Georgia edges 352,000 COVID-19 cases

Published 3:15 pm Monday, October 26, 2020

ATLANTA — Georgia reached 351,881 COVID-19 cases Monday with 7,827 virus-related deaths, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

This is an addition of 958 positive cases and 18 deaths since Sunday, Oct. 25, the daily status report read.

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More than 31,000 people have been hospitalized due to COVID-19, according to the department, and 5,829 admitted to an ICU.

More than 3.4 million COVID-19 tests have been performed with a 9.5% positive rate, health officials reported.

More than 326,000 antibody tests have been done — which show signs of past infection — with the state reporting an 8.9% positivity rate.