Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms put out a warning today for anyone getting a manicure at the state’s newly reopened salons.
“If you’re getting your nails done right now, please share these noon numbers with your manicurist,” Bottoms tweeted at 1:30 p.m. along with a chart showing the Peach State’s latest stats on coronavirus deaths and infections. She added the hashtag #StayHomeGeorgia.
The numbers show deaths hit 904, an increase of 34 percent over a week ago, and cases reached 22,695, up 28 percent in a week.
Gov. Brian Kemp allowed nail and hair salons, tattoo parlors, gyms and bowling alleys to open up Friday despite President Trump saying it was too early to lift lock down orders.
Some state residents flocked to the newly open businesses.
But Bottoms said on CNN Friday night that nothing had changed and residents should stay home.
“We are not on the other side of this,” she said. “It’s like we are in a tunnel, and rather than walking straight toward the light, we’re spinning around in circles. We’ll never get to the light if we don’t continue to do what we’ve done thus far, and that’s to separate ourselves socially from one another.”
