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. Related: Woodstock: What's Open, Closed Amid Coronavirus Concerns

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:

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.