Georgia adds 1,000-plus COVID-19 cases
Published 3:54 pm Wednesday, October 20, 2021
- COVID-19 update
VALDOSTA — Georgia surpassed 24,100 deaths Wednesday, officially reporting 24,160 people have died from COVID-19 in the state since the start of the pandemic, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.
The GDPH reported 1,030 new coronavirus cases with the state reporting 1,255,291 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
The state reported 4,074 probable deaths and 367,085 antigen positive cases since the start of the pandemic.
Nearly 84,700 virus-related hospitalizations have been reported statewide since the start of the pandemic with 13,276 admissions into intensive care units reported.
Georgia’s vaccinated population surpassed 10.97 million Wednesday — which includes people with at least one dose and fully administered — counting 10,978,322, according to the GDPH.
About 5.75 million have had at least one shot and 5.11 million are fully vaccinated.