Savannah City Council extends mask mandate; Community Transmission Index below 100
FILE - A photo of two masks sitting on a table. (Source: WTOC)
By WTOC Staff | May 13, 2021 at 8:16 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 8:16 PM
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Savannah City Council voted Thursday to extend the emergency order requiring face coverings in public in the city.
The mask mandate has been extended to Memorial Day on Monday, May 31.
In the executive order signed on April 30 by Gov. Kemp, a city or county can only impose a local mask ordinance if the area meets the threshold requirement on the Community Transmission Index (CTI). The CTI shows the number of newly confirmed cases in the last 14 days per 100,000 residents and includes positive cases from PCR and antigen tests.