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Updated: 5 hours ago
|By Sydney Heiberger
In Georgia, there are now more 10 to 17-year-olds that have tested positive for COVID-19 than the population ages 80 or older.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By Brady Trapnell
We are all looking for some good news right now, and seeing COVID-19 case numbers plateau is good news, but our hospitals are still fighting off the latest spike.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Jason Raven and Tyria Goines
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, along with legislative leaders, will deliver personal protective equipment to 70 school districts throughout the state, 11 being in the CSRA.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By Staff
Get a look at continuously updated COVID-19 statistics of interest in the CSRA.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2020 at 6:22 PM EDT
|By Kennedi Harris
New data from the South Carolina Department of Health is proving -- masks do work, and health experts in Aiken say they’ve seen changes in case numbers since their mask ordinance began.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2020 at 9:45 PM EDT
|By WMBF News Staff and WBTV News Staff
For the first time, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is releasing new data that officials said indicates that local mask ordinances are helping to slow the coronavirus spread.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2020 at 9:17 AM EDT
|By WTOC News Staff
Local doctors are encouraging you to treat the school year a bit differently with your children.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2020 at 4:39 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Turnage
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will not issue a mask mandate for schools in the Peach State, but will leave it up to the individual districts.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2020 at 3:59 PM EDT
|By WIS News 10 Staff
As contact tracers continue to reach out to those who have been confirmed as positive cases of COVID-19, officials with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is urging citizens to work with contact tracers while warning of bogus contact tracers.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2020 at 3:42 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Turnage
Citing a recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Warren County over the past week, Warren County school officials have moved to close schools effective immediately.
7-Day Planner
Updated: Aug. 10, 2020 at 9:44 AM EDT
|By WALB News Staff
On Friday, Gov. Brian Kemp’s office and GEMA/Homeland Security gave an update on the delivery of personal protective equipment, or PPE, and critical supplies as students head back to the classroom.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 11:41 PM EDT
|By Celeste Springer
Researchers at Augusta University have developed a plan that could save tens of millions of dollars, and also help save lives.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 10:19 PM EDT
|By Tyria Goines
Officials have confirmed that there are currently 95 active confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the Vogtle 3&4 site.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 7:18 PM EDT
|By Kennedi Harris
Richmond County has seen a steady rise in case numbers recently. But local doctors are concerned about where a continued rise could take us.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 12:30 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Turnage
With the continuing rise of COVID-19 cases in Georgia, state Department of Public Health and emergency officials are opening a “mega testing” site in Atlanta.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 12:03 AM EDT
|By Celeste Springer
It started out as a trespassing call at Maxwell House Apartments, but investigators say it was scammers on the property, taking blood samples and your personal information.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 4:53 PM EDT
|By Brady Trapnell
There’s concern from parents after two kids were sent to school while waiting on COVID-19 test results. The problem – the schools’ policy didn’t clarify what parents should do.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 4:20 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Turnage
Officials with CAVE are warning residents about a group of people they say are part of a Medicaid-Medicare scam involving COVID-19 antibody testing.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 12:10 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Turnage
Residents in the CSRA are continuing to get tested for COVID-19, but AU Health is monitoring a worrying issue -- a rise in positive cases.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 11:19 PM EDT
|By Ciara Cummings
A local family wants to put a face to the cases we hear about so often.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 6:49 PM EDT
|By Kennedi Harris
Lags in test results and supply shortages are leaving many people waiting days for their results, a problem that doctors say has existed since the start of the pandemic.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 2:33 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Turnage and Brady Trapnell
Two days after students in the district returned to school, the Columbia County School District says they’ve confirmed three cases of COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 11:56 AM EDT
|By Jeremy Turnage
With cases in Richmond County continuing to rise, Mayor Hardie Davis is extending his mask order for an additional 30 days.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 5:07 PM EDT
|By Brady Trapnell
New cases come into our hospitals every day, as our healthcare workers continue to fight COVID-19. Now some of them are getting a little refuge. And we look into what they are and how they are helping.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 5:06 PM EDT
Burke County Middle School officials say they have three active cases of COVID-19 among employees.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 4:52 PM EDT
|By Sydney Heiberger
It’s a side of the virus we don’t often talk about: recovery. For some families, it’s even harder than being in the hospital.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 4:10 PM EDT
Out of over 7,000 COVID-19 tests reported on August 2 in South Carolina, only 15.2 percent were positive. What does that mean for the spread of COVID-19 in-state?
