Georgia loosens its lockdown as U.S. death toll rises

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp gave permission for some small businesses to re-open statewide, including barber shops, bowling alleys and nail salons, provided protective health measures were in place. | A tourist wears a mask amid fears over the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as he checks into a hotel in the Historic District in Savannah, Georgia.

After being locked down for weeks, many residents in Georgia are thumbing their noses at the deadly coronavirus and seeking sanctuary in the sun, sand and waves of the southern state's beaches.

Elderly men sit outside a house on a roadside pavement amid the novel coronavirus pandemic in Tybee Island, Georgia.

Children play with their father on the Tybee Beach in Tybee Island, Georgia.

People sit under a tree inside a garden square in the Historic District in Savannah, Georgia.

Kirsten Cassat wears a face mask inside her tattoo parlor, as businesses reopen after a shutdown.

A hairdresser wearing a face mask cuts the hair of a customer at Sports Clips hair salon

A nail salon reopens after a shutdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pooler, Georgia, U.S.

People sit and eat at a road side food joint amid the novel coronavirus pandemic in Tybee Island, Georgia.

Hairdressers wearing face masks tend to customers at Sports Clips hair salon.