As of Thursday, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there have been more than 1.2 million confirmed coronavirus cases in Georgia, along with 22,354 deaths and 80,648 hospitalizations since the pandemic began.

Floyd Medical Center reported 66 COVID-19 patients Thursday afternoon, while Redmond Regional Medical Center has 55 COVID-19 patients and one awaiting results.

Recently, the Pfizer booster has been made available to some groups of people, including first responders, people 65 and over and people ages 18 to 64 with high health risks.

The boosters are available at all of the DPH facilities in the Northwest Georgia region. You can schedule a vaccine at dph.georgia.gov/covid-vaccine.