More than 380,000 people in Georgia have (or have had) coronavirus, per the state Department of Public Health, which reported 2,547 new cases as well as 70 virus-related deaths on Thursday.
According to the latest report by the DPH issued just before 3 pm, there have been 380,190 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the state. A total of 8,403 fatalities have been attributed to the virus. In Floyd County, there were 4,466 confirmed cases and 66 deaths. Fulton County had the state’s highest number of confirmed cases with 33,335 and the most fatalities with 649.
View the COVID-19 Daily Status Report and get information on testing from the Georgia Department of Public Health at www.dph.georgia.gov.
A pop-up clinic will be held today from 10 am until 2 pm in the parking lot of Dr. Raymond McKoy’s office, 310 West 10th Street, at which free COVID-19 testing will be offered, along with free flu shots. The drive-thru clinic will be conducted by the Georgia Department of Public Health, Dr. McKoy and staff. Anyone who wants to be tested for COVID-19 may be tested. Everyone over six months of age is encouraged to immunized against flu.