More than 6,000 people have now died of coronavirus in Georgia

ATLANTA — Georgia passed 6,000 coronavirus-related deaths on Labor Day weekend.

According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, a total of 6,037 people have died in Georgia since the pandemic began in March. 283,199 people have become infected.

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Over 1,000 people have died from the virus across the state in just two weeks. On August 22, Channel 2 Action News reported that over 5,000 people had died from the virus.

The youngest person in the state to die from the virus was a 1-year-old boy in Cobb County.

Fulton County has reported the most deaths, with 545 people dying from complications related to COVID-19.

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