Latest Atlanta coronavirus news: 80 new cases, 10 new deaths since noon

U.S. now leads the world in confirmed coronavirus infections

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This blog will be updated throughout Saturday, March 28, with news and details of COVID-19 in Georgia.

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7 p.m.: Since noon, the Georgia Department of Health confirmed an additional 80 cases. The state's COVID-19 death toll now stands at 79, according to the latest data.

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Noon: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Georgia climbed to 2,366 Saturday as the state's death toll reached 69.

Since Friday evening, the confirmed number of Georgians who have died as a result of COVID-19 increased by four, according to the latest data from the Georgia Department of Public Health.

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On Saturday, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms urged city residents and others across the country Saturday to heed social isolation and stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus outbreak “so that people can have an opportunity to simply live.”

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