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As Georgias children return to the classroom for in person learning, state epidemiologist report that they now make up 60 percent of COVID-19 cases in the state.

Some districts have been caught off-guard by new outbreaks, while other school systems have been handcuffed by state laws or policies aimed at keeping students in classrooms and strongly discouraging or restricting a return to remote learning.

Some districts have been caught off-guard by new outbreaks, while other school systems have been handcuffed by state laws or policies aimed at keeping students in classrooms and strongly discouraging or restricting a return to remote learning.

Ohio's students, many of whom aren't eligible to get the vaccine, are going back to school amid delta spread with even fewer protections than last year. 

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is doubling the staffing help that the state is sending to hospitals grappling with shortages of nurses, respiratory therapists and other workers amid the latest COVID-19 surge. The staffing help expands the supply of temporary workers that the state is providing from 1,300 to 2,800, Kemp told

Currently, 12,314 people in Ware County have at least one dose, which is 35 percent of the population, while another 29 percent are fully vaccinated.

Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, warned on Sunday that the reopening of schools amid the spread of the Delta variant will fuel an explosive growth of infections that could overwhelm the health care system.

These 8 states make up half of US Covid-19 hospitalizations. And the surge among the unvaccinated is overwhelming health care workers

Georgia health care workers on Friday expressed increasing alarm and frustration with a surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the delta variant of the coronavirus as more schools sent students home amid rising infection rates.