Moetown” Lee also had the pleasure of meeting DMX, and he played a major part in booking the hip-hop veteran for the 2019 edition of ONE Musicfest. “We had been trying to get him for four or five years,” Moetown reveals. “It just never panned out until 2019, which is crazy because I think it was his last big festival performance. For me, X had the best performance that year. Dude’s stage presence and energy was unmatched. We had Busta Rhymes, who is one of the most energetic performers, but X’s energy surpassed his. It’s a combination of nostalgia, aggression, and just ‘let’s have a good time’ energy.” Of interacting with DMX in person, Moetown says, “If you’ve ever met him, it never seems like it’s your first time meeting him. He treats you like he’s known you forever. He lived to make other people happy.” Regarding DMX’s impact beyond ONE Musicfest, Moetown continues: “Music and personality-wise, he was the closest thing to 2Pac. I think that’s what people are going to miss the most. They’re going to miss the combination of his music, his personality, and being real in and out of the music.” Unlike other rappers who have recently perished due to violence, X’s passing feels different, a sentiment that Moetown, and likely several others, can relate to. “Yeah, my mentality is like, ‘Damn, this cat is gone,’” he says, “but I have a peaceful feeling ’cause I know there ain’t no more suffering. I play it with a different kind of grace. I miss that we won’t be able to see him perform, but I’m extremely happy that he doesn’t have to go through all of the things he was going through anymore.” Young music journalists — like Tylissa Lockhart, a writer and the creator of the bubbling Atlanta music blog bckgrnd. — born after DMX’s breakthrough debut in 1998, were more distanced from the height of his career, but X’s impact spanned generations. “Every moment that I seen him, I was intrigued by his presence, strength, vulnerability, intelligence, and grace,” Lockhart states in an Instagram tribute for X. “He spoke in poetry. He made it okay to love vividly through pain. I never had that type of example in my life until seeing him. … He provided light in the midst of darkness. He was beautiful, very beautiful.” Yoh Phillips, one of Atlanta’s most renowned chroniclers of hip-hop culture, summarizes what Lockhart says about the late rapper perfectly, calling DMX “a preacher in a burning church.” “I like to say that because he was not preaching from a place that wasn’t on fire,” Phillips explains. “You felt the heat when you played X, man. Some music is explicit, but his was so dirty. Not just like the physical dirt, but the spiritual. We didn’t even talk about mental health back then, but he made it very clear that internally, you could be struggling with something that can withhold your ability to do things. “I believed Biggie, I believed Pac, I believed all these guys. But DMX — I never questioned for a second,” Yoh continues, speaking on the Grand Champ’s authenticity. “If he meant it, he said it, exactly how it was lived and how it was felt. 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So I felt it when we lost him, but I also know that he had a very great relationship with God, and he’s going to be happy alongside him.” Rowdy Records artist Johnny Apollo has also drawn inspiration from the late rapper throughout his career. Citing the footage from when DMX performed at the infamous Woodstock ’99 music festival, the “No Cap” rapper reminisces about the impact that X left on him. “I’m sure most people have seen that one specific clip. He was wearing a red overall-shorts-jumpsuit thing. It’s like a sea of people; it’s gotta be 100,000 folks out there. Everybody’s just going crazy to his music,” Apollo says. “That was one of my first inspirations to hit the stage and try to do that. X’s music has always had big energy, big vibes, and aggressiveness.” “Yeah, he’s from a whole different state,” Apollo continues. “He’s from New York; I’m from Atlanta. But it’s still a certain energy or a kindred spirit. That’s why I feel like when I met him, he just embraced me immediately.” ONE Musicfest veteran Maurice “Moetown” Lee also had the pleasure of meeting DMX, and he played a major part in booking the hip-hop veteran for the 2019 edition of ONE Musicfest. “We had been trying to get him for four or five years,” Moetown reveals. “It just never panned out until 2019, which is crazy because I think it was his last big festival performance. For me, X had the best performance that year. Dude’s stage presence and energy was unmatched. We had Busta Rhymes, who is one of the most energetic performers, but X’s energy surpassed his. It’s a combination of nostalgia, aggression, and just ‘let’s have a good time’ energy.” Of interacting with DMX in person, Moetown says, “If you’ve ever met him, it never seems like it’s your first time meeting him. He treats you like he’s known you forever. He lived to make other people happy.” Regarding DMX’s impact beyond ONE Musicfest, Moetown continues: “Music and personality-wise, he was the closest thing to 2Pac. I think that’s what people are going to miss the most. They’re going to miss the combination of his music, his personality, and being real in and out of the music.” Unlike other rappers who have recently perished due to violence, X’s passing feels different, a sentiment that Moetown, and likely several others, can relate to. “Yeah, my mentality is like, ‘Damn, this cat is gone,’” he says, “but I have a peaceful feeling ’cause I know there ain’t no more suffering. I play it with a different kind of grace. I miss that we won’t be able to see him perform, but I’m extremely happy that he doesn’t have to go through all of the things he was going through anymore.” Young music journalists — like Tylissa Lockhart, a writer and the creator of the bubbling Atlanta music blog ''bckgrnd''. — born after DMX’s breakthrough debut in 1998, were more distanced from the height of his career, but X’s impact spanned generations. “Every moment that I seen him, I was intrigued by his presence, strength, vulnerability, intelligence, and grace,” Lockhart states in an Instagram tribute for X. “He spoke in poetry. He made it okay to love vividly through pain. I never had that type of example in my life until seeing him. … He provided light in the midst of darkness. 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DMX 1 Web 2021-05-05T14:43:16+00:00 ATL UNTRAPPED: Rest in peace, DMX. jim.harris Jim Harris JOSHUA ROBINSON joshfrob17 (Joshua Robinson) 2021-05-05T14:43:16+00:00 On Friday, April 9, 2021, the world bid farewell to DMX. An imitable being, history-making recording artist, and hip-hop icon, DMX (born Earl Simmons) passed away in New York at 50 years old after remaining on life support for days following a catastrophic heart attack. As news spread about the Ruff Ryder, it seemed unbelievable. The Yonkers emcee had battled drug addiction and so many other personal demons throughout his lifetime to become the larger-than-life artist and actor that he will forever be remembered as, and just like that, he was gone. As far as the hip-hop community was concerned, this special artist — who made Billboard history in 1998 by dropping two chart-topping albums within the span of a calendar year (a feat which has only been achieved since then by Atlanta trap aficionado Future), whose first five albums reached Billboard’s apex and set the record as the first artist to do so, and whose musical success permeated films such as Belly, Romeo Must Die, and Cradle 2 the Grave — was invincible. After a week of waiting and hoping that he would fully recover and snap back better than ever, it was a shock to learn that DMX was no longer with us. His legacy is a hard topic to tackle. Although DMX was an artist with a brag sheet that could take up this entire page, one can’t fully grasp how awe-inspiring his dominance from the late ’90s to the mid aughts was by reading a barrage of statistics. In the wake of his passing, several fans and people who were fortunate to have met the growling rapper have shared their one-of-a-kind experiences with X, yet no single story fully captures the complexity of who he was as a human being. To paint the picture of DMX’s life and career would be, one imagines, something like recreating the frescoed ceiling of the Sistine Chapel without Michaelangelo’s talent, a task bordering on sacrilege. That said, the energy that DMX transmitted into the universe deserves to be described in just such a multitude of accounts, so to honor Dark Man X, here are several tributes from local artists, journalists, and music industry executives. He may not have been from our beloved city, but Atlanta mourns hip-hop’s fallen top dog. For BOREGARD., who commanded the spotlight of last month’s installment of “ATL Untrapped,” DMX was one of the first artists that he connected with on a deeper level. “I don’t think there will ever be another artist like him,” the Trustfall2 artist says. “He influenced me in a number of ways. Outside of music, he consistently fought that battle, even when things looked dire, so I always admired his pursuit of happiness. That’s something that I want to embody within myself.” “As far as music goes,” BOREGARD. continues, “if you listen to his music and then my music, you can hear the subtle influence that he had on me, from the ad libs and deliveries to just using my voice as an instrument in the same way that he did. He really was the first rapper that I personally was a fan of and that I personally cared about. So I felt it when we lost him, but I also know that he had a very great relationship with God, and he’s going to be happy alongside him.” Rowdy Records artist Johnny Apollo has also drawn inspiration from the late rapper throughout his career. Citing the footage from when DMX performed at the infamous Woodstock ’99 music festival, the “No Cap” rapper reminisces about the impact that X left on him. “I’m sure most people have seen that one specific clip. He was wearing a red overall-shorts-jumpsuit thing. It’s like a sea of people; it’s gotta be 100,000 folks out there. Everybody’s just going crazy to his music,” Apollo says. “That was one of my first inspirations to hit the stage and try to do that. X’s music has always had big energy, big vibes, and aggressiveness.” “Yeah, he’s from a whole different state,” Apollo continues. “He’s from New York; I’m from Atlanta. But it’s still a certain energy or a kindred spirit. That’s why I feel like when I met him, he just embraced me immediately.” ONE Musicfest veteran Maurice “Moetown” Lee also had the pleasure of meeting DMX, and he played a major part in booking the hip-hop veteran for the 2019 edition of ONE Musicfest. “We had been trying to get him for four or five years,” Moetown reveals. “It just never panned out until 2019, which is crazy because I think it was his last big festival performance. For me, X had the best performance that year. Dude’s stage presence and energy was unmatched. We had Busta Rhymes, who is one of the most energetic performers, but X’s energy surpassed his. It’s a combination of nostalgia, aggression, and just ‘let’s have a good time’ energy.” Of interacting with DMX in person, Moetown says, “If you’ve ever met him, it never seems like it’s your first time meeting him. He treats you like he’s known you forever. He lived to make other people happy.” Regarding DMX’s impact beyond ONE Musicfest, Moetown continues: “Music and personality-wise, he was the closest thing to 2Pac. I think that’s what people are going to miss the most. They’re going to miss the combination of his music, his personality, and being real in and out of the music.” Unlike other rappers who have recently perished due to violence, X’s passing feels different, a sentiment that Moetown, and likely several others, can relate to. “Yeah, my mentality is like, ‘Damn, this cat is gone,’” he says, “but I have a peaceful feeling ’cause I know there ain’t no more suffering. I play it with a different kind of grace. I miss that we won’t be able to see him perform, but I’m extremely happy that he doesn’t have to go through all of the things he was going through anymore.” Young music journalists — like Tylissa Lockhart, a writer and the creator of the bubbling Atlanta music blog bckgrnd. — born after DMX’s breakthrough debut in 1998, were more distanced from the height of his career, but X’s impact spanned generations. “Every moment that I seen him, I was intrigued by his presence, strength, vulnerability, intelligence, and grace,” Lockhart states in an Instagram tribute for X. “He spoke in poetry. He made it okay to love vividly through pain. I never had that type of example in my life until seeing him. … He provided light in the midst of darkness. He was beautiful, very beautiful.” Yoh Phillips, one of Atlanta’s most renowned chroniclers of hip-hop culture, summarizes what Lockhart says about the late rapper perfectly, calling DMX “a preacher in a burning church.” “I like to say that because he was not preaching from a place that wasn’t on fire,” Phillips explains. “You felt the heat when you played X, man. Some music is explicit, but his was so dirty. Not just like the physical dirt, but the spiritual. We didn’t even talk about mental health back then, but he made it very clear that internally, you could be struggling with something that can withhold your ability to do things. “I believed Biggie, I believed Pac, I believed all these guys. But DMX — I never questioned for a second,” Yoh continues, speaking on the Grand Champ’s authenticity. “If he meant it, he said it, exactly how it was lived and how it was felt. You can’t repeat that without going through the dirt or without coming out of a burning church and being like, ‘I done seen the light.’” “DMX was never ever ever ever anyone but himself,” Yoh concludes. “He broke every rule, and now they’ve gotta build statues. He’s like a Greek hero; he’s rap’s Homer. I hope we look back on his career as an odyssey because it really was an odyssey.” As evident through these touching tributes from Atlanta’s artists, industry insiders, and journalists, DMX may no longer be with us, but neither his legacy nor his energy will ever die. Rest in peace to the legend. —CL— @ThomasDBradley; MURAL: @ape_inc REST IN POWER: DMX mural by @ape_inc on the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside trail near Midtown Atlanta. 0,0,10 atluntrapped ATL UNTRAPPED: Rest in peace, DMX. 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Shovels & Rope, The War And Treaty, Ben Nichols of Lucero, and The Pink Stones round out the eclectic and diverse inaugural lineup of Americana acts, while Aaron Lee Tasjan gets the party started, Friday, June 11, to kickoff the weekend. The 115,000 sq. ft. festival grounds will be operated at 20% capacity, with the event adhering to strict COVID guidelines, and a festival coordinator onsite to ensure safety measures are followed by staff, vendors, and guests throughout the festival. For more info, check out the website: lostartmusicfest.com 0,0,10 soundboard Sound Board - May 2021 " ["score"]=> float(0) ["_index"]=> string(35) "atlantawiki_tiki_main_62872e622a9ae" ["objectlink"]=> string(36) "No value for 'contentTitle'" ["photos"]=> string(142) "" ["desc"]=> string(76) "View more concert listings online at creativeloafing.com/soundboard" ["category"]=> string(10) "Sound Menu" }
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The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 49.3 percent of the population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 17,541 individuals *Total active cases declined by 12,887 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 766,345, with 2.6 percent positive, for a total of 473,304,956 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 228, compared to the 468 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 468 deaths 47 were a direct result of COVID-19 *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 30,200 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 365 new active cases *There are currently 7,504 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.07 percent of the population *7,340,924 vaccines have been administered, with 4,107,587 individuals, or 38 percent, of the state population having received at least one dose, and 3,257,623 individuals, or 30.68 percent, of Georgia's population having been fully vaccinated The number of Georgia cases represents 2.1 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 64, that compares an index of 73 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 787 active cases today, 804 yesterday *DeKalb County — 549 active cases today, 565 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 518 active cases today, 522 yesterday *Cobb County — 512 active cases today, 515 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 58 active cases today, 67 yesterday *Oconee County — 13 active cases today, 13 yesterday *Barrow County — 95 active cases today, 97 yesterday *Jackson County — 44 active cases today, 48 yesterday *Hall County — 135 active cases today, 141 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 19.6 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 71: *California — 733 new cases, 775 yesterday *Texas — 642 new cases, 1,085 yesterday *Florida — 2,069 new cases, 3,406 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 86: *Georgia — 365 new cases, 602 yesterday *Tennessee — 372 new cases, 228 yesterday *Kentucky — 215 new cases, 425 yesterday *South Carolina — 336 new cases, 331 yesterday *North Carolina — 578 new cases, 722 yesterday *Alabama — 57 new cases, 338 yesterday *Mississippi — 72 new cases, 112 yesterday *Louisiana — 348 new cases, 328 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 95: *New York — 1,207 new cases, 1,126 yesterday *New Jersey — 301 new cases, 378 yesterday *Massachusetts — 346 new cases, 451 yesterday *Connecticut — 194 new cases, 234 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 820 new cases, 1,275 yesterday *Virginia — 236 new cases, 481 yesterday *Maryland — 244 new cases, 521 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 23.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 136: *Illinois — 943 new cases, 1,106 yesterday *Michigan — 1,040 new cases, 1,206 yesterday *Minnesota — 439 new cases, 596 yesterday *Ohio — 683 new cases, 871 yesterday *Indiana — 563 new cases, 665 yesterday *Wisconsin — 147 new cases, 293 yesterday *Missouri — 293 new cases, 510 yesterday Six of the western states account for 12.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 127: *Arizona — 321 new cases, 645 yesterday *Utah — 231 new cases, 262 yesterday *Colorado — 432 new cases, 841 yesterday *Washington — 632 new cases, 930 yesterday *Oregon — 333 new cases, 505 yesterday *Nevada — 202 new cases, 294 yesterday !! Sunday, May 23, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.96 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.09 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.70 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,969,649 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.0 percent or 317,332 cases, 1.0 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 557,648 individuals, 508,310 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,338 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.3 percent or 32,094,669 individuals, 97.3 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 283,941,223 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for total of 162,470,794 individuals having been vaccinated, and 79.4 percent of those having received two vaccines. The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 49.1 percent of the population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 24,639 individuals *Total active cases declined by 11,584 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 994,699, with 2.7 percent positive, for total of 472,538,611tests having been completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 468, compared to the 604 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 468 deaths, 47 were a direct result of COVID-19 *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 35,755 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 602 new active cases *There are currently 7,692 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.07 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 2.4 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 73, that compares an index of 73 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 804 active cases today, 833 yesterday *DeKalb County — 565 active cases today, 601 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 522 active cases today, 539 yesterdayn *Cobb County — 515 active cases today, 537 yesterda *Athens-Clarke — 67 active cases today, 69 yesterday *Oconee County — 13 active cases today, 15 yesterday *Barrow County — 97 active cases today, 102 yesterday *Jackson County — 48 active cases today, 49 yesterday *Hall County — 141 active cases today, 163 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 21.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 77: *California — 775 new cases, 1,676 yesterday *Texas — 1,085 new cases, 1,716 yesterday *Florida — 3,406 new cases, 2,893 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 12.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 81: *Georgia — 602 new cases, 704 yesterday *Tennessee — 228 new cases, 383 yesterday *Kentucky — 425 new cases, 541 yesterday *South Carolina — 331 new cases, 468 yesterday *North Carolina — 722 new cases, 1,020 yesterday *Alabama — 338 new cases, 443 yesterday *Mississippi — 112 new cases, 105 yesterday *Louisiana — 328 new cases, 340 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 18.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 90: *New York — 1,126 new cases, 1,453 yesterday *New Jersey — 378 new cases, 652 yesterday *Massachusetts — 451 new cases, 448 yesterday *Connecticut — 234 new cases, 171 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,275 new cases, 1,708 yesterday *Virginia — 481 new cases, 396 yesterday *Maryland — 521 new cases, 443 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 126: *Illinois — 1,106 new cases, 1,573 yesterday *Michigan — 1,206 new cases, 1,259 yesterday *Minnesota — 596 new cases, 679 yesterday *Ohio — 871 new cases, 1,004 yesterday *Indiana — 665 new cases, 788 yesterday *Wisconsin — 293 new cases, 406 yesterday *Missouri — 510 new cases, 621 yesterday Six of the western states account for 14.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 144: *Arizona — 645 new cases, 571 yesterday *Utah — 262 new cases, 300 yesterday *Colorado — 841 new cases, 812 yesterday *Washington — 930 new cases, 1,590 yesterday *Oregon — 505 new cases, 508 yesterday *Nevada — 294 new cases, 334 yesterday !! Saturday, May 22, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.95 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.10 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.69 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,945,010 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.0 percent or 328,916 cases, 1.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 557,180 individuals, 507,889 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,291 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.3 percent or 32,058,914 individuals, 97.2 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 281,595,351 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for a total of 161,278,336 individuals having been vaccinated, and 79.2 percent having received two vaccines (127,778,250). The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 48.7 percent of the U.S. population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 29,014 individuals *Total active cases declined by 20,959 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,425,878, with 2.9 percent positive, for a total of 471,543,912 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 604, compared to the 659 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 604 deaths, 53 were a direct result of COVID-19 *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 49,320 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 704 new active cases *There are currently 7,987 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.07 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 2.4 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 73, that compares an index of 85 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 833 active cases today, 864 yesterday *DeKalb County — 601 active cases today, 644 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 539 active cases today, 577 yesterday *Cobb County — 537 active cases today, 563 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 69 active cases today, 74 yesterday *Oconee County — 15 active cases today, 17 yesterday *Barrow County — 102 active cases today, 110 yesterday *Jackson County — 49 active cases today, 57 yesterday *Hall County — 163 active cases today, 175 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 17.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 64: *California — 1,223 new cases, 1,676 yesterday *Texas — 1,575 new cases, 1,716 yesterday *Florida — 2,371 new cases, 2,893 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 90: *Georgia — 704 new cases, 833 yesterday *Tennessee — 383 new cases, 420 yesterday *Kentucky — 541 new cases, 565 yesterday *South Carolina — 468 new cases, 358 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,020 new cases, 1,187 yesterday *Alabama — 443 new cases, 339 yesterday *Mississippi — 105 new cases, 276 yesterday *Louisiana — 340 new cases, 420 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 18.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 90: *New York — 1,453 new cases, 1,806 yesterday *New Jersey — 652 new cases, 561 yesterday *Massachusetts — 448 new cases, 605 yesterday *Connecticut — 171 new cases, 206 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,708 new cases, 1,740 yesterday *Virginia — 396 new cases, 591 yesterday *Maryland — 443 new cases, 319 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 127: *Illinois — 1,573 new cases, 1,542 yesterday *Michigan — 1,259 new cases, 1,590 yesterday *Minnesota — 679 new cases, 866 yesterday *Ohio — 1,004 new cases, 1,208 yesterday *Indiana — 788 new cases, 891 yesterday *Wisconsin — 406 new cases, 446 yesterday *Missouri — 621 new cases, 524 yesterday Six of the western states account for 14.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 146: *Arizona — 571 new cases, 590 yesterday *Utah — 300 new cases, 266 yesterday *Colorado — 812 new cases, 952 yesterday *Washington — 1,590 new cases, 951 yesterday *Oregon — 508 new cases, 569 yesterday *Nevada — 334 new cases, 302 yesterday !! Friday, May 21, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.95 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.10 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.67 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,915,996 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.1 percent or 349,875 cases, 1.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 556,523 individuals, 507,285 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,238 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.2 percent or 31,915,996 individuals, 97.2 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 279,397,250 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., with 160,177,820 individuals vaccinated, and 78.4 percent having received two vaccines (125,605,166). Individuals receiving at least one vaccine represent 48.4 percent of the U.S. population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 30,214 individuals *Total active cases declined by 17,264 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,172,432, with 3.0 percent positive, for a total of 470,118,034 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 659, compared to the 636 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 659 deaths, 53 were a direct result of COVID-19. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 47,819 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 833 *There are currently 8,325 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.08 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 2.8 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 85, that compares an index of 76 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 864 active cases today, 940 yesterday *DeKalb County — 644 active cases today, 664 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 577 active cases today, 582 yesterday *Cobb County — 563 active cases today, 579 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 74 active cases today, 76 yesterday *Oconee County — 17 active cases today, 16 yesterday *Barrow County — 110 active cases today, 115 yesterday *Jackson County — 57 active cases today, 58 yesterday *Hall County — 175 active cases today, 182 yesterday + Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 20.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 75: *California — 1,676 new cases, 1,477 yesterday *Texas — 1,716 new cases, 1,911 yesterday *Florida — 2,893 new cases, 2,811 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 14.6 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 95: *Georgia — 833 new cases, 700 yesterday *Tennessee — 420 new cases, 477 yesterday *Kentucky — 565 new cases, 584 yesterday *South Carolina — 358 new cases, 390 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,187 new cases, 969 yesterday *Alabama — 339 new cases, 288 yesterday *Mississippi — 276 new cases, 257 yesterday *Louisiana — 420 new cases, 615 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 96: *New York — 1,806 new cases, 1,624 yesterday *New Jersey — 561 new cases, 444 yesterday *Massachusetts — 605 new cases, 313 yesterday *Connecticut — 206 new cases, 228 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,740 new cases, 1,051 yesterdays *Virginia — 591 new cases, 491 yesterday *Maryland — 319 new cases, 337 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 23.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 135: *Illinois — 1,542 new cases, 1,633 yesterday *Michigan — 1,590 new cases, 1,950 yesterday *Minnesota — 866 new cases, 654 yesterday *Ohio — 1,208 new cases, 918 yesterday *Indiana — 891 new cases, 802 yesterday *Wisconsin — 446 new cases, 383 yesterday *Missouri — 524 new cases, 508 yesterday Six of the western states account for 12.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 124: *Arizona — 590 new cases, 540 yesterday *Utah — 266 new cases, 430 yesterday *Colorado — 952 new cases, 1,245 yesterday *Washington — 951 new cases, 907 yesterday *Oregon — 569 new cases, 397 yesterday *Nevada — 302 new cases, 348 yesterday !! Thursday, May 20, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.94 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.11 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.66 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,884,782 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.1 percent or 367,143 cases, 1.2 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 555,864 individuals, 506,679 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,185 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.2 percent or 31,961,775 individuals, 97.1 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 277,290,173 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for a total of 159,174,963 individuals having been vaccinated, and 78.8 percent of those having received two vaccines. The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 48.1 percent of the population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 28,541 individuals *Total active cases declined by 18,224 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 877,500, with 3.0 percent positive, for a total of 468,945,602 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 636, compared to the 369 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 369 deaths, 57 were a direct result of COVID-19 *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 46,129 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 700 *There are currently 8,557 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.08 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 2.5 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 76, that compares an index of 85 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 940 active cases today, 986 yesterday *DeKalb County — 664 active cases today, 674 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 582 active cases today, 585 yesterday *Cobb County — 579 active cases today, 604 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 76 active cases today, 74 yesterday *Oconee County — 16 active cases today, 18 yesterday *Barrow County — 115 active cases today, 111 yesterday *Jackson County — 58 active cases today, 58 yesterday *Hall County — 182 active cases today, 194 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 21.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 78: *California — 1,477 new cases, 1,222 yesterday *Texas — 1,911 new cases, 2,679 yesterday *Florida — 2,811 new cases, 2,804 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 15.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 97: *Georgia — 700 new cases, 767 yesterday *Tennessee — 477 new cases, 449 yesterday *Kentucky — 584 new cases, 639 yesterday *South Carolina — 390 new cases, 159 yesterday *North Carolina — 969 new cases, 622 yesterday *Alabama — 288 new cases, 336 yesterday *Mississippi — 257 new cases, 206 yesterday *Louisiana — 615 new cases, 494 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 15.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 78: *New York — 1,624 new cases, 1,159 yesterday *New Jersey — 444 new cases, 646 yesterday *Massachusetts — 313 new cases, 438 yesterday *Connecticut — 228 new cases, 181 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,051 new cases, 1,629 yesterday *Virginia — 491 new cases, 378 yesterday *Maryland — 337 new cases, 212 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 23.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 138: *Illinois — 1,633 new cases, 1,495 yesterday *Michigan — 1,950 new cases, 1,535 yesterday *Minnesota — 654 new cases, 516 yesterday *Ohio — 918 new cases, 993 yesterday *Indiana — 802 new cases, 481 yesterday *Wisconsin — 383 new cases, 489 yesterday *Missouri — 508 new cases, 398 yesterday Six of the western states account for 13.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 139: *Arizona — 540 new cases, 619 yesterday *Utah — 430 new cases, 257 yesterday *Colorado — 1,245 new cases, 730 yesterday *Washington — 907 new cases, 694 yesterday *Oregon — 397 new cases, 508 yesterday *Nevada — 348 new cases, 152 yesterday !! Wednesday, May 19, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.93 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.12 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.64 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,856,241 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.2 percent or 385,367 cases, 1.2 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 555,228 individuals, 506,100 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,128 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.1 percent or 31,915,646 individuals, 97.1 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 275,535,207 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for a total of 158,365,411 individuals having been vaccinated, and 78.6 percent of those having received two vaccines (124,455,693). The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 47.9 percent of the population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 27,506 individuals *Total active cases declined by 15,581 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 845,306, with 3.0 percent positive, for a total of 467,222,796 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 369, compared to the 289 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 369death, 33 were a direct result of COVID-19 *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 42,354 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 767 *There are currently 8,818 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.08 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 2.8 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 85, that compares an index of 48 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 986 active cases today, 1,004 yesterday *DeKalb County — 674 active cases today, 689 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 585 active cases today, 624 yesterday *Cobb County — 604 active cases today, 624 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 74 active cases today, 80 yesterday *Oconee County — 18 active cases today, 19 yesterday *Barrow County — 111 active cases today, 109 yesterday *Jackson County — 58 active cases today, 58 yesterday *Hall County — 194 active cases today, 204yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 24.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 88: *California — 1,222 new cases, 1,311 yesterday *Texas — 2,679 new cases, 2,375 yesterday *Florida — 2,804 new cases, 1,876 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 14.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 92: *Georgia — 767 new cases, 407 yesterday *Tennessee — 449 new cases, 209 yesterday *Kentucky — 639 new cases, 284 yesterday *South Carolina — 159 new cases, 346 yesterday *North Carolina — 622 new cases, 688 yesterday *Alabama — 336 new cases, 184 yesterday *Mississippi — 206 new cases, 316 yesterday *Louisiana — 494 new cases, 733 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 16.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 84: *New York — 1,159 new cases, 1,713 yesterday *New Jersey — 646 new cases, 347 yesterday *Massachusetts — 438 new cases, 272 yesterday *Connecticut — 181 new cases, 662 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,629 new cases, 1,402 yesterday *Virginia — 378 new cases, 272 yesterday *Maryland — 212 new cases, 212 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 124: *Illinois — 1,495 new cases, 946 yesterday *Michigan — 1,535 new cases, 1,288 yesterday *Minnesota — 516 new cases, 589 yesterday *Ohio — 993 new cases, 729 yesterday *Indiana — 481 new cases, 537 yesterday *Wisconsin — 489 new cases, 116 yesterday *Missouri — 398 new cases, 207 yesterday Six of the western states account for 10.