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There have been 546 new cases of the coronavirus disease known as COVID-19 confirmed in Georgia since Tuesday night, state health officials announced late Thursday.

The latest update from the Georgia Department of Public Health, at 7 p.m. Thursday, shows there are now 1,643 cases of the disease in the state, and the number of people who died stands at 56. That is 3.41% of the cases in Georgia resulting in death.

Just in a seven-hour period since noon Thursday, the state reported 118 new cases of COVID-19, and eight additional deaths.

Officials said 509 Georgians have been hospitalized because of the disease so far. That’s 30.98% of all cases seen in the state up to now.

There have been 1,646 tests conducted by state health officials while commercial labs have conducted another 7,302 tests.

People in the 18 to 59 age group make up the majority of cases seen in the state, 57% of cases in all, followed by people in the 60 and over age group (35%) and newborns to 17-year-olds (1%). The ages of patients is unknown in 7% of COVID-19 cases in Georgia.

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