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 9:32 AM EDT
Tougher face mask ordinances issued last week by Gov. Henry McMaster as the state aims to slow the spread of COVID-19 take effect Wednesday.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2020 at 9:16 PM EDT
Officials have confirmed that there are currently 120 active confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the Vogtle 3&4 site.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2020 at 8:41 PM EDT
A new training program will help hundreds of doctors around our state get the latest information on treating COVID-19 patients.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2020 at 7:36 PM EDT
Governor Brian P. Kemp and the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) announced that the Healthcare Facility Regulation Division (HFRD) of DCH has completed onsite infection control surveys for all 358 certified nursing homes throughout Georgia.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2020 at 4:55 PM EDT
Health experts, in conjunction with the CDC, have confirmed a coronavirus outbreak at an overnight camp in Georgia, which resulted in 260 testing positive for the virus.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2020 at 4:32 PM EDT
|By Brady Trapnell
We’ve shown you what it will look like for kids in school, but what about after school? Extracurricular activities are having to adjust.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 4:29 PM EDT
The University of South Carolina is preparing to investigate the impact of COVID-19.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2020 at 6:22 PM EDT
|By William Rioux
Doctors, dentists, and now physical therapists are all changing the way they work with patients. But how are some physical therapy practices, who are normally very hands-on and close to patients, adapting to the COVID-19 world?
Updated: Jul. 29, 2020 at 5:41 PM EDT
|By Brady Trapnell
New guidelines from the CDC say you don't need a negative COVID-19 test to leave the hospital or go back to work.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 2:45 PM EDT
|By Sydney Heiberger
New COVID research out of Johns Hopkins shows the virus might have a negative impact on your ear and hearing. A doctor on that research team grew up right here Evans.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2020 at 8:33 PM EDT
According to organizers with SC For Ed, about 350 cars showed up for their ‘Motor March’ in downtown Columbia Monday afternoon.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2020 at 8:14 PM EDT
|By Tradesha Woodard
As you get ready for your kids to be back in class -- whether in-person or virtually -- it’s time to start getting their school supplies.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2020 at 6:29 PM EDT
|By Celeste Springer
Jefferson, Jenkins, Hancock, Bamberg, and Orangeburg counties all seem to have two things in common: they’re all rural and they all have the highest COVID-19 rates per 100,000 people in the CSRA.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2020 at 5:20 PM EDT
|By Meredith Anderson
Parents, we know a lot of you are still struggling with the school decision: should I send my kids or keep them home?
Updated: Jul. 24, 2020 at 4:34 PM EDT
|By Brady Trapnell
AU Health says they are having to cancel some elective surgeries, but their outpatient services are running at about 90 percent normal.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2020 at 1:19 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Turnage
Warren County students will return to school with a new schedule and vigorous efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, district officials detailed to News 12 on Friday.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 9:31 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Turnage
Just one day after they solidified their back-to-school plans, Aiken County School District officials were pushed to think again after Gov. Henry McMaster asked districts statewide to consider bringing kids back for a full 5-day schedule.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 4:41 PM EDT
|By Brady Trapnell
As COVID-19 cases rise, several of our local governments have created mask mandates. That includes Aiken and Augusta, too, even though it goes against Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s executive order.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2020 at 4:22 PM EDT
|By Tyria Goines
A spokesperson for IHOP has confirmed that an employee tested positive for the coronavirus. The team member last worked on July 13.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2020 at 3:42 PM EDT
|By Brady Trapnell
As more people fill the hospital beds, doctors at AU Health say they've found a common vaccine that could help lessen symptoms of COVID-19.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2020 at 1:43 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Turnage
The man who has largely become the public face of COVID-19 information in the CSRA has tested positive for the virus.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2020 at 11:09 PM EDT
|By Celeste Springer
City leaders are launching a new campaign to keep businesses, in business. It's called Mask Up Augusta.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2020 at 6:22 PM EDT
|By Meredith Anderson
Doctors at Augusta University are studying something that seems so simple but could be hugely impacted by the coronavirus: swallowing food.