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 111: *Arizona — 619 new cases, 209 yesterday *Utah — 257 new cases, 164 yesterday *Colorado — 730 new cases, 689 yesterday *Washington — 694 new cases, 841 yesterday *Oregon — 508 new cases, 198 yesterday *Nevada — 152 new cases, 182 yesterday !! Tuesday, May 18, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.92 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.12 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.63 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,828,735 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.2 percent or 400,948 cases, 1.2 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 554,495 individuals, 505,433 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,062 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.1 percent or 31,873,292 individuals, 97.0 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 274,411.901 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for a total of 157,827,208 individuals having been vaccinated, and 78.5 percent of those having received two vaccines. The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 47.5 percent of the population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 25,030 individuals *Total active cases declined by 15,010 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,166,344, with 3.0 percent positive, for a total of 467,222,796 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 369, compared to the 289 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 369death, 33 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases increased by 3,649, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.91 percent of total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 39,920 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 407 *There are currently 9,029 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.08 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 1.6 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 48, that compares an index of 64 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning. Also included are the percentages of the county populations that are fully vaccinated and the percentage of the population age 65-plus specifically: *Fulton County — 1,004 active cases today, 1,053 yesterday — 16.6 percent fully vaccinated; 38.0 percent age 65-plus *DeKalb County — 689 active cases today, 699 yesterday — 17.1 percent fully vaccinated; 38.4 percent age 65-plus *Gwinnett County — 624 active cases today, 664 yesterday — 14.9 percent fully vaccinated; 37.3 percent age 65-plus *Cobb County — 624 active cases today, 663 yesterday — 22.7 percent fully vaccinated; 55.6 percent age 65-plus *Athens-Clarke — 80 active cases today, 82 yesterday — 12.9 percent fully vaccinated; 51.3 percent age 65-plus *Oconee County — 19 active cases today, 18 yesterday — 15.7 percent fully vaccinated; 45.2 percent age 65-plus *Barrow County — 109 active cases today, 104 yesterday — 6.6 percent fully vaccinated; 24.3 percent age 65-plus *Jackson County — 58 active cases today, 58 yesterday — 12.6 percent fully vaccinated; 40.5 percent age 65-plus *Hall County — 204 active cases today, 207yesterday — 15.0 percent fully vaccinated; 34.1 percent age 65-plus Statewide in Georgia, 28.8 percent are fully vaccinated, with 64.8 percent of Georgians age 65-plus fully vaccinated. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 22.6 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 82: *California — 1,311 new cases, 739 yesterday *Texas — 2,375 new cases, 862 yesterday *Florida — 1,976 new cases, 2,482 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 12.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 82: *Georgia — 407 new cases, 529 yesterday *Tennessee — 209 new cases, 238 yesterday *Kentucky — 284 new cases, 287 yesterday *South Carolina — 346 new cases, 483 yesterday *North Carolina — 688 new cases, 733 yesterday *Alabama — 184 new cases, 69 yesterday *Mississippi — 316 new cases, 29 yesterday *Louisiana — 733 new cases, 214 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 97: *New York — 1,713 new cases, 1,991 yesterday *New Jersey — 347 new cases, 269 yesterday *Massachusetts — 272 new cases, 549 yesterday *Connecticut — 662 new cases, 205 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,402 new cases, 887 yesterday *Virginia — 272 new cases, 280 yesterday *Maryland — 212 new cases, 369 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 17.6 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 102: *Illinois — 946 new cases, 1,248 yesterday *Michigan — 1,288 new cases, 1,827 yesterday *Minnesota — 589 new cases, 805 yesterday *Ohio — 729 new cases, 618 yesterday *Indiana — 537 new cases, 726 yesterday *Wisconsin — 116 new cases, 232 yesterday *Missouri — 207 new cases, 307 yesterday Six of the western states account for 9.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 94: *Arizona — 209 new cases, 482 yesterday *Utah — 164 new cases, 242 yesterday *Colorado — 689 new cases, 630 yesterday *Washington — 841 new cases, 738 yesterday *Oregon — 198 new cases, 505 yesterday *Nevada — 182 new cases, 177 yesterday !! Monday, May 17, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.92 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.12 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.62 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,803,705 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.2 percent or 415,958 cases, 1.3 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 554,026 individuals ... 505,097with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 48,929 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.0 percent or 31,833,721 individuals, 97.0 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 273,545,207 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., with 157,485,596 individuals having been vaccinated, and 78.3 percent (123,282,685) of those having received two vaccines Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 24,834 individuals *Total active cases declined by 14,085 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 813,508, for a total of 466,056,452 *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 289, compared to the 499 deaths that posted yesterday. Of the 499 deaths, 26 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases increased by 3,855, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.93 percentof total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 38,630 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 529 new active cases *6,960,793 vaccines have been administered *There are currently 9,272 active COVID-19 cases Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,053 active cases today, 1,101 yesterday *DeKalb County — 699 active cases today, 725 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 664 active cases today, 693 yesterday *Cobb County — 663 active cases today, 703 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 82 active cases today… 84 yesterday *Oconee County — 18 active cases today, 20 yesterday *Barrow County — 104 active cases today, 104 yesterday *Jackson County — 58 active cases today, 56 yesterday *Hall County — 207 active cases today, 213 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 16.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 59: *California — 739 new cases, 1,903 yesterday *Texas — 862 new cases, 919 yesterday *Florida — 2,482 new cases, 3,319 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 10.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 68: *Georgia — 529 new cases, 730 yesterday *Tennessee — 238 new cases, 430 yesterday *Kentucky — 287 new cases, 484 yesterday *South Carolina — 483 new cases, 529 yesterday *North Carolina — 733 new cases, 1,251 yesterday *Alabama — 69 new cases, 493 yesterday *Mississippi — 29 new cases, 130 yesterday *Louisiana — 214 new cases, 338 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 18.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 91: *New York — 1,991 new cases, 1,624 yesterday *New Jersey — 269 new cases, 646 yesterday *Massachusetts — 549 new cases, 1,153 yesterday *Connecticut — 205 new cases, 204 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 887 new cases, 1,737 yesterday *Virginia — 280 new cases, 685 yesterday *Maryland — 369 new cases, 378 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 23.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 135: *Illinois — 1,248 new cases, 1,513 yesterday *Michigan — 1,827 new cases, 1,491 yesterday *Minnesota — 805 new cases ... 872 yesterday *Ohio — 618 new cases, 919 yesterday *Indiana — 726 new cases, 798 yesterday *Wisconsin — 232 new cases, 550 yesterday *Missouri — 307 new cases, 432 yesterday Six of the western states account for 11.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 114: *Arizona — 482 new cases, 798 yesterday *Utah — 242 new cases, 322 yesterday *Colorado — 630 new cases, 1,272 yesterday *Washington — 738 new cases, 789 yesterday *Oregon — 505 new cases, 637 yesterday *Nevada — 177 new cases, 203 yesterday !! Sunday, May 16, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning:, *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.91 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.13 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.61 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,778,871 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.3 percent or 430,043 cases, 1.4 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 553,737 individuals... 504,834 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,903 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.0 percent or 31,741,087 individuals, 96.9 percent yesterday Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 33,648 individuals *Total active cases declined by 20,855 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,215,402 tests, for a total of 465,224,944 *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 499, compared to the 733 deaths that posted yesterday. Of the 499 deaths, 45 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 3,892, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.91 percentof total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 52,004 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 730 new active cases *There are currently 9,559 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.09 percent of the population Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,101 active cases today, 1,182 yesterday *DeKalb County — 725 active cases today, 772 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 693 active cases today, 748 yesterday *Cobb County — 703 active cases today, 765 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 84 active cases today, 86 yesterday *Oconee County — 20 active cases today, 21 yesterday *Barrow County — 104 active cases today, 115 yesterday *Jackson County — 56 active cases today, 59 yesterday *Hall County — 213 active cases today, 219 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 16.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 58: *California — 1,903 new cases, 1,955 yesterday *Texas — 919 new cases, 2,626 yesterday *Florida — 3,319 new cases, 4,064 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 84: *Georgia — 730 new cases, 918 yesterday *Tennessee — 430 new cases, 627 yesterday *Kentucky — 484 new cases, 553 yesterday *South Carolina — 529 new cases, 620 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,251 new cases, 1,501 yesterday *Alabama — 493 new cases, 810 yesterday *Mississippi — 130 new cases, 201 yesterday *Louisiana — 338 new cases, 421 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 95: *New York — 1,624 new cases, 2,360 yesterday *New Jersey — 646 new cases, 323 yesterday *Massachusetts — 1,153 new cases, 429 yesterday *Connecticut — 204 new cases, 365 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,737 new cases, 1,643 yesterday *Virginia — 685 new cases, 493 yesterday *Maryland — 378 new cases, 512 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 19.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 113: *Illinois — 1,513 new cases, 1,841 yesterday *Minnesota — 872 new cases, 1,305 yesterday *Ohio — 919 new cases, 1,014 yesterday *Indiana — 798 new cases, 899 yesterday *Wisconsin — 550 new cases, 513 yesterday *Missouri — 432 new cases, 463 yesterday Six of the western states account for 11.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 113: *Arizona — 798 new cases, 854 yesterday *Utah — 322 new cases, 336 yesterday *Colorado — 1,272 new cases, 1,565 yesterday *Washington — 789 new cases, 2,372 yesterday *Oregon — 637 new cases, 810 yesterday *Nevada — 203 new cases, 389 yesterday !! Saturday, May 15, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.80 percent of the population of the United States *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.14 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.60 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,745,223 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.4 percent or 450,898 cases, 1.4 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 553,238 individuals... 504,380 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,858 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors — 96.9 percent or 31,741,087 individuals, 96.9 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 266,596,486 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. A total of 154,624,231 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. with 77.0 percent having received two vaccines (118,987,308). The total number of individual receiving at least one vaccine represents 46.7 percent of the U.S. population (330,946,030). Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 39,095 individuals *Total active cases declined by 21,508 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,214,242 tests, for a total of 464,009,542 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 733, compared to the 762 deaths posted yesterday *ICU cases increased by 4,006, the number of intensive care unit cases represents0.88 percent of total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 59,874 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 918 new active cases *6,960,793 vaccines have been administered *There are currently 10,068 active COVID-19 cases Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,182 active cases today, 1,229 yesterday; 0.11 percent of the county population *DeKalb County — 773 active cases today, 792 yesterday; 0.10 percent of the county population *Gwinnett County — 748 active cases today, 791 yesterday; 0.08 percent of the county population *Cobb County — 765 active cases today, 812 yesterday; 0.10 percent of the county population *Athens-Clarke — 86 active cases today, 92 yesterday; 0.07 percent of the county population *Oconee County — 21 active cases today, 19 yesterday; 0.05 percent of the county population *Barrow County — 115 active cases today, 116 yesterday; 0.13 percent of the county population *Jackson County — 59 active cases today, 61 yesterday; 0.08 percent of the county population *Hall County — 216 active cases today, 224 yesterday; 0.10 percent of the county population Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 19.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 72: *California — 1,903 new cases, 1,955 yesterday *Texas — 2,303 new cases, 2,626 yesterday *Florida — 3.590 new cases, 4,064 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 14.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 94: *Georgia — 918 new cases, 1,114 yesterday *Tennessee — 627 new cases, 841 yesterday *Kentucky — 553 new cases, 672 yesterday *South Carolina — 620 new cases, 356 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,501 new cases, 1,394 yesterday *Alabama — 810 new cases, 838 yesterday *Mississippi — 201 new cases, 362 yesterday *Louisiana — 421 new cases, 415 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 18.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 93: *New York — 2,360 new cases, 2,515 yesterday *New Jersey — 323 new cases, 428 yesterday *Massachusetts — 429 new cases, 721 yesterday *Connecticut — 365 new cases, 471 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,643 new cases, 2,563 yesterday *Virginia — 493 new cases …579 yesterday *Maryland — 512 new cases, 474 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 20.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 121: *Illinois — 1,841 new cases, 1,918 yesterday *Michigan — 2,102 new cases, 2,370 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,305 new cases ... 1,009 yesterday *Ohio — 1,014 new cases, 1,161 yesterday *Indiana — 899 new cases, 882 yesterday *Wisconsin — 513 new cases, 485 yesterday *Missouri — 463 new cases, 619 yesterday Six of the western states account for 16.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 167: *Arizona — 854 new cases, 544 yesterday *Utah — 336 new cases, 418 yesterday *Colorado — 1,565 new cases, 1,846 yesterday *Washington — 2,372 new cases, 1,335 yesterday *Oregon — 810 new cases, 718 yesterday *Nevada — 389 new cases, 436 yesterday !! Friday, May 14, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.88 percent of the population of the United States *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.14 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.57 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,706,128 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.4 percent or 472,406 cases, 1.5 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 552,505 individuals... 503,720 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,785 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors — 96.9 percent or 31,681,213 individuals, 96.8 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 264,680,844 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. A total of 153,989,312 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. with 76.4 percent having received two vaccines (117,674,439). The total number of individual receiving at least one vaccine represents 46.5 percent of the U.S. population (330,946,030). Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 39,825 individuals *Total active cases declined by 20,149 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,318,867 tests, with 3.6 percent posting active in a 7-day rolling average tracked by John Hopkins *A total of 462,795,300 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 762, compared to the 841 deaths posted yesterday, of the 762 deaths posted yesterday, 52 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases increased by 4,230, the number of intensive care unit cases represents0.86 percent of total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 59,208 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 1,114 new active cases *6,909,908 vaccines have been administered *There are currently 10,474 active COVID-19 cases Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,229 active cases today, 1,238 yesterday *DeKalb County — 792 active cases today, 811 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 791 active cases today, 836 yesterday *Cobb County — 812 active cases today, 839 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 92 active cases today, 90 yesterday *Oconee County — 19 active cases today, 20 yesterday *Barrow County — 116 active cases today, 104 yesterday *Jackson County — 61 active cases today, 63 yesterday *Hall County — 224 active cases today, 222 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 21.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 78: *California — 1,955 new cases, 1,465 yesterday *Texas — 2,626 new cases, 2,466 yesterday *Florida — 4,064 new cases, 3,184 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 15.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 97: *Georgia — 1,114 new cases, 921 yesterday *Tennessee — 841 new cases, 669 yesterday *Kentucky — 672 new cases, 677 yesterday *South Carolina — 356 new cases, 382 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,394 new cases, 1,493 yesterday *Alabama — 838 new cases, 347 yesterday *Mississippi — 362 new cases, 205 yesterday *Louisiana — 415 new cases, 480 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 97: *New York — 2,515 new cases, 1,989 yesterday *New Jersey — 428 new cases, 486 yesterday *Massachusetts — 721 new cases, 760 yesterday *Connecticut — 471 new cases, 187 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,563 new cases, 1,882 yesterday *Virginia — 579 new cases …561 yesterday *Maryland — 474 new cases, 471 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 123: *Illinois — 1,918 new cases, 1,795 yesterday *Michigan — 2,370 new cases, 2,765 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,009 new cases ... 908 yesterday *Ohio — 1,161 new cases, 1,449 yesterday *Indiana — 882 new cases, 841 yesterday *Wisconsin — 485 new cases, 558 yesterday *Missouri — 619 new cases, 522 yesterday + Six of the western states account for 13.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 137: *Arizona — 544 new cases, 469 yesterday *Utah — 418 new cases, 468 yesterday *Colorado — 1,846 new cases, 1,213 yesterday *Washington — 1,335 new cases, 1,104 yesterday *Oregon — 718 new cases, 598 yesterday *Nevada — 436 new cases, 464 yesterday !! Thursday, May 13, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.87 percent of the population of the United States *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.15 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.55 percent of the U.S. population The 32,666,303 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.5 percent or 492,555 cases, 1.6 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 551,743 individuals... 503,030 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,713 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors — 96.8 percent or 31,622,005 individuals, 96.7 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 263,162,561 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. A total of 153,448,316 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. — that is more individuals than received a flu shot in the U.S. in 2019, the record-breaking year of the most flu shots administered — with 75.6 percent having received two vaccines (116,576,359). The number of individuals receiving a vaccine continues to grow by close to a million folks every day. The total number of individual receiving at least one vaccine represents 46.4 percent of the U.S. population (330,946,030). Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 35,816 individuals *Total active cases declined by 21,449 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,075,947 tests, for a *A total of 461,476,433 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 841, compared to the 743 deaths posted yesterday, of the 841 deaths posted yesterday, 84 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 4,228, the number of intensive care unit cases represents0.86 percent of total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 556,394 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 921 new active cases *6,867,030 vaccines have been administered *There are currently 10,682 active COVID-19 cases Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,238 active cases today, 1,278 yesterday *DeKalb County — 811 active cases today, 824 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 836 active cases today, 883 yesterday *Cobb County — 839 active cases today, 851 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 90 active cases today, 96 yesterday *Oconee County — 20 active cases today, 20 yesterday *Barrow County — 104 active cases today, 104 yesterday *Jackson County — 63 active cases today, 64 yesterday *Hall County — 222 active cases today, 230 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 19.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 72: *California — 1,465 new cases, 1,497 yesterday *Texas — 2,466 new cases, 2,973 yesterday *Florida — 3,184 new cases, 3,263 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 14.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 94: *Georgia — 921 new cases, 958 yesterday *Tennessee — 669 new cases, 655 yesterday *Kentucky — 677 new cases, 757 yesterday *South Carolina — 382 new cases, 287 yesterday *North Carolina — 1.493 new cases, 699 yesterday *Alabama — 347 new cases, 310 yesterday *Mississippi — 205 new cases, 267 yesterday *Louisiana — 480 new cases, 649 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 17.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 88: *New York — 1,989 new cases, 1,787 yesterday *New Jersey — 486 new cases, 561 yesterday *Massachusetts — 760 new cases, 555 yesterday *Connecticut — 187 new cases, 409 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,882 new cases, 2,217 yesterday *Virginia — 561 new cases …600 yesterday *Maryland — 471 new cases, 399 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 24.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 144: *Illinois — 1,795 new cases, 1,562 yesterday *Michigan — 2,765 new cases, 2,668 yesterday *Minnesota — 908 new cases ... 575 yesterday *Ohio — 1,449 new cases, 1,411 yesterday *Indiana — 841 new cases, 663 yesterday *Wisconsin — 558 new cases, 517 yesterday *Missouri — 522 new cases, 399 yesterday Six of the western states account for 12.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 125: *Arizona — 469 new cases, 683 yesterday *Utah — 468 new cases, 224 yesterday *Colorado — 1,213 new cases, 1,284 yesterday *Washington — 1,104 new cases, 1,211 yesterday *Oregon — 598 new cases, 642 yesterday *Nevada — 464 new cases, 470 yesterday !! Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Moving forward, the vaccination numbers and their respective percentages provided will be based on adults. Children as young as six-years-old can now receive COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States. As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.86 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.15 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.54 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,630,487 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.6 percent or 513,974 cases, 1.6 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 550,902 individuals... 501,273 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,629 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.7 percent or 31,565,611 individuals, 96.7 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 261,599,381 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,838,037 in Georgia A total of 152,819,904 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. with 75.6 percent having received two vaccines (115,530,780). In Georgia, 35.6 percent of the state population have received at least one vaccine. Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 34,904 individuals *Total active cases declined by 17,845 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 979,552, for a total of 460,400,486 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 743, compared to the 370 deaths posted yesterday *ICU cases posted at 4,596, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.89 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 52,006 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 958 new active cases, the number of cases represents 2.7 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 82, that compares an index of 45 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,278 cases today, 1,285 yesterday *DeKalb County — 824 cases today, 851 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 883 cases today, 904 yesterday *Cobb County — 851 cases today, 857 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 96 active cases today… 97 yesterday *Oconee County — 20 cases today, 19 yesterday *Barrow County — 104 cases today, 112 yesterday *Jackson County — 64 cases today, 63 yesterday *Hall County — 230 cases today, 236 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 11,017 active COVID-19 cases, 0.10 percent of the population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 22.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 80: *California — 1,497 new cases, 2,152 yesterday *Texas — 2,973 new cases, 2,235 yesterday *Florida — 3,263 new cases, 2,296 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 12.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 80: *Georgia — 958 new cases, 460 yesterday *Tennessee — 655 new cases, 382 yesterday *Kentucky — 757 new cases, 155 yesterday *South Carolina — 287 new cases, 415 yesterday *North Carolina — 699 new cases, 974 yesterday *Alabama — 310 new cases, 106 yesterday *Mississippi — 267 new cases, 509 yesterday *Louisiana — 649 new cases, 905 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 18.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 93: *New York — 1,787 new cases, 1,932 yesterday *New Jersey — 561 new cases, 152 yesterday *Massachusetts — 555 new cases, 474 yesterday *Connecticut — 409 new cases, 827 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,217 new cases, 1,681 yesterday *Virginia — 600 new cases …336 yesterday *Maryland — 399 new cases, 276 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 22.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 130: *Illinois — 1,562 new cases, 1,421 yesterday *Michigan — 2,668 new cases, 1,494 yesterday *Minnesota — 575 new cases, 1,190 yesterday *Ohio — 1,411 new cases, 713 yesterday *Indiana — 663 new cases, 590 yesterday *Wisconsin — 517 new cases, 205 yesterday *Missouri — 399 new cases, 256 yesterday Six of the western states account for 12.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 133: *Arizona — 683 new cases, 642 yesterday *Utah — 224 new cases, 207 yesterday *Colorado — 1,284 new cases, 881 yesterday *Washington — 1,211 new cases, 1,754 yesterday *Oregon — 642 new cases, 369 yesterday *Nevada — 470 new cases, 266 yesterday !! Tuesday, May 11, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.85 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.16 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.52 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,595,583 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.6 percent or 531,819 cases, 1.7 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 550,159 individuals, 500,605 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,554 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.7 percent or 31,513,605 individuals, 96.6 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 259,716,989 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,799,470 in Georgia Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 30,152 individuals *Total active cases declined by 16,203 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,252,631, for a total of 459,420,934 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 370, compared to the 241 deaths posted yesterday... of the 370 deaths declared yesterday, 33 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases posted at 4,636, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.89 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 47,503 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 460 new active cases . , the number of cases represents 1.5 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 45, that compares an index of 61 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,285 cases today, 1,322 yesterday *DeKalb County — 851 cases today, 865 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 904 cases today, 932 yesterday *Cobb County — 857 cases today, 890 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 97 active cases today… 99 yesterday *Oconee County — 19 cases today, 21 yesterday *Barrow County — 112 cases today, 117 yesterday *Jackson County — 63 cases today, 69 yesterday *Hall County — 236 cases today, 229 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 11,098 active COVID-19 cases, 0.10 percent of the population 99.90. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 22.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 80: *California — 2,152 new cases, 1,018 yesterday *Texas — 2,235 new cases, 1,039 yesterday *Florida — 2,296 new cases, 3,231 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 84: *Georgia — 460 new cases, 628 yesterday *Tennessee — 382 new cases, 320 yesterday *Kentucky — 155 new cases, 195 yesterday *South Carolina — 415 new cases, 521 yesterday *North Carolina — 974 new cases, 1,001 yesterday *Alabama — 106 new cases, 244 yesterday *Mississippi — 509 new cases, 114 yesterday *Louisiana — 905 new cases, 302 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 97: *New York — 1,932 new cases, 2,237 yesterday *New Jersey — 152 new cases, 332 yesterday *Massachusetts — 474 new cases, 878 yesterday *Connecticut — 827 new cases, 303 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,681 new cases, 1,112 yesterday *Virginia — 336 new cases …539 yesterday *Maryland — 276 new cases, 434 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 19.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 113: *Illinois — 1,421 new cases, 1,741 yesterday *Michigan — 1,494 new cases, 1,793 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,190 new cases, 803 yesterday *Ohio — 713 new cases, 794 yesterday *Indiana — 590 new cases, 905 yesterday *Wisconsin — 205 new cases, 308 yesterday *Missouri — 256 new cases, 355 yesterday Six of the western states account for 13.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 141: *Arizona — 642 new cases, 448 yesterday *Utah — 207 new cases, 232 yesterday *Colorado — 881 new cases, 927 yesterday *Washington — 1,754 new cases, 869 yesterday *Oregon — 369 new cases, 601 yesterday *Nevada — 266 new cases, 109 yesterday !! Monday, May 10, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.84 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.17 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.51 percent of the U.S. population The 32,533,231 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.7 percent or 548,022 cases, 1.8 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 549,789 individuals... 500,268 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,521 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.6 percent or 31,466,102 individuals, 96.5 percent yesterday (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 30,200 individuals *Total active cases declined by 17,857 cases *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 241, compared to the 648 deaths posted yesterday, of the 241 deaths declared yesterday, 20 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases posted at 4,877, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.89 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 44,936 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 628 new active cases. , the number of cases represents 2.0 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 61… that compares an index of 82 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,32 cases today, 1,363 yesterday *DeKalb County — 865 cases today, 889 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 932 cases today, 960 yesterday *Cobb County — 890 cases today, 915 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 99 active cases today… 102 yesterday *Oconee County — 21 cases today, 23 yesterday *Barrow County — 117 cases today, 126 yesterday *Jackson County — 69 cases today, 70 yesterday *Hall County — 229 cases today, 231 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 11,396 active COVID-19 cases, 0.10 percent of the population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 17.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 63: *California — 1,018 new cases, 1,230 yesterday *Texas — 1,039 new cases, 1,542 yesterday *Florida — 3,231 new cases, 3,877 yesterdays Eight of the southern states account for 11.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 71: *Georgia — 628 new cases, 992 yesterday *Tennessee — 320 new cases, 433 yesterday *Kentucky — 195 new cases, 422 yesterday *South Carolina — 521 new cases, 620 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,001 new cases, 1,220 yesterday *Alabama — 244 new cases, 317 yesterday *Mississippi — 114 new cases, 53 yesterday *Louisiana — 302 new cases, 298 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 96: *New York — 2,237 new cases, 3,220 yesterday *New Jersey — 332 new cases, 650 yesterday *Massachusetts — 878 new cases, 795 yesterday *Connecticut — 303 new cases, 330 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,112 new cases, 2,345 yesterday *Virginia — 539 new cases …744 yesterday *Maryland — 434 new cases, 496 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 22.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 129: *Illinois — 1,741 new cases, 1,729 yesterday *Michigan — 2,577 new cases, 2,577 yesterday *Minnesota — 803 new cases, 1,282 yesterday *Ohio — 794 new cases, 1,243 yesterday *Indiana — 905 new cases, 907 yesterday *Wisconsin — 308 new cases, 493 yesterday *Missouri — 355 new cases, 331 yesterday Six of the western states account for 10.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 115: *Arizona — 448 new cases, 739 yesterday *Utah — 232 new cases, 240 yesterday *Colorado — 927 new cases, 1,433 yesterday *Washington — 869 new cases, 1,349 yesterday *Oregon — 601 new cases, 818 yesterday *Nevada — 109 new cases, 139 yesterday !! Sunday, May 9, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.83 percent of the U.S. population. *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.17 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.49 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,533,231 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.7 percent or 562,517 cases, 1.8 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 549,548 individuals... 500,047 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,501 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.6 percent or 31,421,166 individuals, 96.5 percent yesterday (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 35,755 individuals *Total active cases declined by 17,857 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,304,842, for total of 457,294,673 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 648, compared to the 777 deaths posted yesterday... of the 648 deaths declared yesterday, 58 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases posted at 4,902, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.87 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 52,964 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 982 new active cases . , the number of cases represents 2.7 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 82, that compares an index of 76 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,363 cases today, 1,439 yesterday *DeKalb County — 889 cases today, 897 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 960 cases today, 1,029 yesterday *Cobb County — 915 cases today, 936 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 102 active cases today, 106 yesterday *Oconee County — 23 cases today, 30 yesterday *Barrow County — 126 cases today, 128 yesterday *Jackson County — 70 cases today, 74 yesterday *Hall County — 231 cases today, 228 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 11,639 active COVID-19 cases, 0.11 percent of the population 99.89 percent. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 18.6 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 67: *California — 1,230 new cases, 2,166 yesterday *Texas — 1,542 new cases, 2,600 yesterday *Florida — 3,877 new cases, 4,165 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 12.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 78: *Georgia — 992 new cases, 1,249 yesterday *Tennessee — 433 new cases, 769 yesterday *Kentucky — 422 new cases, 633 yesterday *South Carolina — 620 new cases, 867 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,220 new cases, 1,932 yesterday *Alabama — 317 new cases, 314 yesterday *Mississippi — 53 new cases, 240 yesterday *Louisiana — 298 new cases, 563 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 24.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 119: *New York — 3,220 new cases, 2,701 yesterday *New Jersey — 650 new cases, 967 yesterday *Massachusetts — 795 new cases, 976 yesterday *Connecticut — 330 new cases, 436 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,345 new cases, 2,647 yesterday *Virginia — 744 new cases …938 yesterday *Maryland — 496 new cases, 768 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 23.