Georgia surpasses 14,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths

Published 3:15 pm Tuesday, February 16, 2021

By Riley Bunch
rbunch@cnhi.com

Coronavirus case updates

ATLANTA – Georgia reported nearly 1,800 new COVID-19 cases and 180 deaths overnight, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. 

Georgia has reported 794,349 confirmed cases and 175,353 antigen cases — an increase of 1,181 antigen cases from the previous day — since the start of the pandemic. Antigen cases show results from rapid virus tests.

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The GDPH reported 180 more virus-related deaths Tuesday, raising the total to 14,176, with nearly 2,000 probable deaths related to the virus.

More than 53,600 people have been hospitalized across the state due to COVID-19, according to the report, with 8,801 admitted to an ICU. 

Nearly 6.9 million COVID-19 tests have been performed with an 11.1% positive rate, health officials reported.

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The state has performed more than 463,000 antibody tests — which show signs of past infection — with the state reporting a 15% positivity rate.

Nearly 1.5 million people have received the vaccine, between Pfizer and Moderna allocations.

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