UPDATE: Georgia reports 300,903 confirmed COVID-19 cases statewide, with 5,809 in Columbus

GEORGIA (WRBL) – As of the Georgia Department of Public Health’s latest update, the state reports that 300,903 people have tested positive for COVID-19 statewide, with 27,054 hospitalized for treatment, and 6,474 Georgians who have died to the virus.

Those numbers have gone up since our last update, Sept. 16, as the state of Georgia reported 299,056 patients were confirmed to have the coronavirus. The state report says 1,901 new cases have been confirmed today, Sept. 17.

The Georgia Department of Health is now also including antibody test results in their data, according to the updated daily status report. Based on the new reporting by the GaDPH, 23,551 cases have tested positive on the antibody, or serology, test.

In Columbus, 5,809 people have tested positive for COVID-19, total, and 160 have died, according to the latest DPH report.

Neighboring counties are still seeing the number of positive cases increase nearby. Chattahoochee County reported 1,612 total cases today, Sept. 17. There were 2,732 total cases confirmed in Troup County and 769 total cases in Harris County, as of the Sept. 17 update.

The GaDPH’s status update page for coronavirus numbers is not currently showing the number of patients in the state presumed to have recovered from the illness so far.

As of June 2, the DPH only provides one daily update on the number of COVID-19 cases in the state at 3 p.m. EDT:

**Note, all counties in the WRBL viewing area have been bolded in the above table. These counties are what contribute to the count of local cases in Georgia.