CORONAVIRUS, VACCINE UPDATE FROM GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

A total of 945 new cases of coronavirus and 60 more virus-related fatalities were reported on Thursday by the state’s Department of Public Health.

According to the latest update by the DPH issued just before 3 pm, there have been 853,273 confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide. The state’s death toll now stands at 16,664. In Floyd County, there were 9,790 confirmed cases and 175 fatalities. Gwinnett County had this state’s highest number of confirmed cases with 83,585, and Fulton County had the most deaths with 1,193.

As of the latest update to the DPH’s vaccine dashboard Thursday afternoon, 3,880,883 vaccines have been administered statewide.

Get additional information about COVID-19 and vaccination in Georgia via the state Department of Public Health’s website at www.dph.georgia.gov. All Georgians age 16 and up are now eligible to be vaccinated. Locals may also visit www.romefloyd.com/covid-19-vaccine-options to get more information about vaccination sites in Rome and Floyd County, according to a release by Floyd County government.