UPDATE: Georgia reports 837,443 confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide, with 13,242 in Columbus

GEORGIA (WRBL) – As of the Georgia Department of Public Health’s latest update, the state reports that 837,443 people have tested positive for COVID-19 statewide, with 57,513 hospitalized for treatment, and 15,928 Georgians who have died to the virus.

COVID-19 case numbers have gone up since our last update, March 15, 2021 as the state of Georgia reported 836,344 patients were confirmed to have the coronavirus. The state report says 1,129 new cases were confirmed on March 16, 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, 199,063 cases have tested positive on the antibody, or serology, test.

As of March 15, 2021, the state reports that 2,740,601 vaccines have been administered.

On March 16, in Columbus, 13,242 people have tested positive for COVID-19, total, and 352 have died, according to the latest DPH report.

Neighboring counties are still seeing the number of positive cases increase nearby. Chattahoochee County reported 2,814 total cases today, March 16. There were 5,671 total cases confirmed in Troup County and 2,066 total cases in Harris County, as of the March 16 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:

COUNTY	CONFIRMED CASES	ANTIGEN+	CONFIRMED DEATHS	PROBABLE DEATHS
Gwinnett	82122	12687	954	64
Fulton	76516	12578	1131	80
Cobb	56845	14986	884	70
DeKalb	53371	5823	828	64
Non-GA Resident	24768	5098	419	133
Hall	24148	1797	393	22
Clayton	21756	2311	392	19
Cherokee	20920	7481	273	11
Chatham	19034	2508	370	24
Richmond	18960	4257	371	81
Henry	17848	5153	260	27
Forsyth	16691	3659	156	8
Whitfield	14346	1759	216	13
Muscogee	13242	1700	352	45
Bibb	12987	2184	368	36
Clarke	12279	2139	121	7
Douglas	11175	2704	161	32
Columbia	10670	5376	155	39
Bartow	10551	2934	189	14
Paulding	10104	5125	149	41
Houston	9587	4189	176	58
Floyd	9576	1706	167	33
Coweta	8298	5038	165	12
Barrow	8224	1013	117	1
Jackson	8171	1162	127	11
Walton	7646	2272	217	19
Lowndes	7444	4556	130	61
Carroll	7101	3623	127	93
Newton	7048	3012	193	18
Glynn	6470	1287	147	17
Fayette	6288	2011	136	15
Gordon	6248	1501	94	10
Walker	6050	719	73	7
Troup	5671	1465	165	38
Rockdale	5619	1334	142	17
Dougherty	5334	1806	269	17
Catoosa	5242	475	61	5
Bulloch	5121	1434	54	43
Habersham	4563	375	139	6
Coffee	4181	1035	127	32
Murray	3931	640	73	4
Polk	3807	1531	74	10
Spalding	3767	2013	138	31
Baldwin	3753	591	105	12
Effingham	3660	689	59	4
Laurens	3623	1774	140	23
Thomas	3467	778	108	8
Colquitt	3389	1101	71	37
Tift	3379	1353	93	28
Camden	3104	682	26	5
Liberty	2947	449	54	1
Ware	2910	1765	135	21
Stephens	2900	111	72	2
White	2881	176	63	12
Oconee	2872	890	59	5
Toombs	2815	429	92	14
Chattahoochee	2814	492	10	2
Lumpkin	2691	119	58	6
Madison	2656	468	41	10
Unknown	2637	816	11	0
Wayne	2600	764	69	10
Dawson	2586	266	36	1
Bryan	2564	795	32	3
Pickens	2410	786	56	16
Gilmer	2409	408	68	11
Franklin	2286	279	39	7
Chattooga	2130	489	61	7
Decatur	2074	709	53	13
Harris	2066	354	50	0
Butts	2035	732	70	6
Fannin	2019	206	50	11
Union	1968	145	63	3
Appling	1855	382	61	5
Monroe	1809	687	84	13
Tattnall	1804	436	42	20
Peach	1778	713	46	6
Sumter	1775	707	88	7
Upson	1745	1547	102	18
Putnam	1710	359	51	0
Burke	1704	738	32	22
Emanuel	1702	790	51	28
Hart	1676	618	35	15
Haralson	1651	836	33	45
Washington	1605	370	54	23
McDuffie	1599	747	38	5
Banks	1577	154	33	1
Lee	1569	1066	47	6
Jefferson	1547	331	55	5
Jones	1541	391	47	3
Elbert	1500	745	51	12
Grady	1491	539	45	12
Mitchell	1479	492	71	5
Ben Hill	1472	566	55	18
Greene	1461	293	47	6
Meriwether	1447	438	58	9
Rabun	1445	148	37	8
Crisp	1330	600	47	22
Lamar	1273	645	41	11
Jeff Davis	1252	553	36	9
Pierce	1199	1153	41	12
Worth	1158	548	58	7
Dade	1149	178	10	1
Oglethorpe	1148	271	26	1
Cook	1145	613	36	4
Morgan	1138	810	16	5
Dodge	1071	982	56	45
Charlton	1037	294	21	7
Towns	1036	114	41	12
Berrien	1033	737	29	12
Bacon	1022	335	28	8
Pike	1001	1085	23	11
Early	988	149	41	3
Brooks	921	426	36	8
Brantley	887	655	29	4
Hancock	814	73	59	1
Screven	793	132	20	6
Bleckley	789	629	33	16
Stewart	772	99	22	0
Johnson	769	316	40	7
Atkinson	761	219	16	1
Dooly	759	268	30	12
Evans	740	186	15	11
Candler	729	189	35	26
Clinch	717	215	24	1
Seminole	717	187	17	1
Wilkinson	717	190	26	0
Jenkins	711	117	39	3
Montgomery	708	156	19	2
Telfair	697	545	43	11
Long	683	170	11	1
Irwin	669	222	17	10
Wilkes	659	391	17	6
Jasper	649	693	18	15
Miller	633	160	8	4
Treutlen	621	213	20	3
McIntosh	605	140	13	2
Heard	604	212	14	3
Pulaski	597	289	30	10
Macon	586	216	23	4
Turner	585	388	30	3
Terrell	552	229	41	2
Crawford	508	123	15	2
Twiggs	499	188	33	6
Lincoln	494	272	22	2
Taylor	491	279	20	3
Lanier	483	266	9	4
Randolph	459	154	32	1
Wilcox	458	339	28	18
Wheeler	452	163	21	2
Calhoun	437	132	14	0
Marion	382	158	16	1
Talbot	370	87	17	0
Warren	365	143	12	3
Echols	353	103	3	5
Schley	204	128	4	0
Clay	180	51	3	0
Baker	159	63	9	0
Glascock	140	118	7	11
Webster	101	37	4	0
Taliaferro	99	22	3	0
Quitman	78	80	1	0