CORONAVIRUS IN GEORGIA: Here’s what’s happening so far today

GEORGIA — Here’s a roundup of what’s happening so far today, May 2: (Click here for the previous day)

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• Georgia’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is more than 28,332 and 1,174 deaths are being reported as of Saturday evening. The Georgia Department of Public Health updated its website for more hourly numbers.
• The oldest person in Georgia to die of coronavirus was a 106-year-old man from Mitchell County.
• The Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy’s Blue Angels flew over metro Atlanta today to honor first responders and medical teams.
• Gov. Brian Kemp announced he will formally extend the Public Health State of Emergency through June 12, 2020. Additionally, he is signing order to require medically-fragile and elderly Georgians to continue shelter in place until June 12. Elderly Georgians are considered ages 65 and older.
• Several metro Atlanta malls originally scheduled to reopen today have changed their dates to next week.
• The Federal Trade Commission is warning people to be on the lookout for fake COVID-19 testing sites.
• DeKalb County announced that they will begin handing out masks and hand sanitizers to hard-hit communities for the next 6 weesk.

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