Athens-Clarke County has seen a rise in cases of COVID-19 in recent weeks.
In the last 14 days, there have been 431 reported cases of COVID-19 in Athens-Clarke County, which the CDC classifies as a high level of community transmission.
Neighboring communities are seeing a similar increase with Barrow County reporting 421 cases and Jackson County at 324.
The state of Georgia has reported 42,026 cases in the last two weeks.Anchor Intro:The Athens area has seen a rise in cases of COVID-19 in recent weeks.
Julianne Akers filed today's report.