Georgia Shows High COVID-19 Totals At Colleges, But UGA Reports Improvement

The virus positivity rate at UGA’s surveillance testing site, where 1,974 tests were administered, has dropped to 3.55 percent, UGA officials said last week.

Georgia has seen several positive trends recently on COVID-19.

New infections reported daily have come way down. Georgia health officials reported just over 600 new cases Monday — one of the lowest increases since early June. About 1,000 were reported Tuesday, well below peak levels.

The state is no longer in the COVID-19 “red zone.’’ The latest report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force found Georgia at 23rd in the country for new cases, a nine-spot improvement from the previous week, WABE reported. And COVID hospitalizations have declined significantly as well.