Some people exposed to the new coronavirus are going home in Georgia even as cases of COVID-19 continue to grow.
The Georgia Public Health Department reported 99 cases at noon Sunday, up from 66 on Saturday. Most remain in metro Atlanta and northwest Georgia, although the Albany area in southwest Georgia reports eight cases across two counties. The Athens area also reported its first two cases.
The only patient who was isolated at a state quarantine site told The Atlanta-Journal Constitution that he was being sent home from Hard Labor Creek State Park near Rutledge. Joey Camp said he was headed home to Canton after state health officials said he no longer needed to be isolated, despite believing he would be at the quarantine site for days longer.
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