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 139: *Illinois — 1,729 new cases, 3,321 yesterday *Michigan — 2.577 new cases, 3,367 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,282 new cases, 1,450 yesterday *Ohio — 1,243 new cases, 1,397 yesterday *Indiana — 907 new cases, 1,164 yesterday *Wisconsin — 493 new cases, 662 yesterday *Missouri — 331 new cases, 601 yesterday Six of the western states account for 13.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 135: *Arizona — 739 new cases, 820 yesterday *Utah — 240 new cases, 386 yesterday *Colorado — 1,433 new cases, 1,402 yesterday *Washington — 1,349 new cases, 1,455 yesterday *Oregon — 818 new cases, 824 yesterday *Nevada — 139 new cases, 498 yesterday !! Saturday, May 8, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.82 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.18 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.48 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,497,476 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.8 percent or 580,374 cases, 1.8 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 548,900, 499,457 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,443 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.5 percent or 31,368,202 individuals, 96.5 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 251,973,752 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,552,673 in Georgia A total of 149,462,265 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. with 72.9 percent having received two vaccines (108,926,627). Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 49,491 individuals *Total active cases declined by 17,801 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,536,629, for a total of 455,989,831 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 777, compared to the 860 deaths posted yesterday... of the 777 deaths declared yesterday, 70 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases posted at 5,008, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.86 percent of the total active cases. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 66,515 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 1,249 new active cases . , the number of cases represents 2.5 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 76, that compares an index of 76 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,439 cases today, 1,472 yesterday *DeKalb County — 897 cases today, 927 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,029 cases today, 1,094 yesterday *Cobb County — 936 cases today, 951 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 106 active cases today… 113 yesterday *Oconee County — 30 cases today, 32 yesterday *Barrow County — 128 cases today, 144 yesterday *Jackson County — 74 cases today, 77 yesterday *Hall County — 228 cases today, 228 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 12,001 active COVID-19 cases. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 18.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 65: *California — 2,166 new cases, 2,582 yesterday *Texas — 2,600 new cases, 2,724 yesterday *Florida — 4,165 new cases, 4,504 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 86: *Georgia — 1,249 new cases, 1,213 yesterday *Tennessee — 769 new cases, 1,187 yesterday *Kentucky — 633 new cases, 653 yesterday *South Carolina — 867 new cases, 671 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,932 new cases, 1,798 yesterday *Alabama — 314 new cases, 436 yesterday *Mississippi — 240 new cases, 214 yesterday *Louisiana — 563 new cases, 407 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 95: *New York — 2,701 new cases, 2,964 yesterday *New Jersey — 967 new cases, 1,413 yesterday *Massachusetts — 976 new cases, 1,161 yesterday *Connecticut — 436 new cases, 711 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,647 new cases, 3,268 yesterday *Virginia — 938 new cases …856 yesterday *Maryland — 768 new cases, 578 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 24.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 138: *Illinois — 3,321 new cases, 1,778 yesterday *Michigan — 3,367 new cases, 4,113 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,450 new cases, 1,651 yesterday *Ohio — 1,397 new cases, 1,387 yesterday *Indiana — 1,164 new cases, 1,247 yesterday *Wisconsin — 662 new cases, 667 yesterday *Missouri — 601 new cases, 629 yesterday Six of the western states account for 10.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 112: *Arizona — 820 new cases, 601 yesterday *Utah — 386 new cases, 395 yesterday *Colorado — 1,402 new cases, 1,563 yesterday *Washington — 1,445 new cases, 1,139 yesterday *Oregon — 824 new cases, 745 yesterday *Nevada — 498 new cases, 394 yesterday + !!Friday, May 7, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.80 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.18 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.46 percent of the U.S. population The 32,447,985 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.8 percent or 598,175 cases, 1.9 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 548,123... 498,750 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,373 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.5 percent or 31,301,687 individuals, 96.4 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 249,566,820 vaccines have been administered in the U.S... 6,503,909 in Georgia A total of 148,562,891 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. with 72.3 percent having received two vaccines (107,346,533). Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 47,819 individuals *Total active cases declined by 20,111 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,372,147, for a total of 454,453,202 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 860, compared to the 743 deaths posted yesterday... of the 860 deaths declared yesterday, 87 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases posted at 5,133, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.86 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 67,070 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 1,213 new active cases . , the number of cases represents 2.5 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 76, that compares to 2.1 percent and index of 64 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,472 cases today, 1,478 yesterday *DeKalb County — 927 cases today, 941 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,094 cases today, 1,152 yesterday *Cobb County — 951 cases today, 940 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 113 active cases today… 125 yesterday *Oconee County — 32 cases today, 33 yesterday *Barrow County — 144 cases today, 152 yesterday *Jackson County — 77 cases today, 77 yesterday *Hall County — 228 cases today, 224 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 12,398 active COVID-19 cases. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 20.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 74: *California — 2,582 new cases, 1,557 yesterday *Texas — 2,724 new cases, 2,384 yesterday *Florida — 4,504 new cases, 4,394 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 90: *Georgia — 1,213 new cases, 993 yesterday *Tennessee — 1,187 new cases, 907 yesterday *Kentucky — 653 new cases, 704 yesterday *South Carolina — 671 new cases, 622 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,798 new cases, 1,468 yesterday *Alabama — 436 new cases, 331 yesterday *Mississippi — 214 new cases, 104 yesterday *Louisiana — 407 new cases, 460 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 22.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 114: *New York — 2,964 new cases, 2,511 yesterday *New Jersey — 1,413 new cases, 2,528 yesterday *Massachusetts — 1,161 new cases, 1,019 yesterday *Connecticut — 711 new cases, 609 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 3,268 new cases, 2,387 yesterday *Virginia — 856 new cases …842 yesterday *Maryland — 578 new cases, 679 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 24.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 137: *Illinois — 1,778 new cases, 2,410 yesterday *Michigan — 4,113 new cases, 3,047 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,651 new cases, 1,244 yesterday *Ohio — 1,387 new cases, 1,450 yesterday *Indiana — 1,247 new cases, 1,179 yesterday *Wisconsin — 667 new cases, 639 yesterday *Missouri — 629 new cases, 633 yesterday Six of the western states account for 10.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 104: *Arizona — 601 new cases, 742 yesterday *Utah — 395 new cases, 480 yesterday *Colorado — 1,563 new cases, 1,611 yesterday *Washington — 1,139 new cases, 1,395 yesterday *Oregon — 745 new cases, 252 yesterday *Nevada — 394 new cases, 373 yesterday + !!Thursday, May 6, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.79 percent of the population of the United States *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.19 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.44 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,400,166 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.9 percent or 618,286 cases, 1.9 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 547,263 ... 497,977 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,286 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by — 96.4 percent or 31,234,617 individuals, 96.3 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 247,769,049 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,503,909 in GA Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 46,129 individuals *Total active cases declined by 19,506 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,834,660, with 3.8 percent testing positive, for a total of 453,081,055 tests having been conducted in the U.S. *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 743, compared to 853 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 743 deaths declared yesterday, 67 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 5,644, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.91 percent of the total active cases. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 64,892 individuals Georgia posted 993 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 2.1 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 64, that compares to an index of 69 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,478 active cases today, 1,510 yesterday *DeKalb County — 941 active cases today, 955 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,152 active cases today, 1,202 yesterday *Cobb County — 940 active cases today, 947 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 125 active cases today, 120 yesterday *Oconee County — 33 active cases today, 36 yesterday *Barrow County — 152 active cases today, 165 yesterday *Jackson County — 77 active cases today, 81 yesterday *Hall County — 224 active cases today, 230 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 12,468 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.11 percent of the state's population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 18.1 percent of new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 65: *California — 1,557 new cases, 2,364 yesterday *Texas — 2,384 new cases, 3,376 yesterday *Florida — 4,394 new cases, 3,076 yesterdays Eight of the southern states account for 12.1 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 79: *Georgia — 993 new cases, 1,178 yesterday *Tennessee — 907 new cases, 542 yesterday *Kentucky — 704 new cases, 771 yesterday *South Carolina — 622 new cases, 427 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,468 new cases, 981 yesterday *Alabama — 331 new cases, 183 yesterday *Mississippi — 104 new cases, 208 yesterday *Louisiana — 460 new cases, 991 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 22.9 percent of new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 114: *New York — 2,511 new cases, 2,480 yesterday *New Jersey — 2,528 new cases, 1,004 yesterday *Massachusetts — 1,019 new cases, 854 yesterday *Connecticut — 609 new cases, 417 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,387 new cases, 2,656 yesterday *Virginia — 842 new cases, 771 yesterday *Maryland — 679 new cases, 501 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 125: *Illinois — 2,410 new cases, 2,211 yesterday *Michigan — 3,047 new cases, 3,120 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,244 new cases ... 995 yesterday *Ohio — 1,450 new cases, 1,285 yesterday *Indiana — 1,179 new cases, 771 yesterday *Wisconsin — 639 new cases, 721 yesterday *Missouri — 633 new cases, 510 yesterday Six of the western states account for 10.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 108: *Arizona — 742 new cases, 701 yesterday *Utah — 480 new cases, 259 yesterday *Colorado — 1,611 new cases, 1,519 yesterday *Washington — 1,395 new cases, 1,335 yesterday *Oregon — 252 new cases, 734 yesterday *Nevada — 373 new cases, 476 yesterday !! Wednesday, May 5, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.78 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.19 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.42 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,354,037 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 2.0 percent or 637,792 cases, 2.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 546,520 ... 497,301 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,219 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by —96.3 percent or 31,169,725 individuals, 96.2 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 246,780,203 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,461,734 in GA Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 42,354 individuals *Total active cases declined by 18,504 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 959,207, with 3.9 percent testing positive, for a total of 451,246,395 tests having been conducted in the U.S. *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 853, compared to 445 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 853 deaths declared yesterday, 77 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 5,889, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.91 percent of the total active cases. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 60,005 individuals Georgia posted 1,178 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 2.3 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 69, that compares to 2.5 percent and index of 67 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,510 active cases today, 1,519 yesterday *DeKalb County — 955 active cases today, 958 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,202 active cases today, 1,232 yesterday *Cobb County — 947 active cases today, 956 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 120 active cases today, 123 yesterday ... 7 of the 120 are UGA students *Oconee County — 36 active cases today, 37 yesterday *Barrow County — 165 active cases today, 168 yesterday *Jackson County — 81 active cases today, 86 yesterday *Hall County — 230 active cases today, 227 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 12,714 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.12 percent of the state's population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 20.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 75: *California — 2,238 new cases, 2,364 yesterday *Texas — 2,857 new cases, 3,376 yesterday *Florida — 3,682 new cases, 3,076 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 12.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 81: *Georgia — 1,178 new cases, 870 yesterday *Tennessee — 542 new cases, 436 yesterday *Kentucky — 772 new cases, 310 yesterday *South Carolina — 427 new cases, 521 yesterday *North Carolina — 981 new cases, 1,126 yesterday *Alabama — 183 new cases, 187 yesterday *Mississippi — 208 new cases, 500 yesterday *Louisiana — 997 new cases, 759 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 20.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 102: *New York — 2,480 new cases, 2,272 yesterday *New Jersey — 1,004 new cases, 983 yesterday *Massachusetts — 854 new cases, 563 yesterday *Connecticut — 417 new cases, 1,312 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,656 new cases, 2,268 yesterday *Virginia — 771 new cases, 611 yesterday *Maryland — 501 new cases, 520 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 22.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 132: *Illinois — 2,211 new cases, 2,049 yesterday *Michigan — 3,120 new cases, 2,779 yesterday ... 7.4 percent of total new case *Minnesota — 995 new cases ... 1,105 yesterday *Ohio — 1,285 new cases, 995 yesterday *Indiana — 771 new cases, 797 yesterday *Wisconsin — 721 new cases, 349 yesterday *Missouri — 510 new cases, 324 yesterday Six of the western states account for 11.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 121: *Arizona — 701 new cases, 652 yesterday *Utah — 259 new cases, 228 yesterday *Colorado — 1,519 new cases, 1,019 yesterday *Washington — 1,335 new cases, 2,533 yesterday *Oregon — 734 new cases, 533 yesterday *Nevada — 476 new cases, 267 yesterday !! Tuesday, May 4, 2021 Here are some interesting statistics: *Over 245 million COVID-19 vaccinations have been given in the U.S. *Close to 105 million individuals in the United States have received both COVID-19 vaccinations *Of the approximately 545,000 individuals who reportedly died “from COVID-19,” just under 50,000 died directly from COVID-19. In the other cases, pre-existing conditions played a role in the death *Nearly eight out-of-every ten individuals who died directly or indirectly from COVID-19 were age 65+ *Less than one half of 1 percent (0.43 percent) of individuals who died either directly or indirectly from COVID-19 were age 30 or less *There are currently 5,887 individuals in the U.S. hospitalized in intensive care in the U.S. ... they are occupying less than 5 percent of all intensive care hospital beds in the U.S. As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.76 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.20 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.40 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,311,683 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 2.0 percent or 656,296 cases, 2.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 544,667 ... 496,525 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,142 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by —96.3 percent or 31,109,720 individuals, 96.2 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 245,591,469 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,460,435 in GA. Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 39,938 individuals *Total active cases declined by 12,167 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,302,508, with 3.9 percent testing positive, for a total of 450,287,188 tests having been conducted in the U.S. *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 445, compared to 312 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 455 deaths declared yesterday, 40 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases increased by 5,887, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.90 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 51,650 individuals Georgia posted 870 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 2.2 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,519 active cases today, 1,509 yesterday *DeKalb County — 958 active cases today, 990 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,232 active cases today, 1,250 yesterday *Cobb County — 956 active cases today, 971 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 123 active cases today, 129 yesterday *Oconee County — 37 active cases today, 38 yesterday *Barrow County — 168 active cases today, 177 yesterday *Jackson County — 86 active cases today, 89 yesterday *Hall County — 227 active cases today, 227 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 12,954 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.12 percent of the state's population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 22.1 percent of new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 80: *California — 2,364 new cases, 2,294 yesterday *Texas — 3,376 new cases, 1,167 yesterday *Florida — 3,076 new cases, 3,841 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 11.8 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 77: *Georgia — 870 new cases, 1,202 yesterday *Tennessee — 436 new cases, 420 yesterday *Kentucky — 310 new cases, 368 yesterday *South Carolina — 521 new cases, 717 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,126 new cases, 1,295 yesterday *Alabama — 187 new cases, 288 yesterday *Mississippi — 500 new cases, 142 yesterday *Louisiana — 759 new cases, 233 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 21.6 percent of new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 107: *New York — 2,272 new cases, 2,905 yesterday *New Jersey — 983 new cases, 1,198 yesterday *Massachusetts — 563 new cases, 893 yesterday *Connecticut — 1,312 new cases, 599 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,368 new cases, 2,220 yesterday *Virginia — 611 new cases, 761 yesterday *Maryland — 520 new cases, 649 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.0 percent of new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 122: *Illinois — 2,049 new cases, 1,860 yesterday *Michigan — 2,779 new cases, 3,102 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,105 new cases ... 1,711 yesterday *Ohio — 995 new cases, 985 yesterday *Indiana — 797 new cases, 1,069 yesterday *Wisconsin — 349 new cases, 405 yesterday *Missouri — 324 new cases, 891 yesterday Six of the western states account for 12.9 percent of new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 133: *Arizona — 652 new cases, 356 yesterday *Utah — 228 new cases, 279 yesterday *Colorado — 1,019 new cases, 961 yesterday *Washington — 2,533 new cases, 144 yesterday *Oregon — 533 new cases, 747 yesterday *Nevada — 267 new cases, 493 yesterday !! Monday, May 3, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.75 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.20 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.38 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,271,745 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 2.1 percent or 668,453 cases, 2.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 545,222 ... 496,120 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,102 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by —96.2 percent or 31,058,070 individuals, 96.2 percent yesterday Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 38,630 individuals *Total active cases declined by 10,867 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,251,998, with 4.0 percent testing positive, for a total of 448,984,680 tests having been conducted in the U.S. *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 312, compared to 664 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 312 deaths declared yesterday, 31 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases increased by 6,073, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.91 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 49,181 individuals Georgia posted 1,202 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 3.1 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 93, that compares to 2.5 percent and index of 76 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,509 active cases today, 1,504 yesterday *DeKalb County — 990 active cases today, 986 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,250 active cases today, 1,261 yesterday *Cobb County — 971 active cases today, 955 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 129 active cases today, 127 yesterday *Oconee County — 38 active cases today, 37 yesterday *Barrow County — 177 active cases today, 175 yesterday *Jackson County — 89 active cases today, 91 yesterday *Hall County — 227 active cases today, 220 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 13,100 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.12 percent of the state's population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 18.9 percent of new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 59: *California — 2,294 new cases, 1,549 yesterday *Texas — 1,167 new cases, 1,780 yesterday *Florida — 3,841 new cases, 5,419 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 11.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 75: *Georgia — 1,202 new cases, 1,288 yesterday *Tennessee — 420 new cases, 539 yesterday *Kentucky — 368 new cases, 644 yesterday *South Carolina — 717 new cases, 987 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,295 new cases, 1,822 yesterday *Alabama — 288 new cases, 387 yesterday *Mississippi — 142 new cases, 213 yesterday *Louisiana — 233 new cases, 459 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 24.0 percent of new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 119: *New York — 2,905 new cases, 3,824 yesterday ... 7.6 percent of total new cases *New Jersey — 1,198 new cases, 1,589 yesterday ... 3.1 percent of total new cases *Massachusetts — 893 new cases, 1,306 yesterday *Connecticut — 599 new cases, 492 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,220 new cases, 2,718 yesterday ... 6.3 percent of total new cases *Virginia — 761 new cases, 963 yesterday *Maryland — 649 new cases, 939 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 25.9 percent of new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 151: *Illinois — 1,860 new cases, 2,611 yesterday *Michigan — 3,102 new cases, 3,708 yesterday ... 8.0 percent of total new case *Minnesota — 1,711 new cases ... 1,712 yesterday *Ohio — 985 new cases, 1,707 yesterday *Indiana — 1,069 new cases, 1,152 yesterday *Wisconsin — 405 new cases, 675 yesterday *Missouri — 891 new cases, 648 yesterday Six of the western states account for 7.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 79: *Arizona — 356 new cases, 1,074 yesterday *Utah — 279 new cases, 410 yesterday *Colorado — 961 new cases, 1,838 yesterday *Washington — 144 new cases, 1,549 yesterday *Oregon — 747 new cases, 785 yesterday *Nevada — 493 new cases, 411 yesterday !! Sunday, May 2, 2021 Please note the reorganized state breakdown: *The three largest states will be grouped and Arizona will be removed *The south sentral states grouped below will no longer be in the reports: *Louisiana will be moved to the southern set of states *As much as Missouri is not a Great Lakes State, it will be moved to this group given its location adjacent to southern Illinois *Kentucky will be re-grouped with the southern states *Minnesota will be added to the Great Lakes group of states *A new group termed the Western Set is being added to reports tracking some key states like Colorado, Washington and Oregon. Arizona will be moved to this set of states As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.74 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.21 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.37 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,181,079 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 2.1 percent or 679,320 cases, 2.2 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 544,910 ... 495,839 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,071 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by —96.2 percent or 31,008,889 individuals, 96.2 percent yesterday Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 52,040 individuals *Total active cases declined by 11,629 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,105,485, with 3.9 percent testing positive, for a total of 447,732,682 tests having been conducted in the U.S. *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 664, compared to 870 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 870 deaths declared yesterday, 60 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 6,077, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.89 percent of the total active cases. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 63,005 individuals Georgia posted 1,288 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 2.5 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 76, that compares to the same percentage and index of 73 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,504 active cases today, 1,512 yesterday *DeKalb County — 986 active cases today, 1,022 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,261 active cases today, 1,319 yesterday *Cobb County — 955 active cases today, 989 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 127 active cases today, 141 yesterday *Oconee County — 37 active cases today, 42 yesterday *Barrow County — 175 active cases today, 167 yesterday *Jackson County — 91 active cases today, 91 yesterday *Hall County — 220 active cases today, 225 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 13,142 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.13 percent of the state's population who are tracked as active and 99.87 percent of the Statewide population who are tracked as not. Across the country, the four second wave states account for 18.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 29.9 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 62: *California — 1,549 new cases, 2,098 yesterday *Texas — 1,780 new cases, 3,383 yesterday *Florida — 5,419 new cases, 5,309 yesterday *Arizona — 874 new cases, 844 yesterday The six southeastern states account for 9.9 percent of new cases, the states represent 12.5 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 79: *Georgia — 1,288 new cases, 1,464 yesterday *Tennessee — 539 new cases, 958 yesterday *South Carolina — 987 new cases, 1,109 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,822 new cases, 2,231 yesterday *Alabama — 387 new cases, 409 yesterday *Mississippi — 213 new cases, 246 yesterday The seven northeastern corridor states account for 22.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 19.0 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 119: *New York — 3,824 new cases, 4,074 yesterday *New Jersey — 1,589 new cases, 1,858 yesterday *Massachusetts — 1,306 new cases, 1,335 yesterday *Connecticut — 492 new cases, 486 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,718 new cases, 4,462 yesterday *Virginia — 963 new cases, 1,259 yesterday *Maryland — 939 new cases, 942 yesterday The six Great Lakes states account for 20.2 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.5 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 130: *Illinois — 2,611 new cases, 3,207 yesterday *Michigan — 3,708 new cases, 3,836 yesterday *Ohio — 1,707 new cases, 1,541 yesterday *Kentucky — 644 new cases, 719 yesterday *Indiana — 1,152 new cases, 1,527 yesterday *Wisconsin — 675 new cases, 789 yesterday The five south central states account for 3.2 percent of new cases, the states represent 6.3 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 51: *Missouri — 648 new cases, 748 yesterday *Kansas — 62 new cases, 105 yesterday *Oklahoma — 239 new cases, 374 yesterday *Arkansas — 243 new cases, 196 yesterday *Louisiana — 459 new cases, 685 yesterday !! Saturday, May 1, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.72 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.21 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.35 percent of the U.S. population The 32,181,079 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 2.2 percent or 690,949 cases, 2.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 544,246 ... 495,235 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,011 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by —96.2 percent or 30,945,884 individuals, 96.1 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 240,159,677 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,306,091 in GA Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 59,906 individuals *Total active cases declined by 22,648 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,494,514, with 3.9 percent testing positive *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 870, compared to 954 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 870 deaths declared yesterday, 78 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 6,118, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.89 percent of the total active cases. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 81,770 individuals Georgia posted 1,464 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 2.4 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 73, that compares to the same percentage and index of 73 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,512 active cases today, 1,550 yesterday *DeKalb County — 1,022 active cases today, 1,039 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,319 active cases today, 1,372 yesterday *Cobb County — 989 active cases today, 983 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 141 active cases today, 137 yesterday *Oconee County — 42 active cases today, 44 yesterday *Barrow County — 167 active cases today, 177 yesterday *Jackson County — 91 active cases today, 91 yesterday *Hall County — 225 active cases today, 227 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 13,338 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.13 percent of the state's population who are tracked as active and 99.87 percent of the Statewide population who are tracked as not. Across the country, the four second wave states account for 19.4 percent of new cases, the states represent 29.9 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 65: *California — 2,098 new cases, 1,723 yesterday *Texas — 3,383 new cases, 4,023 yesterday *Florida — 5,309 new cases, 5,666 yesterday *Arizona — 844 new cases, 881 yesterday The six southeastern states account for 10.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 12.5 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 86: *Georgia — 1,464 new cases, 1,440 yesterday *Tennessee — 958 new cases, 1,092 yesterday *South Carolina — 1,109 new cases, 911 yesterday *North Carolina — 2,231 new cases, 1,985 yesterday *Alabama — 409 new cases, 430 yesterday *Mississippi — 246 new cases, 161 yesterday The seven northeastern corridor states account for 20.8 percent of new cases, the states represent 19.0 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 109: *New York — 4,074 new cases, 4,325 yesterday *New Jersey — 1,858 new cases, 2,242 yesterday *Massachusetts — 1,335 new cases, 1,395 yesterday *Connecticut — 786 new cases, 486 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 4,462 new cases, 3,362 yesterday *Virginia — 1,259 new cases, 1,187 yesterday *Maryland — 942 new cases, 966 yesterday The six Great Lakes states account for 19.4 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.5 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 125: *Illinois — 3,207 new cases, 3,394 yesterday *Michigan — 3,863 new cases, 4,197 yesterday ... 7.5 percent of total new case *Ohio — 1,541 new cases, 1,786 yesterday *Kentucky — 719 new cases, 790 yesterday *Indiana — 1,527 new cases, 1,384 yesterday *Wisconsin — 789 new cases, 806 yesterday The five south central states account for 3.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 6.3 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 56: *Missouri — 746 new cases, 795 yesterday *Kansas — 105 new cases, 42 yesterday *Oklahoma — 374 new cases, 289 yesterday *Arkansas — 196 new cases, 240 yesterday *Louisiana — 685 new cases, 570 yesterday " ["tracker_field_contentWikiPage_raw"]=> string(126950) "!!Monday, May 24, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.97 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.09 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.71 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,987,190 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 0.9 percent or 304,445 cases, 1.0 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 557,876 individuals, 508,515 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,361 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.4 percent or 32,124,869 individuals, 97.3 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 285,720,586 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for a total of 163,309,414 individuals having been vaccinated, and 79.6 percent of those having received two vaccines. The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 49.3 percent of the population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 17,541 individuals *Total active cases declined by 12,887 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 766,345, with 2.6 percent positive, for a total of 473,304,956 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 228, compared to the 468 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 468 deaths 47 were a direct result of COVID-19 *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 30,200 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 365 new active cases *There are currently 7,504 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.07 percent of the population *7,340,924 vaccines have been administered, with 4,107,587 individuals, or 38 percent, of the state population having received at least one dose, and 3,257,623 individuals, or 30.68 percent, of Georgia's population having been fully vaccinated The number of Georgia cases represents 2.1 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 64, that compares an index of 73 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 787 active cases today, 804 yesterday *DeKalb County — 549 active cases today, 565 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 518 active cases today, 522 yesterday *Cobb County — 512 active cases today, 515 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 58 active cases today, 67 yesterday *Oconee County — 13 active cases today, 13 yesterday *Barrow County — 95 active cases today, 97 yesterday *Jackson County — 44 active cases today, 48 yesterday *Hall County — 135 active cases today, 141 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 19.6 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 71: *California — 733 new cases, 775 yesterday *Texas — 642 new cases, 1,085 yesterday *Florida — 2,069 new cases, 3,406 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 86: *Georgia — 365 new cases, 602 yesterday *Tennessee — 372 new cases, 228 yesterday *Kentucky — 215 new cases, 425 yesterday *South Carolina — 336 new cases, 331 yesterday *North Carolina — 578 new cases, 722 yesterday *Alabama — 57 new cases, 338 yesterday *Mississippi — 72 new cases, 112 yesterday *Louisiana — 348 new cases, 328 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 95: *New York — 1,207 new cases, 1,126 yesterday *New Jersey — 301 new cases, 378 yesterday *Massachusetts — 346 new cases, 451 yesterday *Connecticut — 194 new cases, 234 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 820 new cases, 1,275 yesterday *Virginia — 236 new cases, 481 yesterday *Maryland — 244 new cases, 521 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 23.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 136: *Illinois — 943 new cases, 1,106 yesterday *Michigan — 1,040 new cases, 1,206 yesterday *Minnesota — 439 new cases, 596 yesterday *Ohio — 683 new cases, 871 yesterday *Indiana — 563 new cases, 665 yesterday *Wisconsin — 147 new cases, 293 yesterday *Missouri — 293 new cases, 510 yesterday Six of the western states account for 12.