Georgia reports more than 33,500 COVID-19 cases and 1,400 deaths

Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to reflect the increase of 1,004 cases was between the state’s Saturday update at 12:25 p.m. and Sunday’s 7:25 p.m. update. The number of deaths has been corrected to 1,405.

The Georgia Department of Public Health at 7 p.m. Sunday confirmed 33,508 cases of COVID-19 in the state, up by 532 cases from Sunday at 12:25 p.m.

There were 1,004 new cases reported from 12:25 Saturday to 7:25 p.m. Sunday.

Statewide, 1,405 people have now died from the novel coronavirus.

The state health department reports 5,999 people were hospitalized when their positive cases were reported. This number does not represent the number of COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized, according to the state health department.

The Georgia Public Health Laboratory and private labs have performed 243,547 coronavirus tests as the state continue to increase its testing capacity.

State health officials have not provided a breakdown of the residents tested for COVID-19 in each county. The state is also not tracking the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19.

For 842 cases, the state is reporting the counties as “unknown.” The person may be homeless or medical professionals may not have entered the person’s county of residence into the state’s electronic database, health officials have previously said.

The state health department also reported that 1,420 non-Georgia residents tested positive for COVID-19. State health officials previously said these numbers account for out of state residents whose healthcare provider is located in Georgia.

The daily status report page will be updated at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. beginning Monday, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

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This story was originally published May 10, 2020 at 12:51 PM.