News conference in atlanta and outlined guidelines for local businesses to follow in the process. Gov. Kemp good afternoon, everyone. Today i am joined with Lieutenant Governor geoff duncan, speaker david ralston, general tom carden, dr. Toomey. First of all i want to let all the georgians know who experienced rough weather last night that we have them and our thoughts and prayers. Certainly was not nearly as bad as the weekend before, but nevertheless we had folks who had homes damaged and other tragic things happen along with loss of power. We will certainly keep them and our thoughts and prayers and certainly appreciate the whole georgia team working with locals on the response overnight and this morning. As of noon today, we now have 18,947 covid19 cases in georgia, with 733 deaths. The state lab has processed 5362 tests, and commercial vendors have processed 78,966 tests. We understand that these are more than just numbers. These are georgians that we are talking about. There are
Night that we have them and our thoughts and prayers. Certainly was not nearly as bad as the weekend before, but nevertheless we had folks who had homes damaged and other tragic things happen along with loss of power. We will certainly keep them and our thoughts and prayers and certainly appreciate the whole georgia team working with locals on the response overnight and this morning. As of noon today, we now have 18,947 covid19 cases in georgia, with 733 deaths. The state lab has processed 5362 tests, and commercial vendors have processed 78,966 tests. We understand that these are more than just numbers. These are georgians that we are talking about. There are families and communities impacted, and certainly all the victims and their loved ones continue to be in our thoughts and prayers. We lift all those up who are battling this terrible virus. We remain focused on the safety and wellbeing of every person who calls georgia home. Last week the white house issued guidelines for it state
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] gov. Kemp good afternoon, everyone. Joined with Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan, toomey. Tom cardin, dr. First of all i want to let all know whoians experienced rough weather last night that we have them and our thoughts and prayers. Certainly was not nearly as bad as the weekend before, but nevertheless we had folks who othermes damaged and tragic things happen along with loss of power. We will certainly keep them and our thoughts and prayers and certainly appreciate the whole georgia team working with response overnight and this morning. As of noon today, we now have 18,947 covid19 cases in georgia, with 733 deaths. The state lab has processed 5362 tests and commercial vendors have processed 78,966 tests. We understand that these are more than just numbers. These are georgians that we are tal
And responsible fashion. During this time, americans must maintain strict vigilance and continue to practice careful hygiene, social distancing and the other protective measures that we have outlined, and that everyone has been very familiar with. We continue to be encouraged that many of the areas hit hard by the virus appeared to have turned the corner. For example, recent deaths are down very substantially. You can compare that with their peak not so long ago, and you 25 ,numbers of 30 , detroit as an example, is down over 50 . In new orleans, where they have done a terrific job, they are down 65 . 30 states had just one case or less per 1000 people. Thanewer cases per capita germany, united kingdom, spain, singapore, norway. The netherlands, austria, sweden. Administration continues to press conference to replenish the enormously successful Paycheck Protection Program which has impacted 30 million american jobs. We hope to have an agreement very soon, and hopefully tomorrow the sen
Gov. Kemp good afternoon, everyone. Let me thank you guys for being here. I certainly want to thank the general who was with us today. Homer bryson. Last to my left. And behind the cameras. We appreciate all that they have been doing with these many press conferences we have had. Before i get started i want to thank the faith leaders across our state and the many georgians that which is a painted in our day of prayer. This went well and certainly appreciate that. In our fight debated against covid19 we let we must continue to pray for health care workforce, our front care frontline workers and Law Enforcement nfl the fellow georgians. Casestoday we had 23,773 2 fatalities and we continue to keep those folks as well as their families and communities in our thoughts and prayers. ,169ave given a total of 127 tests and through the leadership of the Public Health department, the National Guard, our gustaership with au university, walmart, walgreens and others are testing numbers are quickly