Coronavirus Updates: Georgia Officials Push Back On ‘Red Zone’ Status

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, third from left, greets President Donald arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Wednesday, July 15. Kemp is pushing back on the latest report from the White House coronavirus task force that lists Georgia as a “red zone” for cases and testing.

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Officials in Georgia are pushing back on the latest report from the White House coronavirus task force. They’ve released their look at the COVID-19 pandemic in the state that conflicts with that of the Trump Administration.

The latest task force report, obtained this week by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, lists Georgia as a “red zone” for cases and testing. The state has been assigned the same status by the White House multiple times since mid-July.

Within a day of the story being published, Gov. Brian Kemp released a state-generated report, which a spokesman said, “disputes some of the findings in the federal report.”