Georgia reports 1,262 additional COVID-19 cases, 86 more deaths

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The Georgia Department of Public Health on Thursday reported 1,262 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. Of those cases, 15 were reported in the Southeast Georgia counties tracked by News4Jax.

As of Thursday, a total of 832,480 confirmed cases had been reported by the state Department of Public Health.

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The agency on Thursday reported 86 additional confirmed deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 15,784 confirmed deaths since the start of the pandemic.

According to the state Department of Public Health, 7,433,035 tests have been performed in the state, which had a 10.9% positivity rate, as of Thursday.

Georgia was reporting a total of 197,666 antigen positive cases and 2,333 “probable” deaths on Thursday. For more on those categories, click here.

(Note: There are variations in the day-to-day data reported by the Georgia Department of Public Health. Data are based on available information at the time of the report and may not reflect all cases or tests performed in Georgia on that particular day. At times, cases and deaths are removed from the overall running total reported by the Department of Public Health.)

On Thursday, 104 additional hospitalizations were reported, bringing the state’s total to 57,198 since the outbreak began.

Common symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, breathing trouble, sore throat, muscle pain, and loss of taste or smell. Most people develop only mild symptoms. But some people, usually those with other medical complications, develop more severe symptoms, including pneumonia.