CORONAVIRUS IN GEORGIA: Parks begin to reopen in Cobb County

Here’s a roundup of what’s happening so far today, April 25: (Click here for the previous day)

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• There are now 23,261 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Georgia, with 907 deaths and 4,353 total cases have required hospitalization. This is all as of 7 p.m. Saturday, according to the Georgia Depart of Public Health website. As of 7 p.m. Friday, there were 22,491 confirmed cases, 899 deaths and 4,322 total hospitalizations in Georgia.
• Dawson County’s Emergency Management Agency and the National Guard will open a COVID-19 specimen collection site Sunday at Rock Creek Park. The State of Georgia has partnered with Augusta Medical for developing kits and laboratory testing. The site will start testing patients at 10 a.m. on Sunday and stay open until 2 p.m. or until they run out of test kits.
• Parks in Cobb County, including the popular Silver Comet Trail, Noonday Creek Trail and Bob Callen Trail, are reopening today.
• Here are the other parks opening in Cobb County today:
• Allatoona Creek Park, 5690 Old Stilesboro Road, Acworth
• Camp McDonald, 2726 Watts Drive, Kennesaw
• Ebenezer Downs Park, 4057 Ebenezer Road, Marietta
• Furr Family Park, Old Westside Road, Austell
• Green Meadows Preserve, 3780 Dallas Highway, Marietta
• Heritage Park 60 Fontaine Road, Mableton
• Hyde Farm 721 Hyde Road, Marietta
• Kemp Family Park 4331 Burnt Hickory Road, Acworth
• Old Clarkdale Park, 5195 Clark Street, Austell
• Price Park, 4715 Stilesboro Road, Acworth
• Schmidt Park, 451 Anderson Road, Marietta
• Shoupade property, 4770 Oakdale Road, Smyrna
• Phase 1 of Georgia reopening started Friday. Salons, spas and gyms are among the nonessential businesses that can reopen.
• Pres. Trump called out Gov. Brian Kemp in a tweet Friday morning. It was the 3rd day in a row he has blasted Kemp for his plans to reopen Georgia.
• The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced the Georgia Department of Public Health will receive $16.4 million to enhance testing capacity, conduct contact tracing, and protect high-risk populations.

What happens with local parks under shelter-in-place order? Despite new statewide order that doesn?t close parks, local cities and counties still going step further.

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