Georgia adds 2,400-plus virus cases Friday

ATLANTA – Georgia reported more than 2,400 new COVID-19 cases Friday, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. 

Georgia added 2,456 new COVID-19 cases, according to the GDPH.

Georgia has reported 786,277 confirmed cases and 172,708 antigen cases — an increase of 1,444 antigen cases from the previous day — since the start of the pandemic. Antigen cases show results from rapid virus tests.

More than 6.7 million COVID-19 tests have been performed with an 11.2% positive rate, health officials reported.

The state has performed more than 458,000 antibody tests — which show signs of past infection — with the state reporting a 14.6% positivity rate.

More than 1.3 million people have received the vaccine, between Pfizer and Moderna allocations, across the state as of late afternoon Feb. 11.