A total of 3,875 new cases of coronavirus were reported across Georgia on Wednesday by the state Department of Public Health, which additionally noted 136 more virus-related fatalities. Two of those fatalities were reported in Floyd County.
According to the latest report by the DPH issued just before 3 pm, there have been 759,228 confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide. The state’s death toll now stands at 12,907. Here in Floyd County, there have been 8,696 confirmed cases and 141 deaths. Gwinnett County reported the state’s largest number of confirmed cases with 74,825, and Fulton County had the most deaths with 914.
View the COVID-19 Daily Status Report on the Georgia Department of Public Health’s website, www.dph.georgia.gov. The website also features a vaccine dashboard and a vaccine locator. As of the latest update at 5:52 pm on Wednesday evening, 1,030,872 vaccines had been administered statewide.
Governor Brian Kemp and DPH Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey shared the news that Georgia had reached a milestone one million vaccines during a briefing that was held at the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site at Jim Miller Park in Marietta on Wednesday. That total now includes at least a first shot to over 502,000 seniors.
Asserts Kemp, “Georgians should know that demand will continue to far outpace vaccine supply for the foreseeable future. As soon as supply allows the state to expand current vaccination criteria, we will absolutely do so.”