1 year after Georgia reported its first coronavirus cases, the state’s total reaches 819,730
Since beginning of pandemic, Clinch, Pierce and Ware county among hardest hit
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Vietnam veteran Robert Ingram, 74, on West Broad Street adjusts a face mask in downtown Sparta, Georgia in this file photo from May 2020. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The Georgia Department of Public Health reported 1,227 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state on Monday one year to the day after Gov. Brian Kemp announced the state’s first cases.
This brings the total to 819,730 confirmed cases in the state since the pandemic began. At least 15,148 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported across the state, including 80 new deaths added Monday on the state’s status report. One of those additional deaths was in Ware County.