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Two states ease lockdowns; US COVID-19 toll passes 50,000

by Associated Press
| April 24, 2020 12:27 PM

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Even as the confirmed U.S. death toll from coronavirus rose past 50,000, salons, spas and barbershops reopened Friday in Georgia and Oklahoma with a green light from their Republican governors, who eased lockdown orders despite health experts' warnings.

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