The number of Georgians hospitalized with COVID-19 set another record Tuesday, while deaths and new confirmed cases of the respiratory illness remained at high levels.
Some Georgia students stepped into school for the first time since March as southwest Georgia’s Mitchell County and northwest Georgia’s Chattooga County became the first two traditional school districts to open for in-person instruction.
Other schools keep putting off their start dates or announcing they will begin class online, with Burke County, Wayne County and Wilcox County among those announcing delays in recent days. Gainesville is the latest system to shift to all-virtual instruction to start the year.
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