UPDATE: Georgia reports 424,929 confirmed COVID-19 cases statewide, with 6,958 in Columbus

GEORGIA (WRBL) – As of the Georgia Department of Public Health’s latest update, the state reports that 424,929 people have tested positive for COVID-19 statewide, with 35,063 hospitalized for treatment, and 8,798 Georgians who have died to the virus.

Those numbers have gone up since our last update, Nov. 30 as the state of Georgia reported 422,133 patients were confirmed to have the coronavirus. The state report says 2,892 new cases have been confirmed today, Dec. 1.

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, 51,476 cases have tested positive on the antibody, or serology, test.

In Columbus, 6,958 people have tested positive for COVID-19, total, and 188 have died, according to the latest DPH report.

Neighboring counties are still seeing the number of positive cases increase nearby. Chattahoochee County reported 1,998 total cases today, Dec. 1. There were 3,316 total cases confirmed in Troup County and 961 total cases in Harris County, as of the Dec. 1 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: