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Richmond County saw 31 new cases for 19,382 total and Columbia County had 10 more for 10,828. All other area counties added three new cases or fewer: one in Burke for 1,730, three in McDuffie for 1,629, two in Jefferson for 1,560, one in Jenkins for 719, and one in Wilkes for 668. All other counties were unchanged: Screven at 808, Lincoln at 505, Warren at 367 and Glascock at 144. Taliaferro County lost a case to go back to 100.
McDuffie County suffered a new death for 40 total, raising the area s toll to 1,018.
Georgia Public Health got the results of 18,911 tests, of which 5.31% were positive, a little more than half the overall rate of 10.17%, which fell slightly, according to an analysis by the
New cases of COVID-19 crept up Friday in Georgia and new deaths remained high, with one in the Aiken-Augusta area.
Georgia suffered 63 new deaths, with 204 over the past three days, for a toll of 16,727 and added 1,143 new cases to reach 854,416, the Department of Public Health reported. Richmond County saw 20 new cases for a second straight day for 19,227 and Columbia County had 11 more for 10,775. All other area counties added two new cases or less: two in Burke for 1,725, two in McDuffie for 1,622, two in Screven for 800, and one in Lincoln for 500. All other counties remained the same: Jefferson at 1,556, Jenkins at 716, Wilkes at 666, Warren at 367, Glascock at 143 and Taliaferro at 100.