Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp today announced that he will sign a statewide shelter in place order Thursday that will go into effect starting Friday and ending April 13 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Kemp has also ordered all Georgia public schools to close for the remainder of the school year, however, online learning will continue.

Kemp said the new order was prompted by information from the CDC indicating that asymptomatic carriers can spread the disease before they start showing symptoms.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Georgia is 4,638. Georgia’s hospitalization rate for COVID-19 is about 20%.

TOO MANY ADS? GO AD-FREE
Did You Know?: The ads you see on this site help pay for our website and our work. However, we know some of our readers would rather pay and not see ads. For those users we offer a paid newsletter that contains our articles with no ads.
What You Get: A daily email digest of our articles in full-text with no ads.

The majority of cases of COVID-19 in Georgia are still found in residents age 18 to 59. Those 60 and older make up 35% of the total number of cases.