Jan. 7: 896 cases, 28 deaths

Lamar County was up to 896 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 28 deaths as of the Thursday case count update from DPH. Lamar is recorded as having 65 hospitalizations.

Lamar deaths include: (latest) white male (60); white female (80); black male (53) white male, 81; white male, 70; white male, 86; black female, 84; white female, 68; black female, 73; black male, 90+; white male, 69; white male, 73; white male, 55: white female, 88; black female, 66; white female, 70; white female, 72; white male, 80; black male, 49; white female, 81; white female, 83; white male, 87; white female, 88; white male, 86; white female, 85; white female, 74; black female, 87; white male, 85;

Statewide there have been 609,868 confirmed cases with 43,796 hospitalizations and 10,100 deaths.

Surrounding counties:

Pike: 709 cases, 54 hospitalizations and 15 deaths.
Upson: 1327 cases, 124 hospitalizations and 73 deaths.
Monroe: 1358 cases, 128 hospitalizations and 61 deaths.
Butts: 1402 cases, 81 hospitalizations and 48 deaths.
Spalding: 2737 cases, 306 hospitalizations and 89 deaths.