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In the year since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Chatham County on March 20, 2020, more than 350 people have died due to the virus. This article is one in a series that examines how individuals have dealt with a year-long crisis and have helped pull the community through the pandemic.
As schools, stores and indoor restaurants closed their doors when the first cases of COVID hit Georgia last March, the court system kept on.
Everyone from judges to attorneys to clients and victims were forced to work from home or show up to virtual hearings.
But while courts have managed to press forward, the pandemic highlighted the inefficiencies in the court system and further increased the backlog of cases, including in Chatham County.