VALDOSTA — Georgia has reported close to 22,500 deaths, officially reporting 22,483 people have died from COVID-19, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health Thursday.

The GDPH reported 7,150 new coronavirus cases with the state reporting 1,223,189 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.

The state reported 3,601 probable deaths and 355,527 antigen positive cases since the start of the pandemic.

Nearly 80,900 virus-related hospitalizations have been reported statewide since the start of the pandemic with 12,860 admissions into intensive care units reported.

Georgia’s vaccinated population surpassed 10.51 million this week — which includes people with at least one dose and fully administered — approximately counting 10,515,586, according to the GDPH.

About 5.64 million have had at least one shot and 4.93 million are fully vaccinated.