UPDATE: Georgia reports 701,308 confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide, with 10,919 in Columbus

GEORGIA (WRBL) – As of the Georgia Department of Public Health’s latest update, the state reports that 701,308 people have tested positive for COVID-19 statewide, with 47,680 hospitalized for treatment, and 11,511 Georgians who have died to the virus.

COVID-19 case numbers have gone up since our last update, Jan. 20, 2021 as the state of Georgia reported 695,400 patients were confirmed to have the coronavirus. The state report says 5,969 new cases were confirmed on Jan. 21, 2021.

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, 143,491 cases have tested positive on the antibody, or serology, test.

In Columbus, 10,919 people have tested positive for COVID-19, total, and 225 have died, according to the latest DPH report.

Neighboring counties are still seeing the number of positive cases increase nearby. Chattahoochee County reported 2,200 total cases today, Jan. 21. There were 4,904 total cases confirmed in Troup County and 1,662 total cases in Harris County, as of the Jan. 21 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: