Sinn Fein Society members Bill Bradley, center, and John Lowenthal, right, walk the St. Patrick's Day parade route in downtown Savannah, Ga, Tuesday, March, 17, 2020. Last week Savannah's mayor announced the city's 196-year-old St. Patrick's Day parade was called off due to coronavirus concerns. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
March 18, 2020
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March 18, 2020 10:31 p.m.
Georgia's virus deaths rise, senator says he has coronavirus
ATLANTA (AP) — State officials confirmed Wednesday that two COVID-19 patients have died in southwest Georgia, one of the hardest-hit areas outside metro Atlanta from the global outbreak. That brought the statewide death toll to three.