Saturday 7 p.m. update: Georgia Department of Public Health releases latest coronavirus cases and death figures

There have been 172 new cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths reported to state officials since noon, Georgia health officials announced Saturday night.

There have been 17,841 cases of the coronavirus disease reported in Georgia, including 677 deaths, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. The deaths account for 3.79% of all cases seen in the state.

There have also been 3,447 people hospitalized so far, accounting for 19.32% of the cases reported to the state.

The state’s health lab has conducted 4,853 tests with 950 of them being positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, commercial labs have conducted 69,355 tests with 16,891 of them being positive for the disease.

Sixty-one percent of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 are between the ages of 18 and 59. They are followed by people over 60 (34%) and newborns to 17-year-olds (1%). The ages of patients is unknown in 4% of cases seen in the state however.

Women make up 54% of cases seen in Georgia, while men make up 44%. The gender of patients was unknown in 2% of cases.

Fulton County county has had the most cases in the state, 2,065 in all with 74 of them resulting in death. Among the five counties with the most COVID-19 cases seen in Georgia, Fulton is followed by Dougherty County (1,409 cases and 91 deaths), DeKalb County (1,408 cases, 24 deaths), Cobb County (1,104 cases, 51 deaths) and Gwinnett County (1,059 cases, 36 deaths).

The county of residence is unknown in 245 cases. State health officials said 827 cases, including seven that resulted in death, in Georgia were patients who were not Georgia residents.

The full county-by-county breakdown of cases and deaths is:

Photo: Georgia Department of Public Health