Coronavirus live updates: Columbus area COVID-19 news and updates for April 17
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UGA football staffer released from hospital after COVID-19 battle
Jeremy Klawsky, Georgia football’s video coordinator, received a parade-like sendoff Thursday outside of Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. He was discharged after a lengthy battle with COVID-19.
Klawsky was the unnamed athletics staffer who contracted the virus before March 18 and did not return to campus after March 6. A number of athletic staffers and bystanders gave an ovation as Klawsky exited the hospital in a wheelchair. Georgia football coach Kirby Smart and athletic director Greg McGarity were among the group.
How one Columbus couple is keeping locals connected to church
A Columbus couple’s idea to pass time during this time of social distancing and quarantine has become a way to share their faith while providing a daily dose of “quarantainment” to others.
Rick and Marquette McKnight have been sharing hymns during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic by posting online videos created by Marquette of Rick playing hymns on the piano at their Columbus home.
Georgia reports more than 16,300 coronavirus cases
The Georgia Department of Public Health at 7 p.m. Thursday confirmed 16,368 cases of COVID-19 in the state, up by 699 from the last update at noon Thursday.