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 127: *Arizona — 321 new cases, 645 yesterday *Utah — 231 new cases, 262 yesterday *Colorado — 432 new cases, 841 yesterday *Washington — 632 new cases, 930 yesterday *Oregon — 333 new cases, 505 yesterday *Nevada — 202 new cases, 294 yesterday !! %%% Sunday, May 23, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.96 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.09 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.70 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,969,649 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.0 percent or 317,332 cases, 1.0 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 557,648 individuals, 508,310 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,338 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.3 percent or 32,094,669 individuals, 97.3 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 283,941,223 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for total of 162,470,794 individuals having been vaccinated, and 79.4 percent of those having received two vaccines. The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 49.1 percent of the population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 24,639 individuals *Total active cases declined by 11,584 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 994,699, with 2.7 percent positive, for total of 472,538,611tests having been completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 468, compared to the 604 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 468 deaths, 47 were a direct result of COVID-19 *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 35,755 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 602 new active cases *There are currently 7,692 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.07 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 2.4 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 73, that compares an index of 73 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 804 active cases today, 833 yesterday *DeKalb County — 565 active cases today, 601 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 522 active cases today, 539 yesterdayn *Cobb County — 515 active cases today, 537 yesterda *Athens-Clarke — 67 active cases today, 69 yesterday *Oconee County — 13 active cases today, 15 yesterday *Barrow County — 97 active cases today, 102 yesterday *Jackson County — 48 active cases today, 49 yesterday *Hall County — 141 active cases today, 163 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 21.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 77: *California — 775 new cases, 1,676 yesterday *Texas — 1,085 new cases, 1,716 yesterday *Florida — 3,406 new cases, 2,893 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 12.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 81: *Georgia — 602 new cases, 704 yesterday *Tennessee — 228 new cases, 383 yesterday *Kentucky — 425 new cases, 541 yesterday *South Carolina — 331 new cases, 468 yesterday *North Carolina — 722 new cases, 1,020 yesterday *Alabama — 338 new cases, 443 yesterday *Mississippi — 112 new cases, 105 yesterday *Louisiana — 328 new cases, 340 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 18.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 90: *New York — 1,126 new cases, 1,453 yesterday *New Jersey — 378 new cases, 652 yesterday *Massachusetts — 451 new cases, 448 yesterday *Connecticut — 234 new cases, 171 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,275 new cases, 1,708 yesterday *Virginia — 481 new cases, 396 yesterday *Maryland — 521 new cases, 443 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 126: *Illinois — 1,106 new cases, 1,573 yesterday *Michigan — 1,206 new cases, 1,259 yesterday *Minnesota — 596 new cases, 679 yesterday *Ohio — 871 new cases, 1,004 yesterday *Indiana — 665 new cases, 788 yesterday *Wisconsin — 293 new cases, 406 yesterday *Missouri — 510 new cases, 621 yesterday Six of the western states account for 14.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 144: *Arizona — 645 new cases, 571 yesterday *Utah — 262 new cases, 300 yesterday *Colorado — 841 new cases, 812 yesterday *Washington — 930 new cases, 1,590 yesterday *Oregon — 505 new cases, 508 yesterday *Nevada — 294 new cases, 334 yesterday !! %%% Saturday, May 22, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.95 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.10 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.69 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,945,010 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.0 percent or 328,916 cases, 1.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 557,180 individuals, 507,889 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,291 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.3 percent or 32,058,914 individuals, 97.2 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 281,595,351 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for a total of 161,278,336 individuals having been vaccinated, and 79.2 percent having received two vaccines (127,778,250). The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 48.7 percent of the U.S. population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 29,014 individuals *Total active cases declined by 20,959 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,425,878, with 2.9 percent positive, for a total of 471,543,912 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 604, compared to the 659 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 604 deaths, 53 were a direct result of COVID-19 *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 49,320 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 704 new active cases *There are currently 7,987 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.07 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 2.4 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 73, that compares an index of 85 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 833 active cases today, 864 yesterday *DeKalb County — 601 active cases today, 644 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 539 active cases today, 577 yesterday *Cobb County — 537 active cases today, 563 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 69 active cases today, 74 yesterday *Oconee County — 15 active cases today, 17 yesterday *Barrow County — 102 active cases today, 110 yesterday *Jackson County — 49 active cases today, 57 yesterday *Hall County — 163 active cases today, 175 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 17.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 64: *California — 1,223 new cases, 1,676 yesterday *Texas — 1,575 new cases, 1,716 yesterday *Florida — 2,371 new cases, 2,893 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 90: *Georgia — 704 new cases, 833 yesterday *Tennessee — 383 new cases, 420 yesterday *Kentucky — 541 new cases, 565 yesterday *South Carolina — 468 new cases, 358 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,020 new cases, 1,187 yesterday *Alabama — 443 new cases, 339 yesterday *Mississippi — 105 new cases, 276 yesterday *Louisiana — 340 new cases, 420 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 18.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 90: *New York — 1,453 new cases, 1,806 yesterday *New Jersey — 652 new cases, 561 yesterday *Massachusetts — 448 new cases, 605 yesterday *Connecticut — 171 new cases, 206 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,708 new cases, 1,740 yesterday *Virginia — 396 new cases, 591 yesterday *Maryland — 443 new cases, 319 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 127: *Illinois — 1,573 new cases, 1,542 yesterday *Michigan — 1,259 new cases, 1,590 yesterday *Minnesota — 679 new cases, 866 yesterday *Ohio — 1,004 new cases, 1,208 yesterday *Indiana — 788 new cases, 891 yesterday *Wisconsin — 406 new cases, 446 yesterday *Missouri — 621 new cases, 524 yesterday Six of the western states account for 14.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 146: *Arizona — 571 new cases, 590 yesterday *Utah — 300 new cases, 266 yesterday *Colorado — 812 new cases, 952 yesterday *Washington — 1,590 new cases, 951 yesterday *Oregon — 508 new cases, 569 yesterday *Nevada — 334 new cases, 302 yesterday !! %%% Friday, May 21, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.95 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.10 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.67 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,915,996 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.1 percent or 349,875 cases, 1.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 556,523 individuals, 507,285 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,238 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.2 percent or 31,915,996 individuals, 97.2 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 279,397,250 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., with 160,177,820 individuals vaccinated, and 78.4 percent having received two vaccines (125,605,166). Individuals receiving at least one vaccine represent 48.4 percent of the U.S. population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 30,214 individuals *Total active cases declined by 17,264 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,172,432, with 3.0 percent positive, for a total of 470,118,034 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 659, compared to the 636 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 659 deaths, 53 were a direct result of COVID-19. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 47,819 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 833 *There are currently 8,325 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.08 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 2.8 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 85, that compares an index of 76 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 864 active cases today, 940 yesterday *DeKalb County — 644 active cases today, 664 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 577 active cases today, 582 yesterday *Cobb County — 563 active cases today, 579 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 74 active cases today, 76 yesterday *Oconee County — 17 active cases today, 16 yesterday *Barrow County — 110 active cases today, 115 yesterday *Jackson County — 57 active cases today, 58 yesterday *Hall County — 175 active cases today, 182 yesterday + Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 20.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 75: *California — 1,676 new cases, 1,477 yesterday *Texas — 1,716 new cases, 1,911 yesterday *Florida — 2,893 new cases, 2,811 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 14.6 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 95: *Georgia — 833 new cases, 700 yesterday *Tennessee — 420 new cases, 477 yesterday *Kentucky — 565 new cases, 584 yesterday *South Carolina — 358 new cases, 390 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,187 new cases, 969 yesterday *Alabama — 339 new cases, 288 yesterday *Mississippi — 276 new cases, 257 yesterday *Louisiana — 420 new cases, 615 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 96: *New York — 1,806 new cases, 1,624 yesterday *New Jersey — 561 new cases, 444 yesterday *Massachusetts — 605 new cases, 313 yesterday *Connecticut — 206 new cases, 228 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,740 new cases, 1,051 yesterdays *Virginia — 591 new cases, 491 yesterday *Maryland — 319 new cases, 337 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 23.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 135: *Illinois — 1,542 new cases, 1,633 yesterday *Michigan — 1,590 new cases, 1,950 yesterday *Minnesota — 866 new cases, 654 yesterday *Ohio — 1,208 new cases, 918 yesterday *Indiana — 891 new cases, 802 yesterday *Wisconsin — 446 new cases, 383 yesterday *Missouri — 524 new cases, 508 yesterday Six of the western states account for 12.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 124: *Arizona — 590 new cases, 540 yesterday *Utah — 266 new cases, 430 yesterday *Colorado — 952 new cases, 1,245 yesterday *Washington — 951 new cases, 907 yesterday *Oregon — 569 new cases, 397 yesterday *Nevada — 302 new cases, 348 yesterday !! %%% Thursday, May 20, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.94 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.11 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.66 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,884,782 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.1 percent or 367,143 cases, 1.2 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 555,864 individuals, 506,679 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,185 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.2 percent or 31,961,775 individuals, 97.1 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 277,290,173 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for a total of 159,174,963 individuals having been vaccinated, and 78.8 percent of those having received two vaccines. The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 48.1 percent of the population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 28,541 individuals *Total active cases declined by 18,224 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 877,500, with 3.0 percent positive, for a total of 468,945,602 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 636, compared to the 369 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 369 deaths, 57 were a direct result of COVID-19 *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 46,129 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 700 *There are currently 8,557 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.08 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 2.5 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 76, that compares an index of 85 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 940 active cases today, 986 yesterday *DeKalb County — 664 active cases today, 674 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 582 active cases today, 585 yesterday *Cobb County — 579 active cases today, 604 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 76 active cases today, 74 yesterday *Oconee County — 16 active cases today, 18 yesterday *Barrow County — 115 active cases today, 111 yesterday *Jackson County — 58 active cases today, 58 yesterday *Hall County — 182 active cases today, 194 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 21.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 78: *California — 1,477 new cases, 1,222 yesterday *Texas — 1,911 new cases, 2,679 yesterday *Florida — 2,811 new cases, 2,804 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 15.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 97: *Georgia — 700 new cases, 767 yesterday *Tennessee — 477 new cases, 449 yesterday *Kentucky — 584 new cases, 639 yesterday *South Carolina — 390 new cases, 159 yesterday *North Carolina — 969 new cases, 622 yesterday *Alabama — 288 new cases, 336 yesterday *Mississippi — 257 new cases, 206 yesterday *Louisiana — 615 new cases, 494 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 15.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 78: *New York — 1,624 new cases, 1,159 yesterday *New Jersey — 444 new cases, 646 yesterday *Massachusetts — 313 new cases, 438 yesterday *Connecticut — 228 new cases, 181 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,051 new cases, 1,629 yesterday *Virginia — 491 new cases, 378 yesterday *Maryland — 337 new cases, 212 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 23.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 138: *Illinois — 1,633 new cases, 1,495 yesterday *Michigan — 1,950 new cases, 1,535 yesterday *Minnesota — 654 new cases, 516 yesterday *Ohio — 918 new cases, 993 yesterday *Indiana — 802 new cases, 481 yesterday *Wisconsin — 383 new cases, 489 yesterday *Missouri — 508 new cases, 398 yesterday Six of the western states account for 13.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 139: *Arizona — 540 new cases, 619 yesterday *Utah — 430 new cases, 257 yesterday *Colorado — 1,245 new cases, 730 yesterday *Washington — 907 new cases, 694 yesterday *Oregon — 397 new cases, 508 yesterday *Nevada — 348 new cases, 152 yesterday !! %%% Wednesday, May 19, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.93 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.12 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.64 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,856,241 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.2 percent or 385,367 cases, 1.2 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 555,228 individuals, 506,100 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,128 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.1 percent or 31,915,646 individuals, 97.1 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 275,535,207 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for a total of 158,365,411 individuals having been vaccinated, and 78.6 percent of those having received two vaccines (124,455,693). The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 47.9 percent of the population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 27,506 individuals *Total active cases declined by 15,581 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 845,306, with 3.0 percent positive, for a total of 467,222,796 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 369, compared to the 289 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 369death, 33 were a direct result of COVID-19 *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 42,354 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 767 *There are currently 8,818 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.08 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 2.8 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 85, that compares an index of 48 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 986 active cases today, 1,004 yesterday *DeKalb County — 674 active cases today, 689 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 585 active cases today, 624 yesterday *Cobb County — 604 active cases today, 624 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 74 active cases today, 80 yesterday *Oconee County — 18 active cases today, 19 yesterday *Barrow County — 111 active cases today, 109 yesterday *Jackson County — 58 active cases today, 58 yesterday *Hall County — 194 active cases today, 204yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 24.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 88: *California — 1,222 new cases, 1,311 yesterday *Texas — 2,679 new cases, 2,375 yesterday *Florida — 2,804 new cases, 1,876 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 14.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 92: *Georgia — 767 new cases, 407 yesterday *Tennessee — 449 new cases, 209 yesterday *Kentucky — 639 new cases, 284 yesterday *South Carolina — 159 new cases, 346 yesterday *North Carolina — 622 new cases, 688 yesterday *Alabama — 336 new cases, 184 yesterday *Mississippi — 206 new cases, 316 yesterday *Louisiana — 494 new cases, 733 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 16.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 84: *New York — 1,159 new cases, 1,713 yesterday *New Jersey — 646 new cases, 347 yesterday *Massachusetts — 438 new cases, 272 yesterday *Connecticut — 181 new cases, 662 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,629 new cases, 1,402 yesterday *Virginia — 378 new cases, 272 yesterday *Maryland — 212 new cases, 212 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 124: *Illinois — 1,495 new cases, 946 yesterday *Michigan — 1,535 new cases, 1,288 yesterday *Minnesota — 516 new cases, 589 yesterday *Ohio — 993 new cases, 729 yesterday *Indiana — 481 new cases, 537 yesterday *Wisconsin — 489 new cases, 116 yesterday *Missouri — 398 new cases, 207 yesterday Six of the western states account for 10.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 111: *Arizona — 619 new cases, 209 yesterday *Utah — 257 new cases, 164 yesterday *Colorado — 730 new cases, 689 yesterday *Washington — 694 new cases, 841 yesterday *Oregon — 508 new cases, 198 yesterday *Nevada — 152 new cases, 182 yesterday !! %%% Tuesday, May 18, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.92 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.12 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.63 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,828,735 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.2 percent or 400,948 cases, 1.2 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 554,495 individuals, 505,433 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,062 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.1 percent or 31,873,292 individuals, 97.0 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 274,411.901 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for a total of 157,827,208 individuals having been vaccinated, and 78.5 percent of those having received two vaccines. The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 47.5 percent of the population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 25,030 individuals *Total active cases declined by 15,010 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,166,344, with 3.0 percent positive, for a total of 467,222,796 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 369, compared to the 289 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 369death, 33 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases increased by 3,649, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.91 percent of total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 39,920 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 407 *There are currently 9,029 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.08 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 1.6 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 48, that compares an index of 64 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning. Also included are the percentages of the county populations that are fully vaccinated and the percentage of the population age 65-plus specifically: *Fulton County — 1,004 active cases today, 1,053 yesterday — 16.6 percent fully vaccinated; 38.0 percent age 65-plus *DeKalb County — 689 active cases today, 699 yesterday — 17.1 percent fully vaccinated; 38.4 percent age 65-plus *Gwinnett County — 624 active cases today, 664 yesterday — 14.9 percent fully vaccinated; 37.3 percent age 65-plus *Cobb County — 624 active cases today, 663 yesterday — 22.7 percent fully vaccinated; 55.6 percent age 65-plus *Athens-Clarke — 80 active cases today, 82 yesterday — 12.9 percent fully vaccinated; 51.3 percent age 65-plus *Oconee County — 19 active cases today, 18 yesterday — 15.7 percent fully vaccinated; 45.2 percent age 65-plus *Barrow County — 109 active cases today, 104 yesterday — 6.6 percent fully vaccinated; 24.3 percent age 65-plus *Jackson County — 58 active cases today, 58 yesterday — 12.6 percent fully vaccinated; 40.5 percent age 65-plus *Hall County — 204 active cases today, 207yesterday — 15.0 percent fully vaccinated; 34.1 percent age 65-plus Statewide in Georgia, 28.8 percent are fully vaccinated, with 64.8 percent of Georgians age 65-plus fully vaccinated. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 22.6 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 82: *California — 1,311 new cases, 739 yesterday *Texas — 2,375 new cases, 862 yesterday *Florida — 1,976 new cases, 2,482 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 12.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 82: *Georgia — 407 new cases, 529 yesterday *Tennessee — 209 new cases, 238 yesterday *Kentucky — 284 new cases, 287 yesterday *South Carolina — 346 new cases, 483 yesterday *North Carolina — 688 new cases, 733 yesterday *Alabama — 184 new cases, 69 yesterday *Mississippi — 316 new cases, 29 yesterday *Louisiana — 733 new cases, 214 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 97: *New York — 1,713 new cases, 1,991 yesterday *New Jersey — 347 new cases, 269 yesterday *Massachusetts — 272 new cases, 549 yesterday *Connecticut — 662 new cases, 205 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,402 new cases, 887 yesterday *Virginia — 272 new cases, 280 yesterday *Maryland — 212 new cases, 369 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 17.6 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 102: *Illinois — 946 new cases, 1,248 yesterday *Michigan — 1,288 new cases, 1,827 yesterday *Minnesota — 589 new cases, 805 yesterday *Ohio — 729 new cases, 618 yesterday *Indiana — 537 new cases, 726 yesterday *Wisconsin — 116 new cases, 232 yesterday *Missouri — 207 new cases, 307 yesterday Six of the western states account for 9.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 94: *Arizona — 209 new cases, 482 yesterday *Utah — 164 new cases, 242 yesterday *Colorado — 689 new cases, 630 yesterday *Washington — 841 new cases, 738 yesterday *Oregon — 198 new cases, 505 yesterday *Nevada — 182 new cases, 177 yesterday !! %%% Monday, May 17, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.92 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.12 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.62 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,803,705 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.2 percent or 415,958 cases, 1.3 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 554,026 individuals ... 505,097with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 48,929 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.0 percent or 31,833,721 individuals, 97.0 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 273,545,207 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., with 157,485,596 individuals having been vaccinated, and 78.3 percent (123,282,685) of those having received two vaccines Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 24,834 individuals *Total active cases declined by 14,085 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 813,508, for a total of 466,056,452 *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 289, compared to the 499 deaths that posted yesterday. Of the 499 deaths, 26 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases increased by 3,855, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.93 percentof total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 38,630 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 529 new active cases *6,960,793 vaccines have been administered *There are currently 9,272 active COVID-19 cases Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,053 active cases today, 1,101 yesterday *DeKalb County — 699 active cases today, 725 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 664 active cases today, 693 yesterday *Cobb County — 663 active cases today, 703 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 82 active cases today… 84 yesterday *Oconee County — 18 active cases today, 20 yesterday *Barrow County — 104 active cases today, 104 yesterday *Jackson County — 58 active cases today, 56 yesterday *Hall County — 207 active cases today, 213 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 16.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 59: *California — 739 new cases, 1,903 yesterday *Texas — 862 new cases, 919 yesterday *Florida — 2,482 new cases, 3,319 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 10.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 68: *Georgia — 529 new cases, 730 yesterday *Tennessee — 238 new cases, 430 yesterday *Kentucky — 287 new cases, 484 yesterday *South Carolina — 483 new cases, 529 yesterday *North Carolina — 733 new cases, 1,251 yesterday *Alabama — 69 new cases, 493 yesterday *Mississippi — 29 new cases, 130 yesterday *Louisiana — 214 new cases, 338 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 18.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 91: *New York — 1,991 new cases, 1,624 yesterday *New Jersey — 269 new cases, 646 yesterday *Massachusetts — 549 new cases, 1,153 yesterday *Connecticut — 205 new cases, 204 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 887 new cases, 1,737 yesterday *Virginia — 280 new cases, 685 yesterday *Maryland — 369 new cases, 378 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 23.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 135: *Illinois — 1,248 new cases, 1,513 yesterday *Michigan — 1,827 new cases, 1,491 yesterday *Minnesota — 805 new cases ... 872 yesterday *Ohio — 618 new cases, 919 yesterday *Indiana — 726 new cases, 798 yesterday *Wisconsin — 232 new cases, 550 yesterday *Missouri — 307 new cases, 432 yesterday Six of the western states account for 11.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 114: *Arizona — 482 new cases, 798 yesterday *Utah — 242 new cases, 322 yesterday *Colorado — 630 new cases, 1,272 yesterday *Washington — 738 new cases, 789 yesterday *Oregon — 505 new cases, 637 yesterday *Nevada — 177 new cases, 203 yesterday !! %%% Sunday, May 16, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning:, *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.91 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.13 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.61 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,778,871 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.3 percent or 430,043 cases, 1.4 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 553,737 individuals... 504,834 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,903 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.0 percent or 31,741,087 individuals, 96.9 percent yesterday Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 33,648 individuals *Total active cases declined by 20,855 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,215,402 tests, for a total of 465,224,944 *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 499, compared to the 733 deaths that posted yesterday. Of the 499 deaths, 45 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 3,892, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.91 percentof total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 52,004 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 730 new active cases *There are currently 9,559 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.09 percent of the population Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,101 active cases today, 1,182 yesterday *DeKalb County — 725 active cases today, 772 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 693 active cases today, 748 yesterday *Cobb County — 703 active cases today, 765 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 84 active cases today, 86 yesterday *Oconee County — 20 active cases today, 21 yesterday *Barrow County — 104 active cases today, 115 yesterday *Jackson County — 56 active cases today, 59 yesterday *Hall County — 213 active cases today, 219 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 16.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 58: *California — 1,903 new cases, 1,955 yesterday *Texas — 919 new cases, 2,626 yesterday *Florida — 3,319 new cases, 4,064 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 84: *Georgia — 730 new cases, 918 yesterday *Tennessee — 430 new cases, 627 yesterday *Kentucky — 484 new cases, 553 yesterday *South Carolina — 529 new cases, 620 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,251 new cases, 1,501 yesterday *Alabama — 493 new cases, 810 yesterday *Mississippi — 130 new cases, 201 yesterday *Louisiana — 338 new cases, 421 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 95: *New York — 1,624 new cases, 2,360 yesterday *New Jersey — 646 new cases, 323 yesterday *Massachusetts — 1,153 new cases, 429 yesterday *Connecticut — 204 new cases, 365 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,737 new cases, 1,643 yesterday *Virginia — 685 new cases, 493 yesterday *Maryland — 378 new cases, 512 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 19.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 113: *Illinois — 1,513 new cases, 1,841 yesterday *Minnesota — 872 new cases, 1,305 yesterday *Ohio — 919 new cases, 1,014 yesterday *Indiana — 798 new cases, 899 yesterday *Wisconsin — 550 new cases, 513 yesterday *Missouri — 432 new cases, 463 yesterday Six of the western states account for 11.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 113: *Arizona — 798 new cases, 854 yesterday *Utah — 322 new cases, 336 yesterday *Colorado — 1,272 new cases, 1,565 yesterday *Washington — 789 new cases, 2,372 yesterday *Oregon — 637 new cases, 810 yesterday *Nevada — 203 new cases, 389 yesterday !! %%% Saturday, May 15, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.80 percent of the population of the United States *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.14 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.60 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,745,223 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.4 percent or 450,898 cases, 1.4 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 553,238 individuals... 504,380 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,858 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors — 96.9 percent or 31,741,087 individuals, 96.9 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 266,596,486 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. A total of 154,624,231 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. with 77.0 percent having received two vaccines (118,987,308). The total number of individual receiving at least one vaccine represents 46.7 percent of the U.S. population (330,946,030). Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 39,095 individuals *Total active cases declined by 21,508 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,214,242 tests, for a total of 464,009,542 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 733, compared to the 762 deaths posted yesterday *ICU cases increased by 4,006, the number of intensive care unit cases represents0.88 percent of total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 59,874 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 918 new active cases *6,960,793 vaccines have been administered *There are currently 10,068 active COVID-19 cases Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,182 active cases today, 1,229 yesterday; 0.11 percent of the county population *DeKalb County — 773 active cases today, 792 yesterday; 0.10 percent of the county population *Gwinnett County — 748 active cases today, 791 yesterday; 0.08 percent of the county population *Cobb County — 765 active cases today, 812 yesterday; 0.10 percent of the county population *Athens-Clarke — 86 active cases today, 92 yesterday; 0.07 percent of the county population *Oconee County — 21 active cases today, 19 yesterday; 0.05 percent of the county population *Barrow County — 115 active cases today, 116 yesterday; 0.13 percent of the county population *Jackson County — 59 active cases today, 61 yesterday; 0.08 percent of the county population *Hall County — 216 active cases today, 224 yesterday; 0.10 percent of the county population Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 19.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 72: *California — 1,903 new cases, 1,955 yesterday *Texas — 2,303 new cases, 2,626 yesterday *Florida — 3.590 new cases, 4,064 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 14.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 94: *Georgia — 918 new cases, 1,114 yesterday *Tennessee — 627 new cases, 841 yesterday *Kentucky — 553 new cases, 672 yesterday *South Carolina — 620 new cases, 356 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,501 new cases, 1,394 yesterday *Alabama — 810 new cases, 838 yesterday *Mississippi — 201 new cases, 362 yesterday *Louisiana — 421 new cases, 415 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 18.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 93: *New York — 2,360 new cases, 2,515 yesterday *New Jersey — 323 new cases, 428 yesterday *Massachusetts — 429 new cases, 721 yesterday *Connecticut — 365 new cases, 471 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,643 new cases, 2,563 yesterday *Virginia — 493 new cases …579 yesterday *Maryland — 512 new cases, 474 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 20.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 121: *Illinois — 1,841 new cases, 1,918 yesterday *Michigan — 2,102 new cases, 2,370 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,305 new cases ... 1,009 yesterday *Ohio — 1,014 new cases, 1,161 yesterday *Indiana — 899 new cases, 882 yesterday *Wisconsin — 513 new cases, 485 yesterday *Missouri — 463 new cases, 619 yesterday Six of the western states account for 16.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 167: *Arizona — 854 new cases, 544 yesterday *Utah — 336 new cases, 418 yesterday *Colorado — 1,565 new cases, 1,846 yesterday *Washington — 2,372 new cases, 1,335 yesterday *Oregon — 810 new cases, 718 yesterday *Nevada — 389 new cases, 436 yesterday !! %%% Friday, May 14, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.88 percent of the population of the United States *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.14 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.57 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,706,128 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.4 percent or 472,406 cases, 1.5 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 552,505 individuals... 503,720 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,785 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors — 96.9 percent or 31,681,213 individuals, 96.8 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 264,680,844 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. A total of 153,989,312 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. with 76.4 percent having received two vaccines (117,674,439). The total number of individual receiving at least one vaccine represents 46.5 percent of the U.S. population (330,946,030). Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 39,825 individuals *Total active cases declined by 20,149 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,318,867 tests, with 3.6 percent posting active in a 7-day rolling average tracked by John Hopkins *A total of 462,795,300 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 762, compared to the 841 deaths posted yesterday, of the 762 deaths posted yesterday, 52 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases increased by 4,230, the number of intensive care unit cases represents0.86 percent of total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 59,208 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 1,114 new active cases *6,909,908 vaccines have been administered *There are currently 10,474 active COVID-19 cases Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,229 active cases today, 1,238 yesterday *DeKalb County — 792 active cases today, 811 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 791 active cases today, 836 yesterday *Cobb County — 812 active cases today, 839 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 92 active cases today, 90 yesterday *Oconee County — 19 active cases today, 20 yesterday *Barrow County — 116 active cases today, 104 yesterday *Jackson County — 61 active cases today, 63 yesterday *Hall County — 224 active cases today, 222 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 21.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 78: *California — 1,955 new cases, 1,465 yesterday *Texas — 2,626 new cases, 2,466 yesterday *Florida — 4,064 new cases, 3,184 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 15.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 97: *Georgia — 1,114 new cases, 921 yesterday *Tennessee — 841 new cases, 669 yesterday *Kentucky — 672 new cases, 677 yesterday *South Carolina — 356 new cases, 382 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,394 new cases, 1,493 yesterday *Alabama — 838 new cases, 347 yesterday *Mississippi — 362 new cases, 205 yesterday *Louisiana — 415 new cases, 480 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 97: *New York — 2,515 new cases, 1,989 yesterday *New Jersey — 428 new cases, 486 yesterday *Massachusetts — 721 new cases, 760 yesterday *Connecticut — 471 new cases, 187 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,563 new cases, 1,882 yesterday *Virginia — 579 new cases …561 yesterday *Maryland — 474 new cases, 471 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 123: *Illinois — 1,918 new cases, 1,795 yesterday *Michigan — 2,370 new cases, 2,765 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,009 new cases ... 908 yesterday *Ohio — 1,161 new cases, 1,449 yesterday *Indiana — 882 new cases, 841 yesterday *Wisconsin — 485 new cases, 558 yesterday *Missouri — 619 new cases, 522 yesterday + Six of the western states account for 13.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 137: *Arizona — 544 new cases, 469 yesterday *Utah — 418 new cases, 468 yesterday *Colorado — 1,846 new cases, 1,213 yesterday *Washington — 1,335 new cases, 1,104 yesterday *Oregon — 718 new cases, 598 yesterday *Nevada — 436 new cases, 464 yesterday !! %%% Thursday, May 13, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.87 percent of the population of the United States *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.15 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.55 percent of the U.S. population The 32,666,303 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.5 percent or 492,555 cases, 1.6 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 551,743 individuals... 503,030 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,713 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors — 96.8 percent or 31,622,005 individuals, 96.7 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 263,162,561 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. A total of 153,448,316 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. — that is more individuals than received a flu shot in the U.S. in 2019, the record-breaking year of the most flu shots administered — with 75.6 percent having received two vaccines (116,576,359). The number of individuals receiving a vaccine continues to grow by close to a million folks every day. The total number of individual receiving at least one vaccine represents 46.4 percent of the U.S. population (330,946,030). Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 35,816 individuals *Total active cases declined by 21,449 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,075,947 tests, for a *A total of 461,476,433 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 841, compared to the 743 deaths posted yesterday, of the 841 deaths posted yesterday, 84 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 4,228, the number of intensive care unit cases represents0.86 percent of total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 556,394 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 921 new active cases *6,867,030 vaccines have been administered *There are currently 10,682 active COVID-19 cases Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,238 active cases today, 1,278 yesterday *DeKalb County — 811 active cases today, 824 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 836 active cases today, 883 yesterday *Cobb County — 839 active cases today, 851 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 90 active cases today, 96 yesterday *Oconee County — 20 active cases today, 20 yesterday *Barrow County — 104 active cases today, 104 yesterday *Jackson County — 63 active cases today, 64 yesterday *Hall County — 222 active cases today, 230 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 19.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 72: *California — 1,465 new cases, 1,497 yesterday *Texas — 2,466 new cases, 2,973 yesterday *Florida — 3,184 new cases, 3,263 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 14.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 94: *Georgia — 921 new cases, 958 yesterday *Tennessee — 669 new cases, 655 yesterday *Kentucky — 677 new cases, 757 yesterday *South Carolina — 382 new cases, 287 yesterday *North Carolina — 1.493 new cases, 699 yesterday *Alabama — 347 new cases, 310 yesterday *Mississippi — 205 new cases, 267 yesterday *Louisiana — 480 new cases, 649 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 17.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 88: *New York — 1,989 new cases, 1,787 yesterday *New Jersey — 486 new cases, 561 yesterday *Massachusetts — 760 new cases, 555 yesterday *Connecticut — 187 new cases, 409 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,882 new cases, 2,217 yesterday *Virginia — 561 new cases …600 yesterday *Maryland — 471 new cases, 399 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 24.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 144: *Illinois — 1,795 new cases, 1,562 yesterday *Michigan — 2,765 new cases, 2,668 yesterday *Minnesota — 908 new cases ... 575 yesterday *Ohio — 1,449 new cases, 1,411 yesterday *Indiana — 841 new cases, 663 yesterday *Wisconsin — 558 new cases, 517 yesterday *Missouri — 522 new cases, 399 yesterday Six of the western states account for 12.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 125: *Arizona — 469 new cases, 683 yesterday *Utah — 468 new cases, 224 yesterday *Colorado — 1,213 new cases, 1,284 yesterday *Washington — 1,104 new cases, 1,211 yesterday *Oregon — 598 new cases, 642 yesterday *Nevada — 464 new cases, 470 yesterday !! %%% Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Moving forward, the vaccination numbers and their respective percentages provided will be based on adults. Children as young as six-years-old can now receive COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States. As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.86 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.15 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.54 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,630,487 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.6 percent or 513,974 cases, 1.6 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 550,902 individuals... 501,273 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,629 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.7 percent or 31,565,611 individuals, 96.7 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 261,599,381 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,838,037 in Georgia A total of 152,819,904 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. with 75.6 percent having received two vaccines (115,530,780). In Georgia, 35.6 percent of the state population have received at least one vaccine. Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 34,904 individuals *Total active cases declined by 17,845 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 979,552, for a total of 460,400,486 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 743, compared to the 370 deaths posted yesterday *ICU cases posted at 4,596, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.89 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 52,006 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 958 new active cases, the number of cases represents 2.7 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 82, that compares an index of 45 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,278 cases today, 1,285 yesterday *DeKalb County — 824 cases today, 851 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 883 cases today, 904 yesterday *Cobb County — 851 cases today, 857 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 96 active cases today… 97 yesterday *Oconee County — 20 cases today, 19 yesterday *Barrow County — 104 cases today, 112 yesterday *Jackson County — 64 cases today, 63 yesterday *Hall County — 230 cases today, 236 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 11,017 active COVID-19 cases, 0.10 percent of the population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 22.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 80: *California — 1,497 new cases, 2,152 yesterday *Texas — 2,973 new cases, 2,235 yesterday *Florida — 3,263 new cases, 2,296 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 12.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 80: *Georgia — 958 new cases, 460 yesterday *Tennessee — 655 new cases, 382 yesterday *Kentucky — 757 new cases, 155 yesterday *South Carolina — 287 new cases, 415 yesterday *North Carolina — 699 new cases, 974 yesterday *Alabama — 310 new cases, 106 yesterday *Mississippi — 267 new cases, 509 yesterday *Louisiana — 649 new cases, 905 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 18.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 93: *New York — 1,787 new cases, 1,932 yesterday *New Jersey — 561 new cases, 152 yesterday *Massachusetts — 555 new cases, 474 yesterday *Connecticut — 409 new cases, 827 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,217 new cases, 1,681 yesterday *Virginia — 600 new cases …336 yesterday *Maryland — 399 new cases, 276 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 22.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 130: *Illinois — 1,562 new cases, 1,421 yesterday *Michigan — 2,668 new cases, 1,494 yesterday *Minnesota — 575 new cases, 1,190 yesterday *Ohio — 1,411 new cases, 713 yesterday *Indiana — 663 new cases, 590 yesterday *Wisconsin — 517 new cases, 205 yesterday *Missouri — 399 new cases, 256 yesterday Six of the western states account for 12.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 133: *Arizona — 683 new cases, 642 yesterday *Utah — 224 new cases, 207 yesterday *Colorado — 1,284 new cases, 881 yesterday *Washington — 1,211 new cases, 1,754 yesterday *Oregon — 642 new cases, 369 yesterday *Nevada — 470 new cases, 266 yesterday !! %%% Tuesday, May 11, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.85 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.16 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.52 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,595,583 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.6 percent or 531,819 cases, 1.7 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 550,159 individuals, 500,605 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,554 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.7 percent or 31,513,605 individuals, 96.6 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 259,716,989 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,799,470 in Georgia Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 30,152 individuals *Total active cases declined by 16,203 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,252,631, for a total of 459,420,934 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 370, compared to the 241 deaths posted yesterday... of the 370 deaths declared yesterday, 33 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases posted at 4,636, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.89 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 47,503 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 460 new active cases . , the number of cases represents 1.5 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 45, that compares an index of 61 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,285 cases today, 1,322 yesterday *DeKalb County — 851 cases today, 865 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 904 cases today, 932 yesterday *Cobb County — 857 cases today, 890 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 97 active cases today… 99 yesterday *Oconee County — 19 cases today, 21 yesterday *Barrow County — 112 cases today, 117 yesterday *Jackson County — 63 cases today, 69 yesterday *Hall County — 236 cases today, 229 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 11,098 active COVID-19 cases, 0.10 percent of the population 99.90. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 22.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 80: *California — 2,152 new cases, 1,018 yesterday *Texas — 2,235 new cases, 1,039 yesterday *Florida — 2,296 new cases, 3,231 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 84: *Georgia — 460 new cases, 628 yesterday *Tennessee — 382 new cases, 320 yesterday *Kentucky — 155 new cases, 195 yesterday *South Carolina — 415 new cases, 521 yesterday *North Carolina — 974 new cases, 1,001 yesterday *Alabama — 106 new cases, 244 yesterday *Mississippi — 509 new cases, 114 yesterday *Louisiana — 905 new cases, 302 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 97: *New York — 1,932 new cases, 2,237 yesterday *New Jersey — 152 new cases, 332 yesterday *Massachusetts — 474 new cases, 878 yesterday *Connecticut — 827 new cases, 303 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,681 new cases, 1,112 yesterday *Virginia — 336 new cases …539 yesterday *Maryland — 276 new cases, 434 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 19.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 113: *Illinois — 1,421 new cases, 1,741 yesterday *Michigan — 1,494 new cases, 1,793 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,190 new cases, 803 yesterday *Ohio — 713 new cases, 794 yesterday *Indiana — 590 new cases, 905 yesterday *Wisconsin — 205 new cases, 308 yesterday *Missouri — 256 new cases, 355 yesterday Six of the western states account for 13.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 141: *Arizona — 642 new cases, 448 yesterday *Utah — 207 new cases, 232 yesterday *Colorado — 881 new cases, 927 yesterday *Washington — 1,754 new cases, 869 yesterday *Oregon — 369 new cases, 601 yesterday *Nevada — 266 new cases, 109 yesterday !! %%% Monday, May 10, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.84 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.17 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.51 percent of the U.S. population The 32,533,231 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.7 percent or 548,022 cases, 1.8 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 549,789 individuals... 500,268 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,521 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.6 percent or 31,466,102 individuals, 96.5 percent yesterday (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 30,200 individuals *Total active cases declined by 17,857 cases *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 241, compared to the 648 deaths posted yesterday, of the 241 deaths declared yesterday, 20 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases posted at 4,877, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.89 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 44,936 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 628 new active cases. , the number of cases represents 2.0 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 61… that compares an index of 82 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,32 cases today, 1,363 yesterday *DeKalb County — 865 cases today, 889 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 932 cases today, 960 yesterday *Cobb County — 890 cases today, 915 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 99 active cases today… 102 yesterday *Oconee County — 21 cases today, 23 yesterday *Barrow County — 117 cases today, 126 yesterday *Jackson County — 69 cases today, 70 yesterday *Hall County — 229 cases today, 231 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 11,396 active COVID-19 cases, 0.10 percent of the population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 17.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 63: *California — 1,018 new cases, 1,230 yesterday *Texas — 1,039 new cases, 1,542 yesterday *Florida — 3,231 new cases, 3,877 yesterdays Eight of the southern states account for 11.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 71: *Georgia — 628 new cases, 992 yesterday *Tennessee — 320 new cases, 433 yesterday *Kentucky — 195 new cases, 422 yesterday *South Carolina — 521 new cases, 620 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,001 new cases, 1,220 yesterday *Alabama — 244 new cases, 317 yesterday *Mississippi — 114 new cases, 53 yesterday *Louisiana — 302 new cases, 298 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 96: *New York — 2,237 new cases, 3,220 yesterday *New Jersey — 332 new cases, 650 yesterday *Massachusetts — 878 new cases, 795 yesterday *Connecticut — 303 new cases, 330 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,112 new cases, 2,345 yesterday *Virginia — 539 new cases …744 yesterday *Maryland — 434 new cases, 496 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 22.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 129: *Illinois — 1,741 new cases, 1,729 yesterday *Michigan — 2,577 new cases, 2,577 yesterday *Minnesota — 803 new cases, 1,282 yesterday *Ohio — 794 new cases, 1,243 yesterday *Indiana — 905 new cases, 907 yesterday *Wisconsin — 308 new cases, 493 yesterday *Missouri — 355 new cases, 331 yesterday Six of the western states account for 10.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 115: *Arizona — 448 new cases, 739 yesterday *Utah — 232 new cases, 240 yesterday *Colorado — 927 new cases, 1,433 yesterday *Washington — 869 new cases, 1,349 yesterday *Oregon — 601 new cases, 818 yesterday *Nevada — 109 new cases, 139 yesterday !! %%% Sunday, May 9, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.83 percent of the U.S. population. *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.17 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.49 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,533,231 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.7 percent or 562,517 cases, 1.8 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 549,548 individuals... 500,047 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,501 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.6 percent or 31,421,166 individuals, 96.5 percent yesterday (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 35,755 individuals *Total active cases declined by 17,857 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,304,842, for total of 457,294,673 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 648, compared to the 777 deaths posted yesterday... of the 648 deaths declared yesterday, 58 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases posted at 4,902, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.87 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 52,964 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 982 new active cases . , the number of cases represents 2.7 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 82, that compares an index of 76 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,363 cases today, 1,439 yesterday *DeKalb County — 889 cases today, 897 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 960 cases today, 1,029 yesterday *Cobb County — 915 cases today, 936 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 102 active cases today, 106 yesterday *Oconee County — 23 cases today, 30 yesterday *Barrow County — 126 cases today, 128 yesterday *Jackson County — 70 cases today, 74 yesterday *Hall County — 231 cases today, 228 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 11,639 active COVID-19 cases, 0.11 percent of the population 99.89 percent. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 18.6 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 67: *California — 1,230 new cases, 2,166 yesterday *Texas — 1,542 new cases, 2,600 yesterday *Florida — 3,877 new cases, 4,165 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 12.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 78: *Georgia — 992 new cases, 1,249 yesterday *Tennessee — 433 new cases, 769 yesterday *Kentucky — 422 new cases, 633 yesterday *South Carolina — 620 new cases, 867 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,220 new cases, 1,932 yesterday *Alabama — 317 new cases, 314 yesterday *Mississippi — 53 new cases, 240 yesterday *Louisiana — 298 new cases, 563 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 24.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 119: *New York — 3,220 new cases, 2,701 yesterday *New Jersey — 650 new cases, 967 yesterday *Massachusetts — 795 new cases, 976 yesterday *Connecticut — 330 new cases, 436 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,345 new cases, 2,647 yesterday *Virginia — 744 new cases …938 yesterday *Maryland — 496 new cases, 768 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 23.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 139: *Illinois — 1,729 new cases, 3,321 yesterday *Michigan — 2.577 new cases, 3,367 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,282 new cases, 1,450 yesterday *Ohio — 1,243 new cases, 1,397 yesterday *Indiana — 907 new cases, 1,164 yesterday *Wisconsin — 493 new cases, 662 yesterday *Missouri — 331 new cases, 601 yesterday Six of the western states account for 13.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 135: *Arizona — 739 new cases, 820 yesterday *Utah — 240 new cases, 386 yesterday *Colorado — 1,433 new cases, 1,402 yesterday *Washington — 1,349 new cases, 1,455 yesterday *Oregon — 818 new cases, 824 yesterday *Nevada — 139 new cases, 498 yesterday !! %%% Saturday, May 8, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.82 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.18 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.48 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,497,476 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.8 percent or 580,374 cases, 1.8 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 548,900, 499,457 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,443 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.5 percent or 31,368,202 individuals, 96.5 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 251,973,752 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,552,673 in Georgia A total of 149,462,265 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. with 72.9 percent having received two vaccines (108,926,627). Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 49,491 individuals *Total active cases declined by 17,801 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,536,629, for a total of 455,989,831 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 777, compared to the 860 deaths posted yesterday... of the 777 deaths declared yesterday, 70 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases posted at 5,008, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.86 percent of the total active cases. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 66,515 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 1,249 new active cases . , the number of cases represents 2.5 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 76, that compares an index of 76 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,439 cases today, 1,472 yesterday *DeKalb County — 897 cases today, 927 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,029 cases today, 1,094 yesterday *Cobb County — 936 cases today, 951 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 106 active cases today… 113 yesterday *Oconee County — 30 cases today, 32 yesterday *Barrow County — 128 cases today, 144 yesterday *Jackson County — 74 cases today, 77 yesterday *Hall County — 228 cases today, 228 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 12,001 active COVID-19 cases. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 18.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 65: *California — 2,166 new cases, 2,582 yesterday *Texas — 2,600 new cases, 2,724 yesterday *Florida — 4,165 new cases, 4,504 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 86: *Georgia — 1,249 new cases, 1,213 yesterday *Tennessee — 769 new cases, 1,187 yesterday *Kentucky — 633 new cases, 653 yesterday *South Carolina — 867 new cases, 671 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,932 new cases, 1,798 yesterday *Alabama — 314 new cases, 436 yesterday *Mississippi — 240 new cases, 214 yesterday *Louisiana — 563 new cases, 407 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 95: *New York — 2,701 new cases, 2,964 yesterday *New Jersey — 967 new cases, 1,413 yesterday *Massachusetts — 976 new cases, 1,161 yesterday *Connecticut — 436 new cases, 711 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,647 new cases, 3,268 yesterday *Virginia — 938 new cases …856 yesterday *Maryland — 768 new cases, 578 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 24.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 138: *Illinois — 3,321 new cases, 1,778 yesterday *Michigan — 3,367 new cases, 4,113 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,450 new cases, 1,651 yesterday *Ohio — 1,397 new cases, 1,387 yesterday *Indiana — 1,164 new cases, 1,247 yesterday *Wisconsin — 662 new cases, 667 yesterday *Missouri — 601 new cases, 629 yesterday Six of the western states account for 10.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 112: *Arizona — 820 new cases, 601 yesterday *Utah — 386 new cases, 395 yesterday *Colorado — 1,402 new cases, 1,563 yesterday *Washington — 1,445 new cases, 1,139 yesterday *Oregon — 824 new cases, 745 yesterday *Nevada — 498 new cases, 394 yesterday + !!Friday, May 7, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.80 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.18 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.46 percent of the U.S. population The 32,447,985 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.8 percent or 598,175 cases, 1.9 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 548,123... 498,750 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,373 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.5 percent or 31,301,687 individuals, 96.4 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 249,566,820 vaccines have been administered in the U.S... 6,503,909 in Georgia A total of 148,562,891 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. with 72.3 percent having received two vaccines (107,346,533). Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 47,819 individuals *Total active cases declined by 20,111 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,372,147, for a total of 454,453,202 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 860, compared to the 743 deaths posted yesterday... of the 860 deaths declared yesterday, 87 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases posted at 5,133, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.86 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 67,070 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 1,213 new active cases . , the number of cases represents 2.5 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 76, that compares to 2.1 percent and index of 64 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,472 cases today, 1,478 yesterday *DeKalb County — 927 cases today, 941 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,094 cases today, 1,152 yesterday *Cobb County — 951 cases today, 940 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 113 active cases today… 125 yesterday *Oconee County — 32 cases today, 33 yesterday *Barrow County — 144 cases today, 152 yesterday *Jackson County — 77 cases today, 77 yesterday *Hall County — 228 cases today, 224 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 12,398 active COVID-19 cases. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 20.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 74: *California — 2,582 new cases, 1,557 yesterday *Texas — 2,724 new cases, 2,384 yesterday *Florida — 4,504 new cases, 4,394 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 90: *Georgia — 1,213 new cases, 993 yesterday *Tennessee — 1,187 new cases, 907 yesterday *Kentucky — 653 new cases, 704 yesterday *South Carolina — 671 new cases, 622 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,798 new cases, 1,468 yesterday *Alabama — 436 new cases, 331 yesterday *Mississippi — 214 new cases, 104 yesterday *Louisiana — 407 new cases, 460 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 22.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 114: *New York — 2,964 new cases, 2,511 yesterday *New Jersey — 1,413 new cases, 2,528 yesterday *Massachusetts — 1,161 new cases, 1,019 yesterday *Connecticut — 711 new cases, 609 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 3,268 new cases, 2,387 yesterday *Virginia — 856 new cases …842 yesterday *Maryland — 578 new cases, 679 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 24.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 137: *Illinois — 1,778 new cases, 2,410 yesterday *Michigan — 4,113 new cases, 3,047 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,651 new cases, 1,244 yesterday *Ohio — 1,387 new cases, 1,450 yesterday *Indiana — 1,247 new cases, 1,179 yesterday *Wisconsin — 667 new cases, 639 yesterday *Missouri — 629 new cases, 633 yesterday Six of the western states account for 10.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 104: *Arizona — 601 new cases, 742 yesterday *Utah — 395 new cases, 480 yesterday *Colorado — 1,563 new cases, 1,611 yesterday *Washington — 1,139 new cases, 1,395 yesterday *Oregon — 745 new cases, 252 yesterday *Nevada — 394 new cases, 373 yesterday + !!Thursday, May 6, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.79 percent of the population of the United States *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.19 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.44 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,400,166 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.9 percent or 618,286 cases, 1.9 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 547,263 ... 497,977 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,286 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by — 96.4 percent or 31,234,617 individuals, 96.3 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 247,769,049 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,503,909 in GA Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 46,129 individuals *Total active cases declined by 19,506 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,834,660, with 3.8 percent testing positive, for a total of 453,081,055 tests having been conducted in the U.S. *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 743, compared to 853 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 743 deaths declared yesterday, 67 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 5,644, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.91 percent of the total active cases. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 64,892 individuals Georgia posted 993 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 2.1 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 64, that compares to an index of 69 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,478 active cases today, 1,510 yesterday *DeKalb County — 941 active cases today, 955 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,152 active cases today, 1,202 yesterday *Cobb County — 940 active cases today, 947 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 125 active cases today, 120 yesterday *Oconee County — 33 active cases today, 36 yesterday *Barrow County — 152 active cases today, 165 yesterday *Jackson County — 77 active cases today, 81 yesterday *Hall County — 224 active cases today, 230 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 12,468 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.11 percent of the state's population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 18.1 percent of new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 65: *California — 1,557 new cases, 2,364 yesterday *Texas — 2,384 new cases, 3,376 yesterday *Florida — 4,394 new cases, 3,076 yesterdays Eight of the southern states account for 12.1 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 79: *Georgia — 993 new cases, 1,178 yesterday *Tennessee — 907 new cases, 542 yesterday *Kentucky — 704 new cases, 771 yesterday *South Carolina — 622 new cases, 427 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,468 new cases, 981 yesterday *Alabama — 331 new cases, 183 yesterday *Mississippi — 104 new cases, 208 yesterday *Louisiana — 460 new cases, 991 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 22.9 percent of new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 114: *New York — 2,511 new cases, 2,480 yesterday *New Jersey — 2,528 new cases, 1,004 yesterday *Massachusetts — 1,019 new cases, 854 yesterday *Connecticut — 609 new cases, 417 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,387 new cases, 2,656 yesterday *Virginia — 842 new cases, 771 yesterday *Maryland — 679 new cases, 501 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 125: *Illinois — 2,410 new cases, 2,211 yesterday *Michigan — 3,047 new cases, 3,120 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,244 new cases ... 995 yesterday *Ohio — 1,450 new cases, 1,285 yesterday *Indiana — 1,179 new cases, 771 yesterday *Wisconsin — 639 new cases, 721 yesterday *Missouri — 633 new cases, 510 yesterday Six of the western states account for 10.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 108: *Arizona — 742 new cases, 701 yesterday *Utah — 480 new cases, 259 yesterday *Colorado — 1,611 new cases, 1,519 yesterday *Washington — 1,395 new cases, 1,335 yesterday *Oregon — 252 new cases, 734 yesterday *Nevada — 373 new cases, 476 yesterday !! %%% Wednesday, May 5, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.78 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.19 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.42 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,354,037 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 2.0 percent or 637,792 cases, 2.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 546,520 ... 497,301 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,219 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by —96.3 percent or 31,169,725 individuals, 96.2 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 246,780,203 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,461,734 in GA Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 42,354 individuals *Total active cases declined by 18,504 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 959,207, with 3.9 percent testing positive, for a total of 451,246,395 tests having been conducted in the U.S. *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 853, compared to 445 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 853 deaths declared yesterday, 77 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 5,889, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.91 percent of the total active cases. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 60,005 individuals Georgia posted 1,178 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 2.3 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 69, that compares to 2.5 percent and index of 67 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,510 active cases today, 1,519 yesterday *DeKalb County — 955 active cases today, 958 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,202 active cases today, 1,232 yesterday *Cobb County — 947 active cases today, 956 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 120 active cases today, 123 yesterday ... 7 of the 120 are UGA students *Oconee County — 36 active cases today, 37 yesterday *Barrow County — 165 active cases today, 168 yesterday *Jackson County — 81 active cases today, 86 yesterday *Hall County — 230 active cases today, 227 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 12,714 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.12 percent of the state's population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 20.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 75: *California — 2,238 new cases, 2,364 yesterday *Texas — 2,857 new cases, 3,376 yesterday *Florida — 3,682 new cases, 3,076 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 12.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 81: *Georgia — 1,178 new cases, 870 yesterday *Tennessee — 542 new cases, 436 yesterday *Kentucky — 772 new cases, 310 yesterday *South Carolina — 427 new cases, 521 yesterday *North Carolina — 981 new cases, 1,126 yesterday *Alabama — 183 new cases, 187 yesterday *Mississippi — 208 new cases, 500 yesterday *Louisiana — 997 new cases, 759 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 20.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 102: *New York — 2,480 new cases, 2,272 yesterday *New Jersey — 1,004 new cases, 983 yesterday *Massachusetts — 854 new cases, 563 yesterday *Connecticut — 417 new cases, 1,312 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,656 new cases, 2,268 yesterday *Virginia — 771 new cases, 611 yesterday *Maryland — 501 new cases, 520 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 22.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 132: *Illinois — 2,211 new cases, 2,049 yesterday *Michigan — 3,120 new cases, 2,779 yesterday ... 7.4 percent of total new case *Minnesota — 995 new cases ... 1,105 yesterday *Ohio — 1,285 new cases, 995 yesterday *Indiana — 771 new cases, 797 yesterday *Wisconsin — 721 new cases, 349 yesterday *Missouri — 510 new cases, 324 yesterday Six of the western states account for 11.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 121: *Arizona — 701 new cases, 652 yesterday *Utah — 259 new cases, 228 yesterday *Colorado — 1,519 new cases, 1,019 yesterday *Washington — 1,335 new cases, 2,533 yesterday *Oregon — 734 new cases, 533 yesterday *Nevada — 476 new cases, 267 yesterday !! %%% Tuesday, May 4, 2021 Here are some interesting statistics: *Over 245 million COVID-19 vaccinations have been given in the U.S. *Close to 105 million individuals in the United States have received both COVID-19 vaccinations *Of the approximately 545,000 individuals who reportedly died “from COVID-19,” just under 50,000 died directly from COVID-19. In the other cases, pre-existing conditions played a role in the death *Nearly eight out-of-every ten individuals who died directly or indirectly from COVID-19 were age 65+ *Less than one half of 1 percent (0.43 percent) of individuals who died either directly or indirectly from COVID-19 were age 30 or less *There are currently 5,887 individuals in the U.S. hospitalized in intensive care in the U.S. ... they are occupying less than 5 percent of all intensive care hospital beds in the U.S. As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.76 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.20 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.40 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,311,683 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 2.0 percent or 656,296 cases, 2.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 544,667 ... 496,525 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,142 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by —96.3 percent or 31,109,720 individuals, 96.2 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 245,591,469 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,460,435 in GA. Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 39,938 individuals *Total active cases declined by 12,167 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,302,508, with 3.9 percent testing positive, for a total of 450,287,188 tests having been conducted in the U.S. *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 445, compared to 312 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 455 deaths declared yesterday, 40 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases increased by 5,887, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.90 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 51,650 individuals Georgia posted 870 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 2.2 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,519 active cases today, 1,509 yesterday *DeKalb County — 958 active cases today, 990 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,232 active cases today, 1,250 yesterday *Cobb County — 956 active cases today, 971 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 123 active cases today, 129 yesterday *Oconee County — 37 active cases today, 38 yesterday *Barrow County — 168 active cases today, 177 yesterday *Jackson County — 86 active cases today, 89 yesterday *Hall County — 227 active cases today, 227 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 12,954 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.12 percent of the state's population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 22.1 percent of new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 80: *California — 2,364 new cases, 2,294 yesterday *Texas — 3,376 new cases, 1,167 yesterday *Florida — 3,076 new cases, 3,841 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 11.8 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 77: *Georgia — 870 new cases, 1,202 yesterday *Tennessee — 436 new cases, 420 yesterday *Kentucky — 310 new cases, 368 yesterday *South Carolina — 521 new cases, 717 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,126 new cases, 1,295 yesterday *Alabama — 187 new cases, 288 yesterday *Mississippi — 500 new cases, 142 yesterday *Louisiana — 759 new cases, 233 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 21.6 percent of new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 107: *New York — 2,272 new cases, 2,905 yesterday *New Jersey — 983 new cases, 1,198 yesterday *Massachusetts — 563 new cases, 893 yesterday *Connecticut — 1,312 new cases, 599 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,368 new cases, 2,220 yesterday *Virginia — 611 new cases, 761 yesterday *Maryland — 520 new cases, 649 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.0 percent of new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 122: *Illinois — 2,049 new cases, 1,860 yesterday *Michigan — 2,779 new cases, 3,102 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,105 new cases ... 1,711 yesterday *Ohio — 995 new cases, 985 yesterday *Indiana — 797 new cases, 1,069 yesterday *Wisconsin — 349 new cases, 405 yesterday *Missouri — 324 new cases, 891 yesterday Six of the western states account for 12.9 percent of new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 133: *Arizona — 652 new cases, 356 yesterday *Utah — 228 new cases, 279 yesterday *Colorado — 1,019 new cases, 961 yesterday *Washington — 2,533 new cases, 144 yesterday *Oregon — 533 new cases, 747 yesterday *Nevada — 267 new cases, 493 yesterday !! %%% Monday, May 3, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.75 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.20 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.38 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,271,745 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 2.1 percent or 668,453 cases, 2.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 545,222 ... 496,120 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,102 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by —96.2 percent or 31,058,070 individuals, 96.2 percent yesterday Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 38,630 individuals *Total active cases declined by 10,867 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,251,998, with 4.0 percent testing positive, for a total of 448,984,680 tests having been conducted in the U.S. *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 312, compared to 664 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 312 deaths declared yesterday, 31 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases increased by 6,073, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.91 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 49,181 individuals Georgia posted 1,202 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 3.1 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 93, that compares to 2.5 percent and index of 76 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,509 active cases today, 1,504 yesterday *DeKalb County — 990 active cases today, 986 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,250 active cases today, 1,261 yesterday *Cobb County — 971 active cases today, 955 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 129 active cases today, 127 yesterday *Oconee County — 38 active cases today, 37 yesterday *Barrow County — 177 active cases today, 175 yesterday *Jackson County — 89 active cases today, 91 yesterday *Hall County — 227 active cases today, 220 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 13,100 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.12 percent of the state's population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 18.9 percent of new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 59: *California — 2,294 new cases, 1,549 yesterday *Texas — 1,167 new cases, 1,780 yesterday *Florida — 3,841 new cases, 5,419 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 11.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 75: *Georgia — 1,202 new cases, 1,288 yesterday *Tennessee — 420 new cases, 539 yesterday *Kentucky — 368 new cases, 644 yesterday *South Carolina — 717 new cases, 987 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,295 new cases, 1,822 yesterday *Alabama — 288 new cases, 387 yesterday *Mississippi — 142 new cases, 213 yesterday *Louisiana — 233 new cases, 459 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 24.0 percent of new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 119: *New York — 2,905 new cases, 3,824 yesterday ... 7.6 percent of total new cases *New Jersey — 1,198 new cases, 1,589 yesterday ... 3.1 percent of total new cases *Massachusetts — 893 new cases, 1,306 yesterday *Connecticut — 599 new cases, 492 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,220 new cases, 2,718 yesterday ... 6.3 percent of total new cases *Virginia — 761 new cases, 963 yesterday *Maryland — 649 new cases, 939 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 25.9 percent of new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 151: *Illinois — 1,860 new cases, 2,611 yesterday *Michigan — 3,102 new cases, 3,708 yesterday ... 8.0 percent of total new case *Minnesota — 1,711 new cases ... 1,712 yesterday *Ohio — 985 new cases, 1,707 yesterday *Indiana — 1,069 new cases, 1,152 yesterday *Wisconsin — 405 new cases, 675 yesterday *Missouri — 891 new cases, 648 yesterday Six of the western states account for 7.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 79: *Arizona — 356 new cases, 1,074 yesterday *Utah — 279 new cases, 410 yesterday *Colorado — 961 new cases, 1,838 yesterday *Washington — 144 new cases, 1,549 yesterday *Oregon — 747 new cases, 785 yesterday *Nevada — 493 new cases, 411 yesterday !! %%% Sunday, May 2, 2021 Please note the reorganized state breakdown: *The three largest states will be grouped and Arizona will be removed *The south sentral states grouped below will no longer be in the reports: *Louisiana will be moved to the southern set of states *As much as Missouri is not a Great Lakes State, it will be moved to this group given its location adjacent to southern Illinois *Kentucky will be re-grouped with the southern states *Minnesota will be added to the Great Lakes group of states *A new group termed the Western Set is being added to reports tracking some key states like Colorado, Washington and Oregon. Arizona will be moved to this set of states As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.74 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.21 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.37 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,181,079 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 2.1 percent or 679,320 cases, 2.2 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 544,910 ... 495,839 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,071 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by —96.2 percent or 31,008,889 individuals, 96.2 percent yesterday Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 52,040 individuals *Total active cases declined by 11,629 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,105,485, with 3.9 percent testing positive, for a total of 447,732,682 tests having been conducted in the U.S. *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 664, compared to 870 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 870 deaths declared yesterday, 60 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 6,077, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.89 percent of the total active cases. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 63,005 individuals Georgia posted 1,288 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 2.5 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 76, that compares to the same percentage and index of 73 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,504 active cases today, 1,512 yesterday *DeKalb County — 986 active cases today, 1,022 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,261 active cases today, 1,319 yesterday *Cobb County — 955 active cases today, 989 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 127 active cases today, 141 yesterday *Oconee County — 37 active cases today, 42 yesterday *Barrow County — 175 active cases today, 167 yesterday *Jackson County — 91 active cases today, 91 yesterday *Hall County — 220 active cases today, 225 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 13,142 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.13 percent of the state's population who are tracked as active and 99.87 percent of the Statewide population who are tracked as not. Across the country, the four second wave states account for 18.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 29.9 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 62: *California — 1,549 new cases, 2,098 yesterday *Texas — 1,780 new cases, 3,383 yesterday *Florida — 5,419 new cases, 5,309 yesterday *Arizona — 874 new cases, 844 yesterday The six southeastern states account for 9.9 percent of new cases, the states represent 12.5 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 79: *Georgia — 1,288 new cases, 1,464 yesterday *Tennessee — 539 new cases, 958 yesterday *South Carolina — 987 new cases, 1,109 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,822 new cases, 2,231 yesterday *Alabama — 387 new cases, 409 yesterday *Mississippi — 213 new cases, 246 yesterday The seven northeastern corridor states account for 22.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 19.0 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 119: *New York — 3,824 new cases, 4,074 yesterday *New Jersey — 1,589 new cases, 1,858 yesterday *Massachusetts — 1,306 new cases, 1,335 yesterday *Connecticut — 492 new cases, 486 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,718 new cases, 4,462 yesterday *Virginia — 963 new cases, 1,259 yesterday *Maryland — 939 new cases, 942 yesterday The six Great Lakes states account for 20.2 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.5 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 130: *Illinois — 2,611 new cases, 3,207 yesterday *Michigan — 3,708 new cases, 3,836 yesterday *Ohio — 1,707 new cases, 1,541 yesterday *Kentucky — 644 new cases, 719 yesterday *Indiana — 1,152 new cases, 1,527 yesterday *Wisconsin — 675 new cases, 789 yesterday The five south central states account for 3.2 percent of new cases, the states represent 6.3 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 51: *Missouri — 648 new cases, 748 yesterday *Kansas — 62 new cases, 105 yesterday *Oklahoma — 239 new cases, 374 yesterday *Arkansas — 243 new cases, 196 yesterday *Louisiana — 459 new cases, 685 yesterday !! %%% Saturday, May 1, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.72 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.21 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.35 percent of the U.S. population The 32,181,079 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 2.2 percent or 690,949 cases, 2.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 544,246 ... 495,235 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,011 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by —96.2 percent or 30,945,884 individuals, 96.1 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 240,159,677 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,306,091 in GA Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 59,906 individuals *Total active cases declined by 22,648 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,494,514, with 3.9 percent testing positive *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 870, compared to 954 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 870 deaths declared yesterday, 78 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 6,118, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.89 percent of the total active cases. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 81,770 individuals Georgia posted 1,464 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 2.4 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 73, that compares to the same percentage and index of 73 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,512 active cases today, 1,550 yesterday *DeKalb County — 1,022 active cases today, 1,039 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,319 active cases today, 1,372 yesterday *Cobb County — 989 active cases today, 983 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 141 active cases today, 137 yesterday *Oconee County — 42 active cases today, 44 yesterday *Barrow County — 167 active cases today, 177 yesterday *Jackson County — 91 active cases today, 91 yesterday *Hall County — 225 active cases today, 227 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 13,338 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.13 percent of the state's population who are tracked as active and 99.87 percent of the Statewide population who are tracked as not. Across the country, the four second wave states account for 19.4 percent of new cases, the states represent 29.9 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 65: *California — 2,098 new cases, 1,723 yesterday *Texas — 3,383 new cases, 4,023 yesterday *Florida — 5,309 new cases, 5,666 yesterday *Arizona — 844 new cases, 881 yesterday The six southeastern states account for 10.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 12.5 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 86: *Georgia — 1,464 new cases, 1,440 yesterday *Tennessee — 958 new cases, 1,092 yesterday *South Carolina — 1,109 new cases, 911 yesterday *North Carolina — 2,231 new cases, 1,985 yesterday *Alabama — 409 new cases, 430 yesterday *Mississippi — 246 new cases, 161 yesterday The seven northeastern corridor states account for 20.8 percent of new cases, the states represent 19.0 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 109: *New 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Businesses are opening up and restrictions are being lifted, but precautions are still necessary. Wear a mask (yes, still!), wash your hands, maintain your social distance and be kind to those you encounter MAY 2021 2021-05-24T16:21:00+00:00 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: MAY, 2021 tony.paris Tony Paris CL COVID STAFF 2021-05-24T16:21:00+00:00 !!Monday, May 24, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.97 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.09 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.71 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,987,190 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 0.9 percent or 304,445 cases, 1.0 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 557,876 individuals, 508,515 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,361 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.4 percent or 32,124,869 individuals, 97.3 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 285,720,586 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for a total of 163,309,414 individuals having been vaccinated, and 79.6 percent of those having received two vaccines. The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 49.3 percent of the population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 17,541 individuals *Total active cases declined by 12,887 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 766,345, with 2.6 percent positive, for a total of 473,304,956 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 228, compared to the 468 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 468 deaths 47 were a direct result of COVID-19 *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 30,200 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 365 new active cases *There are currently 7,504 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.07 percent of the population *7,340,924 vaccines have been administered, with 4,107,587 individuals, or 38 percent, of the state population having received at least one dose, and 3,257,623 individuals, or 30.68 percent, of Georgia's population having been fully vaccinated The number of Georgia cases represents 2.1 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 64, that compares an index of 73 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 787 active cases today, 804 yesterday *DeKalb County — 549 active cases today, 565 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 518 active cases today, 522 yesterday *Cobb County — 512 active cases today, 515 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 58 active cases today, 67 yesterday *Oconee County — 13 active cases today, 13 yesterday *Barrow County — 95 active cases today, 97 yesterday *Jackson County — 44 active cases today, 48 yesterday *Hall County — 135 active cases today, 141 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 19.6 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 71: *California — 733 new cases, 775 yesterday *Texas — 642 new cases, 1,085 yesterday *Florida — 2,069 new cases, 3,406 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 86: *Georgia — 365 new cases, 602 yesterday *Tennessee — 372 new cases, 228 yesterday *Kentucky — 215 new cases, 425 yesterday *South Carolina — 336 new cases, 331 yesterday *North Carolina — 578 new cases, 722 yesterday *Alabama — 57 new cases, 338 yesterday *Mississippi — 72 new cases, 112 yesterday *Louisiana — 348 new cases, 328 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 95: *New York — 1,207 new cases, 1,126 yesterday *New Jersey — 301 new cases, 378 yesterday *Massachusetts — 346 new cases, 451 yesterday *Connecticut — 194 new cases, 234 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 820 new cases, 1,275 yesterday *Virginia — 236 new cases, 481 yesterday *Maryland — 244 new cases, 521 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 23.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 136: *Illinois — 943 new cases, 1,106 yesterday *Michigan — 1,040 new cases, 1,206 yesterday *Minnesota — 439 new cases, 596 yesterday *Ohio — 683 new cases, 871 yesterday *Indiana — 563 new cases, 665 yesterday *Wisconsin — 147 new cases, 293 yesterday *Missouri — 293 new cases, 510 yesterday Six of the western states account for 12.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 127: *Arizona — 321 new cases, 645 yesterday *Utah — 231 new cases, 262 yesterday *Colorado — 432 new cases, 841 yesterday *Washington — 632 new cases, 930 yesterday *Oregon — 333 new cases, 505 yesterday *Nevada — 202 new cases, 294 yesterday !! Sunday, May 23, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.96 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.09 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.70 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,969,649 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.0 percent or 317,332 cases, 1.0 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 557,648 individuals, 508,310 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,338 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.3 percent or 32,094,669 individuals, 97.3 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 283,941,223 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for total of 162,470,794 individuals having been vaccinated, and 79.4 percent of those having received two vaccines. The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 49.1 percent of the population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 24,639 individuals *Total active cases declined by 11,584 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 994,699, with 2.7 percent positive, for total of 472,538,611tests having been completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 468, compared to the 604 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 468 deaths, 47 were a direct result of COVID-19 *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 35,755 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 602 new active cases *There are currently 7,692 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.07 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 2.4 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 73, that compares an index of 73 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 804 active cases today, 833 yesterday *DeKalb County — 565 active cases today, 601 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 522 active cases today, 539 yesterdayn *Cobb County — 515 active cases today, 537 yesterda *Athens-Clarke — 67 active cases today, 69 yesterday *Oconee County — 13 active cases today, 15 yesterday *Barrow County — 97 active cases today, 102 yesterday *Jackson County — 48 active cases today, 49 yesterday *Hall County — 141 active cases today, 163 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 21.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 77: *California — 775 new cases, 1,676 yesterday *Texas — 1,085 new cases, 1,716 yesterday *Florida — 3,406 new cases, 2,893 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 12.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 81: *Georgia — 602 new cases, 704 yesterday *Tennessee — 228 new cases, 383 yesterday *Kentucky — 425 new cases, 541 yesterday *South Carolina — 331 new cases, 468 yesterday *North Carolina — 722 new cases, 1,020 yesterday *Alabama — 338 new cases, 443 yesterday *Mississippi — 112 new cases, 105 yesterday *Louisiana — 328 new cases, 340 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 18.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 90: *New York — 1,126 new cases, 1,453 yesterday *New Jersey — 378 new cases, 652 yesterday *Massachusetts — 451 new cases, 448 yesterday *Connecticut — 234 new cases, 171 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,275 new cases, 1,708 yesterday *Virginia — 481 new cases, 396 yesterday *Maryland — 521 new cases, 443 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 126: *Illinois — 1,106 new cases, 1,573 yesterday *Michigan — 1,206 new cases, 1,259 yesterday *Minnesota — 596 new cases, 679 yesterday *Ohio — 871 new cases, 1,004 yesterday *Indiana — 665 new cases, 788 yesterday *Wisconsin — 293 new cases, 406 yesterday *Missouri — 510 new cases, 621 yesterday Six of the western states account for 14.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 144: *Arizona — 645 new cases, 571 yesterday *Utah — 262 new cases, 300 yesterday *Colorado — 841 new cases, 812 yesterday *Washington — 930 new cases, 1,590 yesterday *Oregon — 505 new cases, 508 yesterday *Nevada — 294 new cases, 334 yesterday !! Saturday, May 22, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.95 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.10 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.69 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,945,010 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.0 percent or 328,916 cases, 1.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 557,180 individuals, 507,889 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,291 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.3 percent or 32,058,914 individuals, 97.2 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 281,595,351 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for a total of 161,278,336 individuals having been vaccinated, and 79.2 percent having received two vaccines (127,778,250). The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 48.7 percent of the U.S. population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 29,014 individuals *Total active cases declined by 20,959 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,425,878, with 2.9 percent positive, for a total of 471,543,912 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 604, compared to the 659 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 604 deaths, 53 were a direct result of COVID-19 *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 49,320 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 704 new active cases *There are currently 7,987 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.07 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 2.4 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 73, that compares an index of 85 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 833 active cases today, 864 yesterday *DeKalb County — 601 active cases today, 644 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 539 active cases today, 577 yesterday *Cobb County — 537 active cases today, 563 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 69 active cases today, 74 yesterday *Oconee County — 15 active cases today, 17 yesterday *Barrow County — 102 active cases today, 110 yesterday *Jackson County — 49 active cases today, 57 yesterday *Hall County — 163 active cases today, 175 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 17.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 64: *California — 1,223 new cases, 1,676 yesterday *Texas — 1,575 new cases, 1,716 yesterday *Florida — 2,371 new cases, 2,893 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 90: *Georgia — 704 new cases, 833 yesterday *Tennessee — 383 new cases, 420 yesterday *Kentucky — 541 new cases, 565 yesterday *South Carolina — 468 new cases, 358 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,020 new cases, 1,187 yesterday *Alabama — 443 new cases, 339 yesterday *Mississippi — 105 new cases, 276 yesterday *Louisiana — 340 new cases, 420 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 18.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 90: *New York — 1,453 new cases, 1,806 yesterday *New Jersey — 652 new cases, 561 yesterday *Massachusetts — 448 new cases, 605 yesterday *Connecticut — 171 new cases, 206 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,708 new cases, 1,740 yesterday *Virginia — 396 new cases, 591 yesterday *Maryland — 443 new cases, 319 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 127: *Illinois — 1,573 new cases, 1,542 yesterday *Michigan — 1,259 new cases, 1,590 yesterday *Minnesota — 679 new cases, 866 yesterday *Ohio — 1,004 new cases, 1,208 yesterday *Indiana — 788 new cases, 891 yesterday *Wisconsin — 406 new cases, 446 yesterday *Missouri — 621 new cases, 524 yesterday Six of the western states account for 14.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 146: *Arizona — 571 new cases, 590 yesterday *Utah — 300 new cases, 266 yesterday *Colorado — 812 new cases, 952 yesterday *Washington — 1,590 new cases, 951 yesterday *Oregon — 508 new cases, 569 yesterday *Nevada — 334 new cases, 302 yesterday !! Friday, May 21, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.95 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.10 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.67 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,915,996 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.1 percent or 349,875 cases, 1.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 556,523 individuals, 507,285 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,238 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.2 percent or 31,915,996 individuals, 97.2 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 279,397,250 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., with 160,177,820 individuals vaccinated, and 78.4 percent having received two vaccines (125,605,166). Individuals receiving at least one vaccine represent 48.4 percent of the U.S. population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 30,214 individuals *Total active cases declined by 17,264 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,172,432, with 3.0 percent positive, for a total of 470,118,034 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 659, compared to the 636 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 659 deaths, 53 were a direct result of COVID-19. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 47,819 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 833 *There are currently 8,325 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.08 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 2.8 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 85, that compares an index of 76 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 864 active cases today, 940 yesterday *DeKalb County — 644 active cases today, 664 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 577 active cases today, 582 yesterday *Cobb County — 563 active cases today, 579 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 74 active cases today, 76 yesterday *Oconee County — 17 active cases today, 16 yesterday *Barrow County — 110 active cases today, 115 yesterday *Jackson County — 57 active cases today, 58 yesterday *Hall County — 175 active cases today, 182 yesterday + Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 20.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 75: *California — 1,676 new cases, 1,477 yesterday *Texas — 1,716 new cases, 1,911 yesterday *Florida — 2,893 new cases, 2,811 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 14.6 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 95: *Georgia — 833 new cases, 700 yesterday *Tennessee — 420 new cases, 477 yesterday *Kentucky — 565 new cases, 584 yesterday *South Carolina — 358 new cases, 390 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,187 new cases, 969 yesterday *Alabama — 339 new cases, 288 yesterday *Mississippi — 276 new cases, 257 yesterday *Louisiana — 420 new cases, 615 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 96: *New York — 1,806 new cases, 1,624 yesterday *New Jersey — 561 new cases, 444 yesterday *Massachusetts — 605 new cases, 313 yesterday *Connecticut — 206 new cases, 228 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,740 new cases, 1,051 yesterdays *Virginia — 591 new cases, 491 yesterday *Maryland — 319 new cases, 337 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 23.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 135: *Illinois — 1,542 new cases, 1,633 yesterday *Michigan — 1,590 new cases, 1,950 yesterday *Minnesota — 866 new cases, 654 yesterday *Ohio — 1,208 new cases, 918 yesterday *Indiana — 891 new cases, 802 yesterday *Wisconsin — 446 new cases, 383 yesterday *Missouri — 524 new cases, 508 yesterday Six of the western states account for 12.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 124: *Arizona — 590 new cases, 540 yesterday *Utah — 266 new cases, 430 yesterday *Colorado — 952 new cases, 1,245 yesterday *Washington — 951 new cases, 907 yesterday *Oregon — 569 new cases, 397 yesterday *Nevada — 302 new cases, 348 yesterday !! Thursday, May 20, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.94 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.11 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.66 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,884,782 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.1 percent or 367,143 cases, 1.2 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 555,864 individuals, 506,679 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,185 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.2 percent or 31,961,775 individuals, 97.1 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 277,290,173 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for a total of 159,174,963 individuals having been vaccinated, and 78.8 percent of those having received two vaccines. The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 48.1 percent of the population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 28,541 individuals *Total active cases declined by 18,224 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 877,500, with 3.0 percent positive, for a total of 468,945,602 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 636, compared to the 369 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 369 deaths, 57 were a direct result of COVID-19 *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 46,129 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 700 *There are currently 8,557 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.08 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 2.5 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 76, that compares an index of 85 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 940 active cases today, 986 yesterday *DeKalb County — 664 active cases today, 674 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 582 active cases today, 585 yesterday *Cobb County — 579 active cases today, 604 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 76 active cases today, 74 yesterday *Oconee County — 16 active cases today, 18 yesterday *Barrow County — 115 active cases today, 111 yesterday *Jackson County — 58 active cases today, 58 yesterday *Hall County — 182 active cases today, 194 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 21.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 78: *California — 1,477 new cases, 1,222 yesterday *Texas — 1,911 new cases, 2,679 yesterday *Florida — 2,811 new cases, 2,804 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 15.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 97: *Georgia — 700 new cases, 767 yesterday *Tennessee — 477 new cases, 449 yesterday *Kentucky — 584 new cases, 639 yesterday *South Carolina — 390 new cases, 159 yesterday *North Carolina — 969 new cases, 622 yesterday *Alabama — 288 new cases, 336 yesterday *Mississippi — 257 new cases, 206 yesterday *Louisiana — 615 new cases, 494 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 15.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 78: *New York — 1,624 new cases, 1,159 yesterday *New Jersey — 444 new cases, 646 yesterday *Massachusetts — 313 new cases, 438 yesterday *Connecticut — 228 new cases, 181 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,051 new cases, 1,629 yesterday *Virginia — 491 new cases, 378 yesterday *Maryland — 337 new cases, 212 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 23.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 138: *Illinois — 1,633 new cases, 1,495 yesterday *Michigan — 1,950 new cases, 1,535 yesterday *Minnesota — 654 new cases, 516 yesterday *Ohio — 918 new cases, 993 yesterday *Indiana — 802 new cases, 481 yesterday *Wisconsin — 383 new cases, 489 yesterday *Missouri — 508 new cases, 398 yesterday Six of the western states account for 13.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 139: *Arizona — 540 new cases, 619 yesterday *Utah — 430 new cases, 257 yesterday *Colorado — 1,245 new cases, 730 yesterday *Washington — 907 new cases, 694 yesterday *Oregon — 397 new cases, 508 yesterday *Nevada — 348 new cases, 152 yesterday !! Wednesday, May 19, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.93 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.12 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.64 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,856,241 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.2 percent or 385,367 cases, 1.2 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 555,228 individuals, 506,100 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,128 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.1 percent or 31,915,646 individuals, 97.1 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 275,535,207 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for a total of 158,365,411 individuals having been vaccinated, and 78.6 percent of those having received two vaccines (124,455,693). The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 47.9 percent of the population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 27,506 individuals *Total active cases declined by 15,581 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 845,306, with 3.0 percent positive, for a total of 467,222,796 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 369, compared to the 289 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 369death, 33 were a direct result of COVID-19 *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 42,354 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 767 *There are currently 8,818 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.08 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 2.8 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 85, that compares an index of 48 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 986 active cases today, 1,004 yesterday *DeKalb County — 674 active cases today, 689 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 585 active cases today, 624 yesterday *Cobb County — 604 active cases today, 624 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 74 active cases today, 80 yesterday *Oconee County — 18 active cases today, 19 yesterday *Barrow County — 111 active cases today, 109 yesterday *Jackson County — 58 active cases today, 58 yesterday *Hall County — 194 active cases today, 204yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 24.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 88: *California — 1,222 new cases, 1,311 yesterday *Texas — 2,679 new cases, 2,375 yesterday *Florida — 2,804 new cases, 1,876 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 14.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 92: *Georgia — 767 new cases, 407 yesterday *Tennessee — 449 new cases, 209 yesterday *Kentucky — 639 new cases, 284 yesterday *South Carolina — 159 new cases, 346 yesterday *North Carolina — 622 new cases, 688 yesterday *Alabama — 336 new cases, 184 yesterday *Mississippi — 206 new cases, 316 yesterday *Louisiana — 494 new cases, 733 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 16.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 84: *New York — 1,159 new cases, 1,713 yesterday *New Jersey — 646 new cases, 347 yesterday *Massachusetts — 438 new cases, 272 yesterday *Connecticut — 181 new cases, 662 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,629 new cases, 1,402 yesterday *Virginia — 378 new cases, 272 yesterday *Maryland — 212 new cases, 212 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 124: *Illinois — 1,495 new cases, 946 yesterday *Michigan — 1,535 new cases, 1,288 yesterday *Minnesota — 516 new cases, 589 yesterday *Ohio — 993 new cases, 729 yesterday *Indiana — 481 new cases, 537 yesterday *Wisconsin — 489 new cases, 116 yesterday *Missouri — 398 new cases, 207 yesterday Six of the western states account for 10.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 111: *Arizona — 619 new cases, 209 yesterday *Utah — 257 new cases, 164 yesterday *Colorado — 730 new cases, 689 yesterday *Washington — 694 new cases, 841 yesterday *Oregon — 508 new cases, 198 yesterday *Nevada — 152 new cases, 182 yesterday !! Tuesday, May 18, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.92 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.12 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 9.63 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,828,735 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.2 percent or 400,948 cases, 1.2 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 554,495 individuals, 505,433 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,062 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.1 percent or 31,873,292 individuals, 97.0 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 274,411.901 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. for a total of 157,827,208 individuals having been vaccinated, and 78.5 percent of those having received two vaccines. The total number of individuals receiving at least one vaccine represents 47.5 percent of the population Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 25,030 individuals *Total active cases declined by 15,010 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,166,344, with 3.0 percent positive, for a total of 467,222,796 tests completed *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 369, compared to the 289 deaths posted yesterday. Of the 369death, 33 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases increased by 3,649, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.91 percent of total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 39,920 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 407 *There are currently 9,029 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.08 percent of the population The number of Georgia cases represents 1.6 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 48, that compares an index of 64 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning. Also included are the percentages of the county populations that are fully vaccinated and the percentage of the population age 65-plus specifically: *Fulton County — 1,004 active cases today, 1,053 yesterday — 16.6 percent fully vaccinated; 38.0 percent age 65-plus *DeKalb County — 689 active cases today, 699 yesterday — 17.1 percent fully vaccinated; 38.4 percent age 65-plus *Gwinnett County — 624 active cases today, 664 yesterday — 14.9 percent fully vaccinated; 37.3 percent age 65-plus *Cobb County — 624 active cases today, 663 yesterday — 22.7 percent fully vaccinated; 55.6 percent age 65-plus *Athens-Clarke — 80 active cases today, 82 yesterday — 12.9 percent fully vaccinated; 51.3 percent age 65-plus *Oconee County — 19 active cases today, 18 yesterday — 15.7 percent fully vaccinated; 45.2 percent age 65-plus *Barrow County — 109 active cases today, 104 yesterday — 6.6 percent fully vaccinated; 24.3 percent age 65-plus *Jackson County — 58 active cases today, 58 yesterday — 12.6 percent fully vaccinated; 40.5 percent age 65-plus *Hall County — 204 active cases today, 207yesterday — 15.0 percent fully vaccinated; 34.1 percent age 65-plus Statewide in Georgia, 28.8 percent are fully vaccinated, with 64.8 percent of Georgians age 65-plus fully vaccinated. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 22.6 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 82: *California — 1,311 new cases, 739 yesterday *Texas — 2,375 new cases, 862 yesterday *Florida — 1,976 new cases, 2,482 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 12.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 82: *Georgia — 407 new cases, 529 yesterday *Tennessee — 209 new cases, 238 yesterday *Kentucky — 284 new cases, 287 yesterday *South Carolina — 346 new cases, 483 yesterday *North Carolina — 688 new cases, 733 yesterday *Alabama — 184 new cases, 69 yesterday *Mississippi — 316 new cases, 29 yesterday *Louisiana — 733 new cases, 214 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 97: *New York — 1,713 new cases, 1,991 yesterday *New Jersey — 347 new cases, 269 yesterday *Massachusetts — 272 new cases, 549 yesterday *Connecticut — 662 new cases, 205 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,402 new cases, 887 yesterday *Virginia — 272 new cases, 280 yesterday *Maryland — 212 new cases, 369 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 17.6 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 102: *Illinois — 946 new cases, 1,248 yesterday *Michigan — 1,288 new cases, 1,827 yesterday *Minnesota — 589 new cases, 805 yesterday *Ohio — 729 new cases, 618 yesterday *Indiana — 537 new cases, 726 yesterday *Wisconsin — 116 new cases, 232 yesterday *Missouri — 207 new cases, 307 yesterday Six of the western states account for 9.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 94: *Arizona — 209 new cases, 482 yesterday *Utah — 164 new cases, 242 yesterday *Colorado — 689 new cases, 630 yesterday *Washington — 841 new cases, 738 yesterday *Oregon — 198 new cases, 505 yesterday *Nevada — 182 new cases, 177 yesterday !! Monday, May 17, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.92 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.12 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.62 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,803,705 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.2 percent or 415,958 cases, 1.3 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 554,026 individuals ... 505,097with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 48,929 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.0 percent or 31,833,721 individuals, 97.0 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 273,545,207 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., with 157,485,596 individuals having been vaccinated, and 78.3 percent (123,282,685) of those having received two vaccines Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 24,834 individuals *Total active cases declined by 14,085 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 813,508, for a total of 466,056,452 *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 289, compared to the 499 deaths that posted yesterday. Of the 499 deaths, 26 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases increased by 3,855, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.93 percentof total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 38,630 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 529 new active cases *6,960,793 vaccines have been administered *There are currently 9,272 active COVID-19 cases Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,053 active cases today, 1,101 yesterday *DeKalb County — 699 active cases today, 725 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 664 active cases today, 693 yesterday *Cobb County — 663 active cases today, 703 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 82 active cases today… 84 yesterday *Oconee County — 18 active cases today, 20 yesterday *Barrow County — 104 active cases today, 104 yesterday *Jackson County — 58 active cases today, 56 yesterday *Hall County — 207 active cases today, 213 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 16.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 59: *California — 739 new cases, 1,903 yesterday *Texas — 862 new cases, 919 yesterday *Florida — 2,482 new cases, 3,319 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 10.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 68: *Georgia — 529 new cases, 730 yesterday *Tennessee — 238 new cases, 430 yesterday *Kentucky — 287 new cases, 484 yesterday *South Carolina — 483 new cases, 529 yesterday *North Carolina — 733 new cases, 1,251 yesterday *Alabama — 69 new cases, 493 yesterday *Mississippi — 29 new cases, 130 yesterday *Louisiana — 214 new cases, 338 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 18.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 91: *New York — 1,991 new cases, 1,624 yesterday *New Jersey — 269 new cases, 646 yesterday *Massachusetts — 549 new cases, 1,153 yesterday *Connecticut — 205 new cases, 204 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 887 new cases, 1,737 yesterday *Virginia — 280 new cases, 685 yesterday *Maryland — 369 new cases, 378 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 23.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 135: *Illinois — 1,248 new cases, 1,513 yesterday *Michigan — 1,827 new cases, 1,491 yesterday *Minnesota — 805 new cases ... 872 yesterday *Ohio — 618 new cases, 919 yesterday *Indiana — 726 new cases, 798 yesterday *Wisconsin — 232 new cases, 550 yesterday *Missouri — 307 new cases, 432 yesterday Six of the western states account for 11.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 114: *Arizona — 482 new cases, 798 yesterday *Utah — 242 new cases, 322 yesterday *Colorado — 630 new cases, 1,272 yesterday *Washington — 738 new cases, 789 yesterday *Oregon — 505 new cases, 637 yesterday *Nevada — 177 new cases, 203 yesterday !! Sunday, May 16, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning:, *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.91 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.13 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.61 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,778,871 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.3 percent or 430,043 cases, 1.4 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 553,737 individuals... 504,834 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,903 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by 97.0 percent or 31,741,087 individuals, 96.9 percent yesterday Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 33,648 individuals *Total active cases declined by 20,855 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,215,402 tests, for a total of 465,224,944 *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 499, compared to the 733 deaths that posted yesterday. Of the 499 deaths, 45 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 3,892, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.91 percentof total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 52,004 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 730 new active cases *There are currently 9,559 active COVID-19 cases, or 0.09 percent of the population Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,101 active cases today, 1,182 yesterday *DeKalb County — 725 active cases today, 772 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 693 active cases today, 748 yesterday *Cobb County — 703 active cases today, 765 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 84 active cases today, 86 yesterday *Oconee County — 20 active cases today, 21 yesterday *Barrow County — 104 active cases today, 115 yesterday *Jackson County — 56 active cases today, 59 yesterday *Hall County — 213 active cases today, 219 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 16.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 58: *California — 1,903 new cases, 1,955 yesterday *Texas — 919 new cases, 2,626 yesterday *Florida — 3,319 new cases, 4,064 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 84: *Georgia — 730 new cases, 918 yesterday *Tennessee — 430 new cases, 627 yesterday *Kentucky — 484 new cases, 553 yesterday *South Carolina — 529 new cases, 620 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,251 new cases, 1,501 yesterday *Alabama — 493 new cases, 810 yesterday *Mississippi — 130 new cases, 201 yesterday *Louisiana — 338 new cases, 421 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 95: *New York — 1,624 new cases, 2,360 yesterday *New Jersey — 646 new cases, 323 yesterday *Massachusetts — 1,153 new cases, 429 yesterday *Connecticut — 204 new cases, 365 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,737 new cases, 1,643 yesterday *Virginia — 685 new cases, 493 yesterday *Maryland — 378 new cases, 512 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 19.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 113: *Illinois — 1,513 new cases, 1,841 yesterday *Minnesota — 872 new cases, 1,305 yesterday *Ohio — 919 new cases, 1,014 yesterday *Indiana — 798 new cases, 899 yesterday *Wisconsin — 550 new cases, 513 yesterday *Missouri — 432 new cases, 463 yesterday Six of the western states account for 11.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 113: *Arizona — 798 new cases, 854 yesterday *Utah — 322 new cases, 336 yesterday *Colorado — 1,272 new cases, 1,565 yesterday *Washington — 789 new cases, 2,372 yesterday *Oregon — 637 new cases, 810 yesterday *Nevada — 203 new cases, 389 yesterday !! Saturday, May 15, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.80 percent of the population of the United States *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.14 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.60 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,745,223 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.4 percent or 450,898 cases, 1.4 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 553,238 individuals... 504,380 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,858 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors — 96.9 percent or 31,741,087 individuals, 96.9 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 266,596,486 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. A total of 154,624,231 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. with 77.0 percent having received two vaccines (118,987,308). The total number of individual receiving at least one vaccine represents 46.7 percent of the U.S. population (330,946,030). Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 39,095 individuals *Total active cases declined by 21,508 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,214,242 tests, for a total of 464,009,542 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 733, compared to the 762 deaths posted yesterday *ICU cases increased by 4,006, the number of intensive care unit cases represents0.88 percent of total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 59,874 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 918 new active cases *6,960,793 vaccines have been administered *There are currently 10,068 active COVID-19 cases Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,182 active cases today, 1,229 yesterday; 0.11 percent of the county population *DeKalb County — 773 active cases today, 792 yesterday; 0.10 percent of the county population *Gwinnett County — 748 active cases today, 791 yesterday; 0.08 percent of the county population *Cobb County — 765 active cases today, 812 yesterday; 0.10 percent of the county population *Athens-Clarke — 86 active cases today, 92 yesterday; 0.07 percent of the county population *Oconee County — 21 active cases today, 19 yesterday; 0.05 percent of the county population *Barrow County — 115 active cases today, 116 yesterday; 0.13 percent of the county population *Jackson County — 59 active cases today, 61 yesterday; 0.08 percent of the county population *Hall County — 216 active cases today, 224 yesterday; 0.10 percent of the county population Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 19.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 72: *California — 1,903 new cases, 1,955 yesterday *Texas — 2,303 new cases, 2,626 yesterday *Florida — 3.590 new cases, 4,064 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 14.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 94: *Georgia — 918 new cases, 1,114 yesterday *Tennessee — 627 new cases, 841 yesterday *Kentucky — 553 new cases, 672 yesterday *South Carolina — 620 new cases, 356 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,501 new cases, 1,394 yesterday *Alabama — 810 new cases, 838 yesterday *Mississippi — 201 new cases, 362 yesterday *Louisiana — 421 new cases, 415 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 18.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 93: *New York — 2,360 new cases, 2,515 yesterday *New Jersey — 323 new cases, 428 yesterday *Massachusetts — 429 new cases, 721 yesterday *Connecticut — 365 new cases, 471 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,643 new cases, 2,563 yesterday *Virginia — 493 new cases …579 yesterday *Maryland — 512 new cases, 474 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 20.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 121: *Illinois — 1,841 new cases, 1,918 yesterday *Michigan — 2,102 new cases, 2,370 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,305 new cases ... 1,009 yesterday *Ohio — 1,014 new cases, 1,161 yesterday *Indiana — 899 new cases, 882 yesterday *Wisconsin — 513 new cases, 485 yesterday *Missouri — 463 new cases, 619 yesterday Six of the western states account for 16.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 167: *Arizona — 854 new cases, 544 yesterday *Utah — 336 new cases, 418 yesterday *Colorado — 1,565 new cases, 1,846 yesterday *Washington — 2,372 new cases, 1,335 yesterday *Oregon — 810 new cases, 718 yesterday *Nevada — 389 new cases, 436 yesterday !! Friday, May 14, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.88 percent of the population of the United States *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.14 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.57 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,706,128 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.4 percent or 472,406 cases, 1.5 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 552,505 individuals... 503,720 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,785 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors — 96.9 percent or 31,681,213 individuals, 96.8 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 264,680,844 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. A total of 153,989,312 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. with 76.4 percent having received two vaccines (117,674,439). The total number of individual receiving at least one vaccine represents 46.5 percent of the U.S. population (330,946,030). Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 39,825 individuals *Total active cases declined by 20,149 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,318,867 tests, with 3.6 percent posting active in a 7-day rolling average tracked by John Hopkins *A total of 462,795,300 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 762, compared to the 841 deaths posted yesterday, of the 762 deaths posted yesterday, 52 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases increased by 4,230, the number of intensive care unit cases represents0.86 percent of total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 59,208 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 1,114 new active cases *6,909,908 vaccines have been administered *There are currently 10,474 active COVID-19 cases Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,229 active cases today, 1,238 yesterday *DeKalb County — 792 active cases today, 811 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 791 active cases today, 836 yesterday *Cobb County — 812 active cases today, 839 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 92 active cases today, 90 yesterday *Oconee County — 19 active cases today, 20 yesterday *Barrow County — 116 active cases today, 104 yesterday *Jackson County — 61 active cases today, 63 yesterday *Hall County — 224 active cases today, 222 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 21.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 78: *California — 1,955 new cases, 1,465 yesterday *Texas — 2,626 new cases, 2,466 yesterday *Florida — 4,064 new cases, 3,184 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 15.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 97: *Georgia — 1,114 new cases, 921 yesterday *Tennessee — 841 new cases, 669 yesterday *Kentucky — 672 new cases, 677 yesterday *South Carolina — 356 new cases, 382 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,394 new cases, 1,493 yesterday *Alabama — 838 new cases, 347 yesterday *Mississippi — 362 new cases, 205 yesterday *Louisiana — 415 new cases, 480 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 97: *New York — 2,515 new cases, 1,989 yesterday *New Jersey — 428 new cases, 486 yesterday *Massachusetts — 721 new cases, 760 yesterday *Connecticut — 471 new cases, 187 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,563 new cases, 1,882 yesterday *Virginia — 579 new cases …561 yesterday *Maryland — 474 new cases, 471 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 123: *Illinois — 1,918 new cases, 1,795 yesterday *Michigan — 2,370 new cases, 2,765 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,009 new cases ... 908 yesterday *Ohio — 1,161 new cases, 1,449 yesterday *Indiana — 882 new cases, 841 yesterday *Wisconsin — 485 new cases, 558 yesterday *Missouri — 619 new cases, 522 yesterday + Six of the western states account for 13.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 137: *Arizona — 544 new cases, 469 yesterday *Utah — 418 new cases, 468 yesterday *Colorado — 1,846 new cases, 1,213 yesterday *Washington — 1,335 new cases, 1,104 yesterday *Oregon — 718 new cases, 598 yesterday *Nevada — 436 new cases, 464 yesterday !! Thursday, May 13, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.87 percent of the population of the United States *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.15 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.55 percent of the U.S. population The 32,666,303 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.5 percent or 492,555 cases, 1.6 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 551,743 individuals... 503,030 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,713 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors — 96.8 percent or 31,622,005 individuals, 96.7 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 263,162,561 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. A total of 153,448,316 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. — that is more individuals than received a flu shot in the U.S. in 2019, the record-breaking year of the most flu shots administered — with 75.6 percent having received two vaccines (116,576,359). The number of individuals receiving a vaccine continues to grow by close to a million folks every day. The total number of individual receiving at least one vaccine represents 46.4 percent of the U.S. population (330,946,030). Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 35,816 individuals *Total active cases declined by 21,449 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,075,947 tests, for a *A total of 461,476,433 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 841, compared to the 743 deaths posted yesterday, of the 841 deaths posted yesterday, 84 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 4,228, the number of intensive care unit cases represents0.86 percent of total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 556,394 individuals In Georgia: *New coronavirus cases increased by 921 new active cases *6,867,030 vaccines have been administered *There are currently 10,682 active COVID-19 cases Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,238 active cases today, 1,278 yesterday *DeKalb County — 811 active cases today, 824 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 836 active cases today, 883 yesterday *Cobb County — 839 active cases today, 851 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 90 active cases today, 96 yesterday *Oconee County — 20 active cases today, 20 yesterday *Barrow County — 104 active cases today, 104 yesterday *Jackson County — 63 active cases today, 64 yesterday *Hall County — 222 active cases today, 230 yesterday Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 19.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 72: *California — 1,465 new cases, 1,497 yesterday *Texas — 2,466 new cases, 2,973 yesterday *Florida — 3,184 new cases, 3,263 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 14.4 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 94: *Georgia — 921 new cases, 958 yesterday *Tennessee — 669 new cases, 655 yesterday *Kentucky — 677 new cases, 757 yesterday *South Carolina — 382 new cases, 287 yesterday *North Carolina — 1.493 new cases, 699 yesterday *Alabama — 347 new cases, 310 yesterday *Mississippi — 205 new cases, 267 yesterday *Louisiana — 480 new cases, 649 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 17.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 88: *New York — 1,989 new cases, 1,787 yesterday *New Jersey — 486 new cases, 561 yesterday *Massachusetts — 760 new cases, 555 yesterday *Connecticut — 187 new cases, 409 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,882 new cases, 2,217 yesterday *Virginia — 561 new cases …600 yesterday *Maryland — 471 new cases, 399 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 24.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 144: *Illinois — 1,795 new cases, 1,562 yesterday *Michigan — 2,765 new cases, 2,668 yesterday *Minnesota — 908 new cases ... 575 yesterday *Ohio — 1,449 new cases, 1,411 yesterday *Indiana — 841 new cases, 663 yesterday *Wisconsin — 558 new cases, 517 yesterday *Missouri — 522 new cases, 399 yesterday Six of the western states account for 12.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 125: *Arizona — 469 new cases, 683 yesterday *Utah — 468 new cases, 224 yesterday *Colorado — 1,213 new cases, 1,284 yesterday *Washington — 1,104 new cases, 1,211 yesterday *Oregon — 598 new cases, 642 yesterday *Nevada — 464 new cases, 470 yesterday !! Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Moving forward, the vaccination numbers and their respective percentages provided will be based on adults. Children as young as six-years-old can now receive COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States. As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.86 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.15 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.54 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,630,487 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.6 percent or 513,974 cases, 1.6 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 550,902 individuals... 501,273 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,629 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.7 percent or 31,565,611 individuals, 96.7 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 261,599,381 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,838,037 in Georgia A total of 152,819,904 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. with 75.6 percent having received two vaccines (115,530,780). In Georgia, 35.6 percent of the state population have received at least one vaccine. Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 34,904 individuals *Total active cases declined by 17,845 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 979,552, for a total of 460,400,486 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 743, compared to the 370 deaths posted yesterday *ICU cases posted at 4,596, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.89 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 52,006 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 958 new active cases, the number of cases represents 2.7 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 82, that compares an index of 45 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,278 cases today, 1,285 yesterday *DeKalb County — 824 cases today, 851 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 883 cases today, 904 yesterday *Cobb County — 851 cases today, 857 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 96 active cases today… 97 yesterday *Oconee County — 20 cases today, 19 yesterday *Barrow County — 104 cases today, 112 yesterday *Jackson County — 64 cases today, 63 yesterday *Hall County — 230 cases today, 236 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 11,017 active COVID-19 cases, 0.10 percent of the population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 22.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 80: *California — 1,497 new cases, 2,152 yesterday *Texas — 2,973 new cases, 2,235 yesterday *Florida — 3,263 new cases, 2,296 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 12.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 80: *Georgia — 958 new cases, 460 yesterday *Tennessee — 655 new cases, 382 yesterday *Kentucky — 757 new cases, 155 yesterday *South Carolina — 287 new cases, 415 yesterday *North Carolina — 699 new cases, 974 yesterday *Alabama — 310 new cases, 106 yesterday *Mississippi — 267 new cases, 509 yesterday *Louisiana — 649 new cases, 905 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 18.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 93: *New York — 1,787 new cases, 1,932 yesterday *New Jersey — 561 new cases, 152 yesterday *Massachusetts — 555 new cases, 474 yesterday *Connecticut — 409 new cases, 827 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,217 new cases, 1,681 yesterday *Virginia — 600 new cases …336 yesterday *Maryland — 399 new cases, 276 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 22.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 130: *Illinois — 1,562 new cases, 1,421 yesterday *Michigan — 2,668 new cases, 1,494 yesterday *Minnesota — 575 new cases, 1,190 yesterday *Ohio — 1,411 new cases, 713 yesterday *Indiana — 663 new cases, 590 yesterday *Wisconsin — 517 new cases, 205 yesterday *Missouri — 399 new cases, 256 yesterday Six of the western states account for 12.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 133: *Arizona — 683 new cases, 642 yesterday *Utah — 224 new cases, 207 yesterday *Colorado — 1,284 new cases, 881 yesterday *Washington — 1,211 new cases, 1,754 yesterday *Oregon — 642 new cases, 369 yesterday *Nevada — 470 new cases, 266 yesterday !! Tuesday, May 11, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.85 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.16 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.52 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,595,583 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.6 percent or 531,819 cases, 1.7 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 550,159 individuals, 500,605 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,554 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.7 percent or 31,513,605 individuals, 96.6 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 259,716,989 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,799,470 in Georgia Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 30,152 individuals *Total active cases declined by 16,203 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,252,631, for a total of 459,420,934 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 370, compared to the 241 deaths posted yesterday... of the 370 deaths declared yesterday, 33 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases posted at 4,636, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.89 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 47,503 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 460 new active cases . , the number of cases represents 1.5 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 45, that compares an index of 61 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,285 cases today, 1,322 yesterday *DeKalb County — 851 cases today, 865 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 904 cases today, 932 yesterday *Cobb County — 857 cases today, 890 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 97 active cases today… 99 yesterday *Oconee County — 19 cases today, 21 yesterday *Barrow County — 112 cases today, 117 yesterday *Jackson County — 63 cases today, 69 yesterday *Hall County — 236 cases today, 229 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 11,098 active COVID-19 cases, 0.10 percent of the population 99.90. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 22.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 80: *California — 2,152 new cases, 1,018 yesterday *Texas — 2,235 new cases, 1,039 yesterday *Florida — 2,296 new cases, 3,231 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 84: *Georgia — 460 new cases, 628 yesterday *Tennessee — 382 new cases, 320 yesterday *Kentucky — 155 new cases, 195 yesterday *South Carolina — 415 new cases, 521 yesterday *North Carolina — 974 new cases, 1,001 yesterday *Alabama — 106 new cases, 244 yesterday *Mississippi — 509 new cases, 114 yesterday *Louisiana — 905 new cases, 302 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 97: *New York — 1,932 new cases, 2,237 yesterday *New Jersey — 152 new cases, 332 yesterday *Massachusetts — 474 new cases, 878 yesterday *Connecticut — 827 new cases, 303 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,681 new cases, 1,112 yesterday *Virginia — 336 new cases …539 yesterday *Maryland — 276 new cases, 434 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 19.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 113: *Illinois — 1,421 new cases, 1,741 yesterday *Michigan — 1,494 new cases, 1,793 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,190 new cases, 803 yesterday *Ohio — 713 new cases, 794 yesterday *Indiana — 590 new cases, 905 yesterday *Wisconsin — 205 new cases, 308 yesterday *Missouri — 256 new cases, 355 yesterday Six of the western states account for 13.7 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 141: *Arizona — 642 new cases, 448 yesterday *Utah — 207 new cases, 232 yesterday *Colorado — 881 new cases, 927 yesterday *Washington — 1,754 new cases, 869 yesterday *Oregon — 369 new cases, 601 yesterday *Nevada — 266 new cases, 109 yesterday !! Monday, May 10, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.84 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.17 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.51 percent of the U.S. population The 32,533,231 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.7 percent or 548,022 cases, 1.8 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 549,789 individuals... 500,268 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,521 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.6 percent or 31,466,102 individuals, 96.5 percent yesterday (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 30,200 individuals *Total active cases declined by 17,857 cases *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 241, compared to the 648 deaths posted yesterday, of the 241 deaths declared yesterday, 20 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases posted at 4,877, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.89 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 44,936 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 628 new active cases. , the number of cases represents 2.0 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 61… that compares an index of 82 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,32 cases today, 1,363 yesterday *DeKalb County — 865 cases today, 889 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 932 cases today, 960 yesterday *Cobb County — 890 cases today, 915 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 99 active cases today… 102 yesterday *Oconee County — 21 cases today, 23 yesterday *Barrow County — 117 cases today, 126 yesterday *Jackson County — 69 cases today, 70 yesterday *Hall County — 229 cases today, 231 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 11,396 active COVID-19 cases, 0.10 percent of the population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 17.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 63: *California — 1,018 new cases, 1,230 yesterday *Texas — 1,039 new cases, 1,542 yesterday *Florida — 3,231 new cases, 3,877 yesterdays Eight of the southern states account for 11.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 71: *Georgia — 628 new cases, 992 yesterday *Tennessee — 320 new cases, 433 yesterday *Kentucky — 195 new cases, 422 yesterday *South Carolina — 521 new cases, 620 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,001 new cases, 1,220 yesterday *Alabama — 244 new cases, 317 yesterday *Mississippi — 114 new cases, 53 yesterday *Louisiana — 302 new cases, 298 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 96: *New York — 2,237 new cases, 3,220 yesterday *New Jersey — 332 new cases, 650 yesterday *Massachusetts — 878 new cases, 795 yesterday *Connecticut — 303 new cases, 330 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 1,112 new cases, 2,345 yesterday *Virginia — 539 new cases …744 yesterday *Maryland — 434 new cases, 496 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 22.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 129: *Illinois — 1,741 new cases, 1,729 yesterday *Michigan — 2,577 new cases, 2,577 yesterday *Minnesota — 803 new cases, 1,282 yesterday *Ohio — 794 new cases, 1,243 yesterday *Indiana — 905 new cases, 907 yesterday *Wisconsin — 308 new cases, 493 yesterday *Missouri — 355 new cases, 331 yesterday Six of the western states account for 10.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 115: *Arizona — 448 new cases, 739 yesterday *Utah — 232 new cases, 240 yesterday *Colorado — 927 new cases, 1,433 yesterday *Washington — 869 new cases, 1,349 yesterday *Oregon — 601 new cases, 818 yesterday *Nevada — 109 new cases, 139 yesterday !! Sunday, May 9, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.83 percent of the U.S. population. *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.17 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.49 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,533,231 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.7 percent or 562,517 cases, 1.8 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 549,548 individuals... 