"ATLANTA — Georgia surpassed another milestone with more than 100,000 coronavirus cases.
The Georgia Department of Public Health is currently reporting 100,470 cases and 2,899 deaths as of 3 p.m. Tuesday. That is an increase of 3,406 cases and 21 new deaths since Monday.
Georgia becomes the ninth state to pass the 100,000 case mark, joining New York, California, Florida, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, Massachusetts and Arizona.
Tuesday’s increase is the second highest jump in cases, slightly behind Thursday’s record numbers.
In the past week, the number of confirmed cases has increased 19,179. That’s more than 19% of our total cases since the first case was reported in March.
People who tested positive for COVID-19 has been increasing in Georgia for the past two weeks with a current rate of 9.40%.
Hospitalization rate however continues to decrease and currently sits at is 12.21% compared to 18% in May.
Georgia’s death rate among people who have tested positive has also been decreasing since May and right now sits at 2.89%, which is below the national 4% death rate.
Metro Atlanta, and all of Georgia, remain under a Public Health State of Emergency through August 11."
Georgia becomes 9th state to reach 100,000 COVID-19 cases
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