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300,000 Dead: Remembering Georgians We Lost To Coronavirus

Here at Patch, we know your friends, families and loved ones are more than numbers. We want to help you share the stories of GA lives lost.

Kyla Harris, 10, writes a tribute to her grandmother Patsy Gilreath Moore, who died at age 79 of COVID-19, at a symbolic cemetery in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami.
Kyla Harris, 10, writes a tribute to her grandmother Patsy Gilreath Moore, who died at age 79 of COVID-19, at a symbolic cemetery in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

GEORGIA β€” The United States recently surpassed yet another devastating milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. To date, more than 300,000 Americans have lost their lives to the coronavirus. In Georgia, the state has seen more than 9,400 residents die from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.

It's an impossible number. It's also impossible to convey the full extent of the losses using only numbers.

Every death meant more than a statistic. A child lost his mother; a mother lost her child and maybe her own mother, too. A community lost a teacher, a mentor, a student, a coach. The front line lost a nurse, a doctor, an EMT, a hospital orderly.

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Here at Patch, we know your friends, families and loved ones are more than numbers. As we mark 300,000 deaths at the hands of the coronavirus, we want to help you remember them. We want others to know them. We want to help you share their stories.


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Do you have a story to share of a loved one lost in Georgia to the pandemic? Using the form below, we invite you to tell us about the loved ones you've lost β€” who they were, what they enjoyed and what difference they made in your life. You can also submit a photo. All tributes will then be compiled in a searchable virtual memorial.


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