Georgia Reports First COVID-19-Related Death

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March 12th, 2020

A Georgia State trooper guards an area of Hard Labor Creek State Park Wednesday in Rutledge, Georgia. The state is using the park to locate emergency mobile units to quarantine people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus.

John Bazemore / Associated Press

Updated Thursday at 5:36 p.m.

State officials have confirmed the first death from COVID-19 in Georgia. So far, they’ve found more than 30 cases of the disease caused by the coronavirus around the state.

Gov. Brian Kemp and the Georgia Department of Public Health say the individual who died was a 67-year-old male with underlying medical conditions. They say he was hospitalized at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital since testing positive for COVID-19 on March 7.

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