Mayor of small coastal Georgia town dies from COVID-19

RICEBORO, Ga. – The politician of a tiny coastal Georgia municipality has died from complications owed to COVID-19.

Riceboro Mayor Joe Harris died Tuesday, Pearlie Axson, the town’s politician pro tem, told section quality outlets.

Harris died astatine Liberty Regional Medical Center successful Hinesville aft being hospitalized past week, Axson said.

The 35-year-old Harris had been politician of Riceboro, a municipality of astir 800 radical southbound of Savannah, since 2020. He was an simple schoolhouse teacher successful Hinesville.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete Tuesday.

Axson said the metropolis assembly volition conscionable to determine if a peculiar predetermination volition beryllium needed.

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