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This blog will be updated throughout Thursday, April 16, with news and details of COVID-19 in Georgia.
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7 p.m.: Thirty more patients diagnosed with COVID-19 have been reported in the state's number of deaths since the Department of Public Health's noon update. That brings the state's death toll to 617 since the coronavirus pandemic entered the state. On April 6, Georgia had 294 coronavirus-related deaths. In addition, 699 more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, bringing the state's total to 16,368. Chelsea Prince and Zachary Hansen also have the county numbers.
6 p.m.: Gov. Brian Kemp has used his emergency powers to protect Georgia's strained hospitals and medical workers from lawsuits related to the care they provide during the coronavirus pandemic. Chris Joyner and Sarah Kallis tell you what that means.
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9 a.m.: Law enforcement officials have only sparingly issued citations to Georgians violating the order, Greg Bluestein and Alexis Stevens report, nstead opting to take a softer approach to the restrictions imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
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6:30 a.m.: A drive-through COVID-19 testing center is now open in Gwinnett County for anyone who is experiencing symptoms — with no doctor's orders necessary. Amanda C. Coyne has everything you need to know.
6 a.m.: As the pandemic has escalated from hot spot to hot spot, so has an interest in gardening, say seed and plant companies, nurseries and a leading garden research association. Rosalind Bentley talks to Atlantans about gardening.
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