DeKalb County is under a shelter in place order effective Saturday, March 28 at 9 p.m.
DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond updated the county’s state of emergency with a shelter-in-place order for DeKalb County in response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
The order is effective Saturday, March 28, 2020, at 9 p.m. until further notice.
The shelter in place applies to all individuals living in DeKalb County. According to the order, “individuals are permitted to leave their places of residence only to provide or receive certain essential services or engage in certain essential activities and work for essential businesses and essential governmental functions.”
DeKalb County has 181 confirmed cases of coronavirus. There have been 2,001 confirmed cases statewide. There have been 64 deaths from coronavirus in Georgia.
“We are trying to save lives from the serious COVID-19 public health threat,” CEO Thurmond said.
Thom Chandler
Thom Chandler is the editor of The Georgia Sun and has been writing, editing and managing websites and blogs since 1995. He is a lifelong Georgian and one of those increasingly rare Atlanta natives.
