Continuing Coverage: COVID-19 Pandemic
Continuing Coverage: COVID-19 Pandemic

Coronavirus cases in Georgia continue to grow

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Channel 2 Action News found people waiting at least an hour in line waiting to get a test Thursday
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July 3, 2020

Georgia reported 2,784 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday.

That's down from 3,472 newly reported cases the day before, which set a record for the number of new cases.

Also Friday, the state Department of Public Health reported 7 more deaths from the disease.

To date, Georgia has reported 90,493 confirmed cases and 2,856 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

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