Georgia finally saw a drop in both new cases and new deaths on Friday even as South Carolina crept up in both.
Georgia added 1,313 new cases to reach 826,117 and had 64 new deaths, the first time below 100 deaths in three days, for a toll of 15,526, the Department of Public Health reported.
Richmond County had 31 new cases and was the only county in the Augusta area to see a double-digit increase: nine in Columbia for 10,577, three in Burke for 1679, two in McDuffie for 1,584, two in Jefferson for 1,544, three in Wilkes for 652, one in Lincoln for 490 and one in Taliaferro for 96.
Richmond County suffered two new deaths for 359 total, and Jefferson County lost a patient, with new deaths in Aiken raising the area s toll to 947.
Georgia continues to see good news and bad news in the pandemic in lower new COVID-19 infections but more than 100 new deaths on Thursday.
Georgia suffered 107 new deaths to reach 14,989 with 2,139 new cases for 812,612, the Department of Public Health reported.
Richmond County had 49 new cases for 18,538 total and Columbia County saw 13 new for 10,434. All other counties had four new cases or fewer: three in Burke for 1,658, four in McDuffie for 1,570, one in Jefferson for 1,534, two in Lincoln for 485, one in Warren for 359 and one in Glascock for 139. Unchanged were Screven County at 776, Jenkins County at 700 and Taliaferro County at 94.
Richmond County suffered a new death for 347 total, Jefferson County lost two patients for 53 and Screven County had a new death for 17, with a death in Aiken raising the area s toll to 915.
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