UPDATE: Georgia reports 391,466 confirmed COVID-19 cases statewide, with 6,666 in Columbus

GEORGIA (WRBL) – As of the Georgia Department of Public Health’s latest update, the state reports that 391,466 people have tested positive for COVID-19 statewide, with 33,439 hospitalized for treatment, and 8,496 Georgians who have died to the virus.

Those numbers have gone up since our last update, Nov. 16 as the state of Georgia reported 387,930 patients were confirmed to have the coronavirus. The state report says 3,603 new cases have been confirmed today, Nov. 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, 39,105 cases have tested positive on the antibody, or serology, test.

In Columbus, 6,666 people have tested positive for COVID-19, total, and 184 have died, according to the latest DPH report.

Neighboring counties are still seeing the number of positive cases increase nearby. Chattahoochee County reported 1,906 total cases today, Nov. 17. There were 3,190 total cases confirmed in Troup County and 900 total cases in Harris County, as of the Nov. 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: