April 21, 2021 Update

Find Vaccines in Athens-Clarke County & Nearby Counties

Looking for vaccination opportunities? Visit the COVID-19 Vaccine page on the Athens-Clarke County website at www.accgov.com/vaccine to view local public and private providers who are offering vaccination appointments.

The page also provides a link to VaccineFinder. VaccineFinder is operated by Boston Children's Hospital and supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Digital Service.

Updated daily, VaccineFinder helps you find clinics, pharmacies, and other locations that offer COVID-19 vaccines throughout the entire United States.

The search provides lists of providers within 1-50 miles of your zip code, as well as information about whether the vaccine is in-stock or out of stock. Searches can also be made by type of vaccine (Johnson & Johnson - currently paused, Pfizer, and Moderna).

V-safe After Vaccination Health Checker

V-safe is a smartphone-based tool that uses text messaging and web surveys to provide personalized health check-ins after you receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

Through v-safe, you can quickly tell the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) if you have any side effects after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Depending on your answers to the web surveys, someone from CDC may call to check on you and get more information. V-safe will also remind you to get your second COVID-19 vaccine dose if you need one.

Note: V-safe cannot schedule COVID-19 vaccination appointments, nor serve as an official record of being vaccinated against COVID-19. You will receive a COVID-19 vaccination card at your vaccination appointment. Learn more about COVID-19 vaccination cards, including what to do if you lost or did not receive your card.

If you need to schedule, reschedule, or cancel a COVID-19 vaccination appointment, contact the location that set up your appointment or a vaccination provider in your area. This may be your state or local health department, employer, or vaccination provider.

Find out more about v-safe.

Georgia Department of Public Health Daily Status Report

April 21 Case Update for Athens-Clarke County

The Wednesday, April 21 update shows an increase of 70 positive cases and 2 deaths since Wednesday, April 14.

As of April 20, 19.4% of ACC residents were fully vaccinated.

For reference, here are the cumulative numbers from the beginning of each month:

April 1, 2021 - 12,439
March 1, 2021 - 12,004
February 1, 2021 - 11,162
January 1, 2021 - 8,580
December 1 - 6,732
November 1 - 5,872
October 1 - 5,121
September 1 - 3,082
August 1 - 1,694
July 1 - 574
June 1 - 293
May 1 - 155
April 1 - 54
March 1 - 4

The Daily Status Report is now updated once daily at 3:00 p.m. to allow time to process and validate laboratory and case reports. The Daily Status Report is available at https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report. The statewide Vaccination Dashboard is available at https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/3d8eea39f5c1443db1743a4cb8948a9c.

Positive UGA COVID-19 Tests Reported Through DawgCheck - Week 35 (April 12-18)

The University of Georgia DawgCheck tool gives members of the campus community the ability to self-monitor and to facilitate information sharing internally and with the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH). Any student or employee with a positive COVID-19 test is required to report the test in DawgCheck.

Last Five Weeks of Tests

Positive COVID-19 Tests Reported Through DawgCheck

Visit the UGA Health Center Website with these graphs and other updates.

The table above reflects the total number of positive test results reported through DawgCheck each week. It is updated every Wednesday. Please note the following:

Positive tests reported through DawgCheck are from any of the approximately 50,000 faculty, staff, and students connected to the University of Georgia, whether located in Athens, extended campuses, extension offices across the state, or even other states and countries for students who elected to take online classes.
The totals may include reports from individuals who have not been on campus recently, there may be delays in reporting, and the totals may even include individuals who have recovered.
Therefore, the data does not serve as an accurate barometer of the current status of COVID-19 at any point in time at any one of UGA’s campuses.
Since August 10, UGA has supported surveillance testing (Legion Field) for asymptomatic individuals and clinical (Health Center) testing resources for symptomatic students as a means of distancing the two populations and optimizing the use of Health Center staff and the facility. Because students are showing symptoms when they request a test at the Health Center, it is expected that its tests would have a significantly higher positivity rate than would be the case for those who are asymptomatic when tested.
Results of testing at the University Health Center for the week of April 12 include a total of 77 COVID-19 tests; 7 were positive and 73 were negative. The positivity rate was 5.2%.
For the week of April 12, 76% of the tests in the “Other” category were performed in Athens-Clarke and its 5 adjoining counties, and the remaining 24% were located elsewhere in the state. No students reported positive tests done outside of the state. One instructional faculty member reported a positive test.

DawgCheck and other University of Georgia-related COVID information is available at the University Health Center website at https://uhs.uga.edu/healthtopics/covid-19-health-and-exposure-updates.

Frequency of Updates

This coronavirus email / text update is sent weekly during normal weeks, usually on Wednesdays, with other updates as necessary with important information.

Questions can still be directed to www.accgov.com/coronavirus, which will be updated regularly, the info line at 706-613-3333, or coronavirus@accgov.com.