Gov. Brian Kemp is pushing back on the latest report from the Trump administration recommending that Georgia take more aggressive action to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
He insists the state has made progress in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, but federal officials and public health experts say those gains could easily disappear.
The latest report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force, obtained by WABE, says Georgia leads the nation for the most new cases of COVID-19. As of Sunday, the state had 216 new infections for every 100,000 people, which was more than double the national average.
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