UPDATE: Georgia reports 408,644 confirmed COVID-19 cases statewide, with 6,811 in Columbus

GEORGIA (WRBL) – As of the Georgia Department of Public Health’s latest update, the state reports that 408,644 people have tested positive for COVID-19 statewide, with 34,268 hospitalized for treatment, and 8,648 Georgians who have died to the virus.

Those numbers have gone up since our last update, Nov. 23 as the state of Georgia reported 406,220 patients were confirmed to have the coronavirus. The state report says 2,452 new cases have been confirmed today, Nov. 24.

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, 46,088 cases have tested positive on the antibody, or serology, test.

In Columbus, 6,811 people have tested positive for COVID-19, total, and 186 have died, according to the latest DPH report.

Neighboring counties are still seeing the number of positive cases increase nearby. Chattahoochee County reported 1,949 total cases today, Nov. 24. There were 3,250 total cases confirmed in Troup County and 935 total cases in Harris County, as of the Nov. 24 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: