Georgia’s Rapid Test Results Add To Jump In COVID Cases

Rick Bowmer / Associated Press

This story was originally published at Georgia Health News.

New COVID-19 cases in Georgia jumped by more than 4,500 on Tuesday, the highest daily increase reported in months.

Most of the new cases came from rapid antigen tests. About 1,000 of those positives, though, were part of a “data dump’’ of cases from October, state officials said.