Here are some of the latest facts and maps on the Covid-19 pandemic.
Virtual Town Hall with Sheriff Freeman and Chris Grimes
Georgia Situation Report 4.6.20
Kemp Executive Order 4.2.20
Summary of Kemp Executive Order
Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) has released a map that is updated daily that presents corona virus infections and deaths from COVID-19, adjusted for a per capita rate of incidents per 100,000 people. The National Association of Counties (NACo) shared a map from the New York Times that shows the confirmed COVID-19 cases in U.S. counties since February 15.
The State of Georgia has joined forces with CVS Health to increase access to rapid COVID-19 testing. Starting today, CVS will be operating drive-thru rapid COVID-19 testing, offered by Abbott Laboratories, at a site on Georgia Tech's campus. At full capacity, the site will be able to conduct up to 1,000 tests per day. Testing will take place at a parking deck on Georgia Tech's campus, where officials will be able to accommodate multiple lanes of cars at one time. The process will take approximately 30 minutes from specimen collection to delivery of results, and patients will need to pre-register in advance for a same-day appointment online at www.CVS.com/minuteclinic/covid-19-testing.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger
held a press conference (starts at 5:22 mark) earlier today announcing the creation of an Absentee Ballot Fraud Task Force comprised of representatives from law enforcement, elections supervisors, defense attorneys, solicitors’ generals. The Task Force will be charged with upholding the integrity of the vote in Georgia, establishing the framework for protection against fraud, working with the Secretary of State’s post-certified investigators on unresolved signature mismatches and interviews with voters with multiple votes from the same address, and constructing the rules around investigating non-resident addresses being used as registration addresses. The Task Force also will be asked to draft a law making it a crime to vote in an election in Georgia and another state at the same time.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Advisory (4/6/2020)