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ALBANY, Ga. (AP) – Hospital officials said Wednesday that two patients with the new coronavirus have died in a southwest Georgia county, one of the hardest-hit areas outside metro Atlanta from the global outbreak.
Georgia Department of Public Health spokeswoman Nancy Nydam said she could not immediately confirm whether the new deaths reported in Dougherty County were linked to the virus.
If the fatalities are ultimately confirmed by state officials, that would raise Georgia’s death toll to three from the global pandemic that is reshaping daily life across the country.
Officials at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany said two patients had died there from the virus.