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UPDATE: COVID-19 status report 8/27

Updated 8/27 at 3 pm

ATLANTA – Georgia Department of Public Heath (DPH) reported at 3 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 27)  263,074 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 5,393 deaths  and 24,127 people have been hospitalized.

There were 2,975 confirmed cases in Forsyth County resulting in 31 deaths.

The DPH updates statistics daily at 3 p.m.

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