500,047 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,501 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.6 percent or 31,421,166 individuals, 96.5 percent yesterday (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 35,755 individuals *Total active cases declined by 17,857 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,304,842, for total of 457,294,673 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 648, compared to the 777 deaths posted yesterday... of the 648 deaths declared yesterday, 58 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases posted at 4,902, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.87 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 52,964 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 982 new active cases . , the number of cases represents 2.7 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 82, that compares an index of 76 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,363 cases today, 1,439 yesterday *DeKalb County — 889 cases today, 897 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 960 cases today, 1,029 yesterday *Cobb County — 915 cases today, 936 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 102 active cases today, 106 yesterday *Oconee County — 23 cases today, 30 yesterday *Barrow County — 126 cases today, 128 yesterday *Jackson County — 70 cases today, 74 yesterday *Hall County — 231 cases today, 228 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 11,639 active COVID-19 cases, 0.11 percent of the population 99.89 percent. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 18.6 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 67: *California — 1,230 new cases, 2,166 yesterday *Texas — 1,542 new cases, 2,600 yesterday *Florida — 3,877 new cases, 4,165 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 12.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 78: *Georgia — 992 new cases, 1,249 yesterday *Tennessee — 433 new cases, 769 yesterday *Kentucky — 422 new cases, 633 yesterday *South Carolina — 620 new cases, 867 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,220 new cases, 1,932 yesterday *Alabama — 317 new cases, 314 yesterday *Mississippi — 53 new cases, 240 yesterday *Louisiana — 298 new cases, 563 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 24.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 119: *New York — 3,220 new cases, 2,701 yesterday *New Jersey — 650 new cases, 967 yesterday *Massachusetts — 795 new cases, 976 yesterday *Connecticut — 330 new cases, 436 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,345 new cases, 2,647 yesterday *Virginia — 744 new cases …938 yesterday *Maryland — 496 new cases, 768 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 23.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 139: *Illinois — 1,729 new cases, 3,321 yesterday *Michigan — 2.577 new cases, 3,367 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,282 new cases, 1,450 yesterday *Ohio — 1,243 new cases, 1,397 yesterday *Indiana — 907 new cases, 1,164 yesterday *Wisconsin — 493 new cases, 662 yesterday *Missouri — 331 new cases, 601 yesterday Six of the western states account for 13.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 135: *Arizona — 739 new cases, 820 yesterday *Utah — 240 new cases, 386 yesterday *Colorado — 1,433 new cases, 1,402 yesterday *Washington — 1,349 new cases, 1,455 yesterday *Oregon — 818 new cases, 824 yesterday *Nevada — 139 new cases, 498 yesterday !! Saturday, May 8, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.82 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.18 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.48 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,497,476 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.8 percent or 580,374 cases, 1.8 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 548,900, 499,457 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,443 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.5 percent or 31,368,202 individuals, 96.5 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 251,973,752 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,552,673 in Georgia A total of 149,462,265 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. with 72.9 percent having received two vaccines (108,926,627). Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 49,491 individuals *Total active cases declined by 17,801 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,536,629, for a total of 455,989,831 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 777, compared to the 860 deaths posted yesterday... of the 777 deaths declared yesterday, 70 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases posted at 5,008, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.86 percent of the total active cases. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 66,515 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 1,249 new active cases . , the number of cases represents 2.5 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 76, that compares an index of 76 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,439 cases today, 1,472 yesterday *DeKalb County — 897 cases today, 927 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,029 cases today, 1,094 yesterday *Cobb County — 936 cases today, 951 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 106 active cases today… 113 yesterday *Oconee County — 30 cases today, 32 yesterday *Barrow County — 128 cases today, 144 yesterday *Jackson County — 74 cases today, 77 yesterday *Hall County — 228 cases today, 228 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 12,001 active COVID-19 cases. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 18.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 65: *California — 2,166 new cases, 2,582 yesterday *Texas — 2,600 new cases, 2,724 yesterday *Florida — 4,165 new cases, 4,504 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.3 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 86: *Georgia — 1,249 new cases, 1,213 yesterday *Tennessee — 769 new cases, 1,187 yesterday *Kentucky — 633 new cases, 653 yesterday *South Carolina — 867 new cases, 671 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,932 new cases, 1,798 yesterday *Alabama — 314 new cases, 436 yesterday *Mississippi — 240 new cases, 214 yesterday *Louisiana — 563 new cases, 407 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 19.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 95: *New York — 2,701 new cases, 2,964 yesterday *New Jersey — 967 new cases, 1,413 yesterday *Massachusetts — 976 new cases, 1,161 yesterday *Connecticut — 436 new cases, 711 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,647 new cases, 3,268 yesterday *Virginia — 938 new cases …856 yesterday *Maryland — 768 new cases, 578 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 24.2 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 138: *Illinois — 3,321 new cases, 1,778 yesterday *Michigan — 3,367 new cases, 4,113 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,450 new cases, 1,651 yesterday *Ohio — 1,397 new cases, 1,387 yesterday *Indiana — 1,164 new cases, 1,247 yesterday *Wisconsin — 662 new cases, 667 yesterday *Missouri — 601 new cases, 629 yesterday Six of the western states account for 10.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 112: *Arizona — 820 new cases, 601 yesterday *Utah — 386 new cases, 395 yesterday *Colorado — 1,402 new cases, 1,563 yesterday *Washington — 1,445 new cases, 1,139 yesterday *Oregon — 824 new cases, 745 yesterday *Nevada — 498 new cases, 394 yesterday + !!Friday, May 7, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.80 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.18 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.46 percent of the U.S. population The 32,447,985 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.8 percent or 598,175 cases, 1.9 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 548,123... 498,750 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,373 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors —96.5 percent or 31,301,687 individuals, 96.4 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 249,566,820 vaccines have been administered in the U.S... 6,503,909 in Georgia A total of 148,562,891 individuals have been vaccinated in the U.S. with 72.3 percent having received two vaccines (107,346,533). Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 47,819 individuals *Total active cases declined by 20,111 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,372,147, for a total of 454,453,202 tests *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 860, compared to the 743 deaths posted yesterday... of the 860 deaths declared yesterday, 87 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases posted at 5,133, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.86 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 67,070 individuals In Georgia, new coronavirus cases increased by 1,213 new active cases . , the number of cases represents 2.5 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 76, that compares to 2.1 percent and index of 64 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,472 cases today, 1,478 yesterday *DeKalb County — 927 cases today, 941 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,094 cases today, 1,152 yesterday *Cobb County — 951 cases today, 940 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 113 active cases today… 125 yesterday *Oconee County — 32 cases today, 33 yesterday *Barrow County — 144 cases today, 152 yesterday *Jackson County — 77 cases today, 77 yesterday *Hall County — 228 cases today, 224 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 12,398 active COVID-19 cases. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 20.5 percent of the new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 74: *California — 2,582 new cases, 1,557 yesterday *Texas — 2,724 new cases, 2,384 yesterday *Florida — 4,504 new cases, 4,394 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 13.8 percent of the new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 90: *Georgia — 1,213 new cases, 993 yesterday *Tennessee — 1,187 new cases, 907 yesterday *Kentucky — 653 new cases, 704 yesterday *South Carolina — 671 new cases, 622 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,798 new cases, 1,468 yesterday *Alabama — 436 new cases, 331 yesterday *Mississippi — 214 new cases, 104 yesterday *Louisiana — 407 new cases, 460 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 22.9 percent of the new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 114: *New York — 2,964 new cases, 2,511 yesterday *New Jersey — 1,413 new cases, 2,528 yesterday *Massachusetts — 1,161 new cases, 1,019 yesterday *Connecticut — 711 new cases, 609 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 3,268 new cases, 2,387 yesterday *Virginia — 856 new cases …842 yesterday *Maryland — 578 new cases, 679 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 24.0 percent of the new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 137: *Illinois — 1,778 new cases, 2,410 yesterday *Michigan — 4,113 new cases, 3,047 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,651 new cases, 1,244 yesterday *Ohio — 1,387 new cases, 1,450 yesterday *Indiana — 1,247 new cases, 1,179 yesterday *Wisconsin — 667 new cases, 639 yesterday *Missouri — 629 new cases, 633 yesterday Six of the western states account for 10.1 percent of the new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 104: *Arizona — 601 new cases, 742 yesterday *Utah — 395 new cases, 480 yesterday *Colorado — 1,563 new cases, 1,611 yesterday *Washington — 1,139 new cases, 1,395 yesterday *Oregon — 745 new cases, 252 yesterday *Nevada — 394 new cases, 373 yesterday + !!Thursday, May 6, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.79 percent of the population of the United States *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.19 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.44 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,400,166 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 1.9 percent or 618,286 cases, 1.9 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 547,263 ... 497,977 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,286 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by — 96.4 percent or 31,234,617 individuals, 96.3 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 247,769,049 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,503,909 in GA Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 46,129 individuals *Total active cases declined by 19,506 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,834,660, with 3.8 percent testing positive, for a total of 453,081,055 tests having been conducted in the U.S. *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 743, compared to 853 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 743 deaths declared yesterday, 67 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 5,644, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.91 percent of the total active cases. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 64,892 individuals Georgia posted 993 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 2.1 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 64, that compares to an index of 69 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,478 active cases today, 1,510 yesterday *DeKalb County — 941 active cases today, 955 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,152 active cases today, 1,202 yesterday *Cobb County — 940 active cases today, 947 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 125 active cases today, 120 yesterday *Oconee County — 33 active cases today, 36 yesterday *Barrow County — 152 active cases today, 165 yesterday *Jackson County — 77 active cases today, 81 yesterday *Hall County — 224 active cases today, 230 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 12,468 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.11 percent of the state's population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 18.1 percent of new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 65: *California — 1,557 new cases, 2,364 yesterday *Texas — 2,384 new cases, 3,376 yesterday *Florida — 4,394 new cases, 3,076 yesterdays Eight of the southern states account for 12.1 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 79: *Georgia — 993 new cases, 1,178 yesterday *Tennessee — 907 new cases, 542 yesterday *Kentucky — 704 new cases, 771 yesterday *South Carolina — 622 new cases, 427 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,468 new cases, 981 yesterday *Alabama — 331 new cases, 183 yesterday *Mississippi — 104 new cases, 208 yesterday *Louisiana — 460 new cases, 991 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 22.9 percent of new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 114: *New York — 2,511 new cases, 2,480 yesterday *New Jersey — 2,528 new cases, 1,004 yesterday *Massachusetts — 1,019 new cases, 854 yesterday *Connecticut — 609 new cases, 417 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,387 new cases, 2,656 yesterday *Virginia — 842 new cases, 771 yesterday *Maryland — 679 new cases, 501 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 125: *Illinois — 2,410 new cases, 2,211 yesterday *Michigan — 3,047 new cases, 3,120 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,244 new cases ... 995 yesterday *Ohio — 1,450 new cases, 1,285 yesterday *Indiana — 1,179 new cases, 771 yesterday *Wisconsin — 639 new cases, 721 yesterday *Missouri — 633 new cases, 510 yesterday Six of the western states account for 10.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 108: *Arizona — 742 new cases, 701 yesterday *Utah — 480 new cases, 259 yesterday *Colorado — 1,611 new cases, 1,519 yesterday *Washington — 1,395 new cases, 1,335 yesterday *Oregon — 252 new cases, 734 yesterday *Nevada — 373 new cases, 476 yesterday !! Wednesday, May 5, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.78 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.19 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.42 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,354,037 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 2.0 percent or 637,792 cases, 2.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 546,520 ... 497,301 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,219 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by —96.3 percent or 31,169,725 individuals, 96.2 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 246,780,203 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,461,734 in GA Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 42,354 individuals *Total active cases declined by 18,504 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 959,207, with 3.9 percent testing positive, for a total of 451,246,395 tests having been conducted in the U.S. *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 853, compared to 445 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 853 deaths declared yesterday, 77 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 5,889, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.91 percent of the total active cases. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 60,005 individuals Georgia posted 1,178 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 2.3 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 69, that compares to 2.5 percent and index of 67 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,510 active cases today, 1,519 yesterday *DeKalb County — 955 active cases today, 958 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,202 active cases today, 1,232 yesterday *Cobb County — 947 active cases today, 956 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 120 active cases today, 123 yesterday ... 7 of the 120 are UGA students *Oconee County — 36 active cases today, 37 yesterday *Barrow County — 165 active cases today, 168 yesterday *Jackson County — 81 active cases today, 86 yesterday *Hall County — 230 active cases today, 227 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 12,714 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.12 percent of the state's population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 20.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 75: *California — 2,238 new cases, 2,364 yesterday *Texas — 2,857 new cases, 3,376 yesterday *Florida — 3,682 new cases, 3,076 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 12.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 81: *Georgia — 1,178 new cases, 870 yesterday *Tennessee — 542 new cases, 436 yesterday *Kentucky — 772 new cases, 310 yesterday *South Carolina — 427 new cases, 521 yesterday *North Carolina — 981 new cases, 1,126 yesterday *Alabama — 183 new cases, 187 yesterday *Mississippi — 208 new cases, 500 yesterday *Louisiana — 997 new cases, 759 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 20.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 102: *New York — 2,480 new cases, 2,272 yesterday *New Jersey — 1,004 new cases, 983 yesterday *Massachusetts — 854 new cases, 563 yesterday *Connecticut — 417 new cases, 1,312 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,656 new cases, 2,268 yesterday *Virginia — 771 new cases, 611 yesterday *Maryland — 501 new cases, 520 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 22.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 132: *Illinois — 2,211 new cases, 2,049 yesterday *Michigan — 3,120 new cases, 2,779 yesterday ... 7.4 percent of total new case *Minnesota — 995 new cases ... 1,105 yesterday *Ohio — 1,285 new cases, 995 yesterday *Indiana — 771 new cases, 797 yesterday *Wisconsin — 721 new cases, 349 yesterday *Missouri — 510 new cases, 324 yesterday Six of the western states account for 11.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 121: *Arizona — 701 new cases, 652 yesterday *Utah — 259 new cases, 228 yesterday *Colorado — 1,519 new cases, 1,019 yesterday *Washington — 1,335 new cases, 2,533 yesterday *Oregon — 734 new cases, 533 yesterday *Nevada — 476 new cases, 267 yesterday !! Tuesday, May 4, 2021 Here are some interesting statistics: *Over 245 million COVID-19 vaccinations have been given in the U.S. *Close to 105 million individuals in the United States have received both COVID-19 vaccinations *Of the approximately 545,000 individuals who reportedly died “from COVID-19,” just under 50,000 died directly from COVID-19. In the other cases, pre-existing conditions played a role in the death *Nearly eight out-of-every ten individuals who died directly or indirectly from COVID-19 were age 65+ *Less than one half of 1 percent (0.43 percent) of individuals who died either directly or indirectly from COVID-19 were age 30 or less *There are currently 5,887 individuals in the U.S. hospitalized in intensive care in the U.S. ... they are occupying less than 5 percent of all intensive care hospital beds in the U.S. As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.76 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.20 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.40 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,311,683 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 2.0 percent or 656,296 cases, 2.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 544,667 ... 496,525 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,142 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by —96.3 percent or 31,109,720 individuals, 96.2 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 245,591,469 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,460,435 in GA. Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 39,938 individuals *Total active cases declined by 12,167 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,302,508, with 3.9 percent testing positive, for a total of 450,287,188 tests having been conducted in the U.S. *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 445, compared to 312 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 455 deaths declared yesterday, 40 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases increased by 5,887, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.90 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 51,650 individuals Georgia posted 870 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 2.2 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,519 active cases today, 1,509 yesterday *DeKalb County — 958 active cases today, 990 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,232 active cases today, 1,250 yesterday *Cobb County — 956 active cases today, 971 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 123 active cases today, 129 yesterday *Oconee County — 37 active cases today, 38 yesterday *Barrow County — 168 active cases today, 177 yesterday *Jackson County — 86 active cases today, 89 yesterday *Hall County — 227 active cases today, 227 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 12,954 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.12 percent of the state's population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 22.1 percent of new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 80: *California — 2,364 new cases, 2,294 yesterday *Texas — 3,376 new cases, 1,167 yesterday *Florida — 3,076 new cases, 3,841 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 11.8 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 77: *Georgia — 870 new cases, 1,202 yesterday *Tennessee — 436 new cases, 420 yesterday *Kentucky — 310 new cases, 368 yesterday *South Carolina — 521 new cases, 717 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,126 new cases, 1,295 yesterday *Alabama — 187 new cases, 288 yesterday *Mississippi — 500 new cases, 142 yesterday *Louisiana — 759 new cases, 233 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 21.6 percent of new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 107: *New York — 2,272 new cases, 2,905 yesterday *New Jersey — 983 new cases, 1,198 yesterday *Massachusetts — 563 new cases, 893 yesterday *Connecticut — 1,312 new cases, 599 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,368 new cases, 2,220 yesterday *Virginia — 611 new cases, 761 yesterday *Maryland — 520 new cases, 649 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 21.0 percent of new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 122: *Illinois — 2,049 new cases, 1,860 yesterday *Michigan — 2,779 new cases, 3,102 yesterday *Minnesota — 1,105 new cases ... 1,711 yesterday *Ohio — 995 new cases, 985 yesterday *Indiana — 797 new cases, 1,069 yesterday *Wisconsin — 349 new cases, 405 yesterday *Missouri — 324 new cases, 891 yesterday Six of the western states account for 12.9 percent of new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 133: *Arizona — 652 new cases, 356 yesterday *Utah — 228 new cases, 279 yesterday *Colorado — 1,019 new cases, 961 yesterday *Washington — 2,533 new cases, 144 yesterday *Oregon — 533 new cases, 747 yesterday *Nevada — 267 new cases, 493 yesterday !! Monday, May 3, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.75 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.20 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.38 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,271,745 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 2.1 percent or 668,453 cases, 2.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 545,222 ... 496,120 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,102 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by —96.2 percent or 31,058,070 individuals, 96.2 percent yesterday Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 38,630 individuals *Total active cases declined by 10,867 cases *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,251,998, with 4.0 percent testing positive, for a total of 448,984,680 tests having been conducted in the U.S. *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 312, compared to 664 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 312 deaths declared yesterday, 31 were a direct result of COVID-19 *ICU cases increased by 6,073, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.91 percent of the total active cases *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 49,181 individuals Georgia posted 1,202 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 3.1 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 93, that compares to 2.5 percent and index of 76 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,509 active cases today, 1,504 yesterday *DeKalb County — 990 active cases today, 986 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,250 active cases today, 1,261 yesterday *Cobb County — 971 active cases today, 955 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 129 active cases today, 127 yesterday *Oconee County — 38 active cases today, 37 yesterday *Barrow County — 177 active cases today, 175 yesterday *Jackson County — 89 active cases today, 91 yesterday *Hall County — 227 active cases today, 220 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 13,100 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.12 percent of the state's population. Across the country, the top three states with the most COVID-19 cases account for 18.9 percent of new cases, the states represent 27.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 59: *California — 2,294 new cases, 1,549 yesterday *Texas — 1,167 new cases, 1,780 yesterday *Florida — 3,841 new cases, 5,419 yesterday Eight of the southern states account for 11.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.4 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 75: *Georgia — 1,202 new cases, 1,288 yesterday *Tennessee — 420 new cases, 539 yesterday *Kentucky — 368 new cases, 644 yesterday *South Carolina — 717 new cases, 987 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,295 new cases, 1,822 yesterday *Alabama — 288 new cases, 387 yesterday *Mississippi — 142 new cases, 213 yesterday *Louisiana — 233 new cases, 459 yesterday Seven of the northeastern corridor states account for 24.0 percent of new cases, the states represent 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 119: *New York — 2,905 new cases, 3,824 yesterday ... 7.6 percent of total new cases *New Jersey — 1,198 new cases, 1,589 yesterday ... 3.1 percent of total new cases *Massachusetts — 893 new cases, 1,306 yesterday *Connecticut — 599 new cases, 492 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,220 new cases, 2,718 yesterday ... 6.3 percent of total new cases *Virginia — 761 new cases, 963 yesterday *Maryland — 649 new cases, 939 yesterday The Great Lakes states plus one account for 25.9 percent of new cases, the states represent 17.2 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 151: *Illinois — 1,860 new cases, 2,611 yesterday *Michigan — 3,102 new cases, 3,708 yesterday ... 8.0 percent of total new case *Minnesota — 1,711 new cases ... 1,712 yesterday *Ohio — 985 new cases, 1,707 yesterday *Indiana — 1,069 new cases, 1,152 yesterday *Wisconsin — 405 new cases, 675 yesterday *Missouri — 891 new cases, 648 yesterday Six of the western states account for 7.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 9.7 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 79: *Arizona — 356 new cases, 1,074 yesterday *Utah — 279 new cases, 410 yesterday *Colorado — 961 new cases, 1,838 yesterday *Washington — 144 new cases, 1,549 yesterday *Oregon — 747 new cases, 785 yesterday *Nevada — 493 new cases, 411 yesterday !! Sunday, May 2, 2021 Please note the reorganized state breakdown: *The three largest states will be grouped and Arizona will be removed *The south sentral states grouped below will no longer be in the reports: *Louisiana will be moved to the southern set of states *As much as Missouri is not a Great Lakes State, it will be moved to this group given its location adjacent to southern Illinois *Kentucky will be re-grouped with the southern states *Minnesota will be added to the Great Lakes group of states *A new group termed the Western Set is being added to reports tracking some key states like Colorado, Washington and Oregon. Arizona will be moved to this set of states As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.74 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.21 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.37 percent of the U.S. population (All survivor numbers reported are based on the 14-day U.S. universal recovery time) The 32,181,079 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 2.1 percent or 679,320 cases, 2.2 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 544,910 ... 495,839 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,071 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by —96.2 percent or 31,008,889 individuals, 96.2 percent yesterday Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 52,040 individuals *Total active cases declined by 11,629 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,105,485, with 3.9 percent testing positive, for a total of 447,732,682 tests having been conducted in the U.S. *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 664, compared to 870 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 870 deaths declared yesterday, 60 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 6,077, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.89 percent of the total active cases. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 63,005 individuals Georgia posted 1,288 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 2.5 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 76, that compares to the same percentage and index of 73 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,504 active cases today, 1,512 yesterday *DeKalb County — 986 active cases today, 1,022 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,261 active cases today, 1,319 yesterday *Cobb County — 955 active cases today, 989 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 127 active cases today, 141 yesterday *Oconee County — 37 active cases today, 42 yesterday *Barrow County — 175 active cases today, 167 yesterday *Jackson County — 91 active cases today, 91 yesterday *Hall County — 220 active cases today, 225 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 13,142 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.13 percent of the state's population who are tracked as active and 99.87 percent of the Statewide population who are tracked as not. Across the country, the four second wave states account for 18.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 29.9 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 62: *California — 1,549 new cases, 2,098 yesterday *Texas — 1,780 new cases, 3,383 yesterday *Florida — 5,419 new cases, 5,309 yesterday *Arizona — 874 new cases, 844 yesterday The six southeastern states account for 9.9 percent of new cases, the states represent 12.5 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 79: *Georgia — 1,288 new cases, 1,464 yesterday *Tennessee — 539 new cases, 958 yesterday *South Carolina — 987 new cases, 1,109 yesterday *North Carolina — 1,822 new cases, 2,231 yesterday *Alabama — 387 new cases, 409 yesterday *Mississippi — 213 new cases, 246 yesterday The seven northeastern corridor states account for 22.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 19.0 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 119: *New York — 3,824 new cases, 4,074 yesterday *New Jersey — 1,589 new cases, 1,858 yesterday *Massachusetts — 1,306 new cases, 1,335 yesterday *Connecticut — 492 new cases, 486 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 2,718 new cases, 4,462 yesterday *Virginia — 963 new cases, 1,259 yesterday *Maryland — 939 new cases, 942 yesterday The six Great Lakes states account for 20.2 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.5 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 130: *Illinois — 2,611 new cases, 3,207 yesterday *Michigan — 3,708 new cases, 3,836 yesterday *Ohio — 1,707 new cases, 1,541 yesterday *Kentucky — 644 new cases, 719 yesterday *Indiana — 1,152 new cases, 1,527 yesterday *Wisconsin — 675 new cases, 789 yesterday The five south central states account for 3.2 percent of new cases, the states represent 6.3 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 51: *Missouri — 648 new cases, 748 yesterday *Kansas — 62 new cases, 105 yesterday *Oklahoma — 239 new cases, 374 yesterday *Arkansas — 243 new cases, 196 yesterday *Louisiana — 459 new cases, 685 yesterday !! Saturday, May 1, 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. this morning: *The total number of tracked coronavirus cases represents 9.72 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of tracked active COVID-19 cases represents 0.21 percent of the U.S. population *The total number of COVID-19 survivors represents 9.35 percent of the U.S. population The 32,181,079 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having contracted the coronavirus to date break down as follows: *Active cases — 2.2 percent or 690,949 cases, 2.1 percent yesterday *Deaths — 1.7 percent or 544,246 ... 495,235 with COVID-19 complicating pre-existing conditions resulting in death, 49,011 with COVID-19 the direct cause of death *Survivors increased by —96.2 percent or 30,945,884 individuals, 96.1 percent yesterday *Vaccinations — 240,159,677 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., 6,306,091 in GA Nationwide, in the past 24 hours: *Coronavirus cases increased by 59,906 individuals *Total active cases declined by 22,648 cases. *Completed COVID-19 tests increased by 1,494,514, with 3.9 percent testing positive *Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 increased by 870, compared to 954 deaths that posted yesterday ... of the 870 deaths declared yesterday, 78 were a direct result of COVID-19. *ICU cases increased by 6,118, the number of intensive care unit cases represents 0.89 percent of the total active cases. *Survivors of COVID-19 increased by 81,770 individuals Georgia posted 1,464 new active cases, the number of Georgia cases represents 2.4 percent of total cases in the U.S. and Georgia accounts for 3.3 percent of the U.S. population. The COVID-19 new active case incidence level in Georgia indexes at 73, that compares to the same percentage and index of 73 yesterday. Below are the Georgia Department of Health numbers of total active COVID-19 cases — not the number of new cases — for counties in the metro Atlanta and greater Athens areas over the past 14 days as of 7:30 a.m. this morning: *Fulton County — 1,512 active cases today, 1,550 yesterday *DeKalb County — 1,022 active cases today, 1,039 yesterday *Gwinnett County — 1,319 active cases today, 1,372 yesterday *Cobb County — 989 active cases today, 983 yesterday *Athens-Clarke — 141 active cases today, 137 yesterday *Oconee County — 42 active cases today, 44 yesterday *Barrow County — 167 active cases today, 177 yesterday *Jackson County — 91 active cases today, 91 yesterday *Hall County — 225 active cases today, 227 yesterday Statewide in Georgia, there are currently 13,338 active COVID-19 cases, that translates to 0.13 percent of the state's population who are tracked as active and 99.87 percent of the Statewide population who are tracked as not. Across the country, the four second wave states account for 19.4 percent of new cases, the states represent 29.9 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 65: *California — 2,098 new cases, 1,723 yesterday *Texas — 3,383 new cases, 4,023 yesterday *Florida — 5,309 new cases, 5,666 yesterday *Arizona — 844 new cases, 881 yesterday The six southeastern states account for 10.7 percent of new cases, the states represent 12.5 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 86: *Georgia — 1,464 new cases, 1,440 yesterday *Tennessee — 958 new cases, 1,092 yesterday *South Carolina — 1,109 new cases, 911 yesterday *North Carolina — 2,231 new cases, 1,985 yesterday *Alabama — 409 new cases, 430 yesterday *Mississippi — 246 new cases, 161 yesterday The seven northeastern corridor states account for 20.8 percent of new cases, the states represent 19.0 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 109: *New York — 4,074 new cases, 4,325 yesterday *New Jersey — 1,858 new cases, 2,242 yesterday *Massachusetts — 1,335 new cases, 1,395 yesterday *Connecticut — 786 new cases, 486 yesterday *Pennsylvania — 4,462 new cases, 3,362 yesterday *Virginia — 1,259 new cases, 1,187 yesterday *Maryland — 942 new cases, 966 yesterday The six Great Lakes states account for 19.4 percent of new cases, the states represent 15.5 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 125: *Illinois — 3,207 new cases, 3,394 yesterday *Michigan — 3,863 new cases, 4,197 yesterday ... 7.5 percent of total new case *Ohio — 1,541 new cases, 1,786 yesterday *Kentucky — 719 new cases, 790 yesterday *Indiana — 1,527 new cases, 1,384 yesterday *Wisconsin — 789 new cases, 806 yesterday The five south central states account for 3.5 percent of new cases, the states represent 6.3 percent of the U.S. population, and the new COVID-19 case count indexes at 56: *Missouri — 746 new cases, 795 yesterday *Kansas — 105 new cases, 42 yesterday *Oklahoma — 374 new cases, 289 yesterday *Arkansas — 196 new cases, 240 yesterday *Louisiana — 685 new cases, 570 yesterday 0,0,1 COVID-page CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: MAY, 2021 " ["score"]=> float(0) ["_index"]=> string(35) "atlantawiki_tiki_main_62872e622a9ae" ["objectlink"]=> string(36) "No value for 'contentTitle'" ["photos"]=> string(126) "" ["desc"]=> string(313) "Crunching the numbers on the coronavirus pandemic, one day at a time, from the total COVID-19-related deaths to those in the United States getting vaccinated. 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Crunching the numbers on the coronavirus pandemic, one day at a time, from the total COVID-19-related deaths to those in the United States getting vaccinated. Businesses are opening up and restrictions are being lifted, but precautions are still necessary. Wear a mask (yes, still!), wash your hands,...
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