Coronavirus: Woodstock Mayor Allows To-Go Alcohol From Eateries

WOODSTOCK, GA — As cases of coronavirus rise in Georgia and businesses shutter their doors, Woodstock Mayor Donnie Henriques is allowing local businesses to sell unopened bottles of wine and beer to-go.

Henriques issued an executive order on Friday, granting a temporary limited package license to all restaurants in the City of Woodstock who already hold an on-premise alcohol consumption license. This license will allow license holders to sell unopened bottles of wine and beer to-go.

There is no charge for the temporary license which expires automatically on April 30, unless extended by the City of Woodstock.

No further action is needed on behalf of the license holder to utilize the new temporary limited package license, the city said.

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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who ordered all city bars and restaurants to only provide take-out, also is allowing to-go orders of alcohol, she said Friday.

Other cities have also adopted similar ordinances:

• Coronavirus: Roswell Bans Dining In, Allows To-Go Alcohol
• Coronavirus: Sandy Springs Closes Eateries, Allows To-Go Alcohol
• Coronavirus: Roswell Bans Dining In, Allows To-Go Alcohol
• Coronavirus: Alpharetta Bans Dine-In, Cancels Taste Of Alpharetta
• Coronavirus: Johns Creek Bans Dining In, Allows To-Go Alcohol

GA Coronavirus Cases See Biggest 1-Day Jump; ATL Closes Eateries

Georgia had its largest one-day increase of coronavirus cases on Friday, when the Georgia Department of Public Health released there have been 420 positive cases across the state, and 13 deaths.

The number of confirmed and presumed positive cases of COVID-19 rose from 197 on Wednesday to 287 cases in 28 counties on Thursday. By Friday, there have been 420 positive cases in the state, with 14 deaths, across 50 counties.

The DPH released the numbers of tests taken across the state, which totaled more than 2,300.

There have been 1,682 tests done in a commercial lab, with 289 coming in positive. The Department of Public Health Lab has done 704 tests, and had 131 positives.

Fulton County has the most cases in the state with 79, followed by Cobb County with 45, Bartow with 40, Dougherty with 38, DeKalb with 35, Gwinnett with 20, Cherokee with 13, Fayette with 10, and Clarke and Clayton with nine.

Globally, more than 255,000 people have been infected and more than 10,400 people have died from the new coronavirus, Johns Hopkins reported Friday. Of that total, more than 14,000 confirmed cases are in the United States. There have been 205 deaths in the U.S. have been tied to the virus outbreak, as of Friday morning.