That lift has now partly arrived. Under the new directive, the earlier order “shall no longer apply in all counties except for” 17 still under the freeze: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Echols, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Ware, and Wayne. The directive credits the partial lift to recovery efforts, stating the change comes “as a result of recovery efforts” in the areas no longer covered.
