Just 655 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Georgia on Sunday by the state’s Department of Public Health, along with one virus-related death.
According to the latest update by the DPH issued just before 3 pm, there have been 855,839 confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide. The state’s death toll now stands at 16,749. In Floyd County, there were 9,816 confirmed cases and 175 fatalities. Gwinnett County had this state’s highest number of confirmed cases with 83,827, and Fulton County had the most deaths with 1,208.
As of the most recent update to the vaccine dashboard on Sunday afternoon, 4,185,967 vaccines have been administered statewide.
All Georgians age 16 and older are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Get more information and make an appointment via the Georgia Department of Public Health’s website, www.dph.georgia.gov. That site also features the COVID-19 Daily Status Report and the vaccine dashboard.