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Athens adds another coronavirus death

The Georgia Department of Public Health says Athens has added a 15th coronavirus death. There are have been 299 confirmed cases of COVID 19 in Clarke County. The statewide coronavirus case count climbs to 49,847, with 1,872 deaths.

The University of Georgia says, the coronavirus campus closure notwithstanding, the University has seen record enrollment for its summer semester classes, with students taking their classes on-line: UGA is aiming to have its students back on campus when fall semester starts in August. 

A survey conducted for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution by pollsters at the University of Georgia shows increasing support for Governor Brian Kemp's moves to reopen the state after the coronavirus closures of earlier this spring. 

Atlanta-based Delta Airlines says it is requiring all its employees to be tested for coronavirus. Ten Delta workers have died with COVID 19.

A milestone in the battle against COVID 19 in one of Georgia's biggest coronavirus hot spots: for the first time since the pandemic began in March, there are no COVID patients at Phoebe Health System's main hospital in Albany. There are still more than three dozen coronavirus patients at another hospital in Dougherty County.

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