Georgia adds 6,000-plus virus cases

Published 3:51 pm Tuesday, September 21, 2021

VALDOSTA — Georgia reported an increase of little more than 6,000 coronavirus cases, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health Tuesday.

The state has reported 1,197,182 COVID-19 cases, an increase of 6,077 cases since Monday, according to the GDPH.

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The GDPH has recorded 21,563 confirmed virus-related deaths and 3,388 probable deaths. The state has reported 346,778 antigen positive cases since the start of the pandemic.

More than 78,700 virus-related hospitalizations have been reported statewide since the start of the pandemic with 12,626 admissions into intensive care units reported.

Georgia’s vaccinated population surpassed 10.28 million this week — which includes people with at least one dose and fully administered — approximately counting 10,282,099 million, according to the GDPH.

About 5.56 million have had at least one shot and 4.81 million are fully vaccinated.