NEW YORK (AP) — New York authorities rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers Tuesday as the death toll in the city from the coronavirus climbed past 1,000 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily quiet streets became the heartbreaking soundtrack of the crisis.

TIFTON — The Tift County Board of Commissioners debated amending its Mar. 24 resolution, possibly adding a mandatory shelter in place order, as well as penalties for people in gatherings of 10 or more people, during a Mar. 31 teleconference.

TIFTON — The Tift County FFA is postponing its spring pork chop plate sale.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Georgia exceeded 3,800 on Tuesday, with more than 100 people dead, as mayors pressed for Gov. Brian Kemp to impose greater restrictions statewide in hopes of slowing the new virus.

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed past 3,500 Tuesday, eclipsing China's official count, as New York's mammoth convention center started taking patients to ease the burden on the city's overwhelmed health system and the tennis center where the U.S. Open is held …

March Madness has certainly arrived but not in the way that any of us could have predicted.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The two doctors spread out their charts on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.

WASHINGTON — Siding with public health experts' dire projections, President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to extend restrictive social distancing guidelines through the end of April, while bracing the nation for a coronavirus death toll that could exceed 100,000.

NEW YORK (AP) — A nurse with asthma, a grandfather with cancer and a homeless man with no known family are wracked with coronavirus-induced fevers. They are struggling to breathe, and a ventilator could save their lives. But who gets one when there aren't enough to go around?

ATLANTA — Georgia's top elections official is holding the line on plans for May 19 voting, even as the state House speaker continues his push for delay.

NEW YORK (AP) — Elmo, Rooster and Cookie Monster are doing their part to help keep kids safe as the coronavirus pandemic grinds on.

ATLANTA (AP) — Confirmed infections and deaths from the coronavirus in Georgia continued to increase Monday as traveling to Georgia coast and into neighboring Florida became more cumbersome and one expert predicted Georgia's daily toll will keep escalating until late April.

TIFTON — The 6th Annual Collaborative Scramble for Eggs, usually hosted at E.B. Hamilton by Union Grove Church of God and the Tift County Recreation Department, has been cancelled.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Siding with public health experts' dire projections, President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to extend restrictive social distancing guidelines through the end of April, while bracing the nation for a coronavirus death toll that could exceed 100,000 people.

TIFTON — Because of the changes brought about by coronavirus, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College will begin a four-day work week beginning April 6 and continuing through July 24.

 TIFTON — The Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has awarded accreditation to the laboratory at Tift Regional Medical Center based on results of a recent on-site inspection as part of the CAP’s Accreditation Program.

MADRID (AP) — Bells tolled in Madrid's empty central square and flags were lowered to half-staff in a day of mourning Monday in hard-hit Spain, while the top infectious-disease expert in the United States warned that smaller U.S. cities are about to witness the rapid acceleration in coronavi…

MOULTRIE, Ga. — Colquitt Regional Medical Center confirmed a hospital patient died on its website in a 6:30 p.m. coronavirus update.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is extending the voluntary national shutdown for a month as sickness and death from the coronavirus pandemic rise in the U.S.

These are challenging times for our community, our state, the country and the world.

NEW YORK — The coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, the U.S. government's top infectious-disease expert warned on Sunday as smoldering hotspots in nursing homes and a growing list of stricken cities heightened the sense of dread across the country.

ATLANTA — Georgia’s confirmed coronavirus caseload doubled in the past few days to more than 2,350 people infected and 69 deaths, state health officials said Saturday.

THOMASTON — The Georgia High School Association is deferring any major action on the remainder of the 2020 spring sports seasons.

ATLANTA — Deaths and the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Georgia continued to increase Saturday, even as lawmakers tried to grapple with what the respiratory illness will mean for state finances.

ATLANTA (AP) — Deaths and the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Georgia continued to increase Saturday, even as lawmakers tried to grapple with what the respiratory illness will mean for state finances.

BERLIN (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus infections worldwide topped 600,000 on Saturday as new cases stacked up quickly in Europe and the United States and officials dug in for a long fight against the pandemic.

ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is receiving offers from medical professionals and other individuals looking for ways to help with the COVID-19 response. An effective response relies on volunteers who are pre-credentialed and organized. Georgia Responds is Georgia’s h…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress this week to support businesses, rush resources to overburdened health care providers and help struggling families during the d…