TIFTON – Tift County reported about 50 new COVID-19 cases during the last week, according to the daily report from the Georgia Department of Public Health.

Tift County reported no virus-related deaths during the past week, Sept. 29-Oct. 5. Fifty-seven Tift County residents have died due to COVID-19-related causes since the start of the pandemic, according to the GDPH. 

Tift County has reported more than 1,800 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began earlier this year, according to the GDPH.

The county has reported 220-plus Tift residents have been hospitalized because of the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, according to the GDPH.