At the close of day on Friday, the Georgia Department of Public Health was reporting eighteen more deaths in Georgia from COVID-19.

The numbers will be updated again today.  The current total for Georgia is 26,425.

There were 17,641 new cases on Friday, as that total reaches 1,420,034 confirmed cases of coronavirus.  Hospitalizations are at 94,879, which is an increase of 297 since Thursday.

The latest numbers for Chattooga County show 3,833 cases – up by 18.  There have been a total of 93 deaths in Chattooga County attributed to the coronavirus.