Georgia state health officials reported on Wednesday there have been 93 additional deaths due to the coronavirus. The current total is 27,284.

There are 13,913 new cases reported on Wednesday, as that total reaches 1,791,344 confirmed cases of coronavirus.

Hospitalizations with the virus are at 101,582, which is an increase of 254 since Tuesday.

Chattooga County added 31 new COVID cases this week to bring the total to 4,874.  The number of deaths also increased this week to 101.

Georgia has also had a positivity rate above 5%, which means there is widespread community transmission, according to the CDC. On Monday, that positivity rate was six times higher than that recommended 5%.