Saturday was the deadliest day for the COVID-19 pandemic in the state, new numbers show

  • Source: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta
  • Published: 09/21/2021 12:00 AM

New numbers from the state show Saturday is now the deadliest day of the COVID-19 pandemic so far. The state reported 191 new COVID-19 deaths. That’s five more than our previous high in February. That brings Georgia’s average of COVID-19 deaths to 103 people every day. But as deaths go up, cases continue to go down across the state. The Georgia Department of Public Health reported 9,490 new COVID-19 cases reported over the weekend. The seven-day average of cases is now at its lowest point in over a month. The numbers come on the same day as the U.S. met another grim milestone: COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000.



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