The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus has crossed 13,000 in Georgia, while the number of deaths caused by the virus rose to at least 464 on Monday. Nursing homes and assisted living facilities continue to be hotspots for infections in the state.
The South Central Health District said Sunday that 16 people have tested positive for the virus at an unnamed long term care facility in Wilcox County, which is northeast of Albany. Wilcox County is one of a number of counties statewide that has seen jackrabbit growth of confirmed infections in recent days, along with Muscogee County and Richmond County.
