Coronavirus Deaths Top 200 In Georgia As Stay-Home Order Kicks In

An employee of Costco sprays a disinfectant on shopping carts Friday in Kennesaw. Gov. Brian Kemp’s shelter-at-home order that took effect Friday evening allows residents to get outside to exercise, shop for groceries, seek medical help and to keep going to work at jobs deemed “essential.”

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Updated at 6:53 p.m. Saturday 

Coronavirus deaths in Georgia exceeded 200 on Saturday as people statewide spent their first full day under the governor’s emergency order to stay home.

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that at least 208 people have died from illnesses related to the coronavirus as of Saturday evening and more than 1,200 have been hospitalized statewide. Total infections confirmed in the state exceeded 6,100.