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October 7, 2022

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the Public Information Office has published 176 COVID-19 email newsletters. Due to the recent expiration of the local emergency declaration in place since that time, ACCGov will provide future newsletter updates only if CDC community levels move to “High,” if a new COVID-19 local emergency declaration is enacted, or if there are other significant ACCGov-related COVID-19 updates.

Residents are still urged to take precautions and to get vaccinated and boosted as per state and federal health officials' recommendations.

Thank you for your interest in these daily/weekly/regular updates over the last 2 1/2 years.

ACCGov COVID-19 Updates - Mayor & Commission

Local Declaration of Emergency Expires

The local declaration of emergency, originally approved by the Mayor & Commission in March 2020, was not extended on October 4, 2022. As a result, the local declaration has expired as of October 6, 2022.

The declaration included a mask requirement for public spaces and private businesses when the CDC COVID-19 Community Level was High for Athens-Clarke County.

Internal ACCGov policies still remain in place for ACCGov buildings and include mask requirements when the CDC designation is High.

Georgia Department of Health - Northeast Health District

DPH COVID-19 Testing Site at Atlanta Highway / Mitchell Bridge Road Closed

Effective Friday, September 30, 2022, the drive-through COVID-19 testing site operated by Mako Medical has closed. The testing site was operated in partnership with the Northeast Health District and the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government out of the old fire station located at 3500 Atlanta Highway with the entrance on Mitchell Bridge Road.

Free rapid tests are available at all local health department clinics. Clinic locations can be found at https://publichealthathens.com/wp/clinics.

Free self-service PCR testing kiosks are available in Danielsville and Jefferson. The kiosks are available 24/7. In many cases, individuals will receive notification of their test results by email or text within 48 hours of specimen collection. An Athens-area self-service testing kiosk will be available in the future. For more information, visit https://register.testandgo.com.

Danielsville Kiosk: 91 Albany Ave, Danielsville GA (parking area near gazebo)
Jefferson Kiosk: 59 Bill Mahaffey Lane, Jefferson GA (Jackson County Tag/Tax office)

To find other DPH partner testing locations or commercial testing sites in Georgia, visit https://dph.georgia.gov/covidtesting.

For local COVID-19 information including vaccine providers, visit https://publichealthathens.com/wp/programs/infectious-disease/coronavirus-covid-19-information.

Clarke County School District COVID-19 Dashboard - October 7, 2022

The CCSD COVID-19 Dashboard displays positive cases in the past 7, 14 and 30 days across the district and by each school, with hourly updates.

As of 6:45 PM on October 7, 2022, the dashboard shows:

70 cases in September 2022
636 cases in August 2022
70 cases in May 2022
1,532 cases in January 2022
312 cases in September 2021
50 cases in the past 30 days
11 cases in the past 14 days
<10 cases in the past 7 days
3.3% of students and staff with cases in the last 30 days
1.8% of students and staff with cases in the last 14 days
0.9% of students and staff with cases in the last 7 days

Clarke County School District COVID-19 Dashboard Image

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