CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA — The Georgia Department of Public Health has created a Specimen Point of Collection in Cherokee County, opening Monday, March 23. At this time, testing is not open to the public and will be limited to persons 60 and older with symptoms of coronavirus.

Persons 60 and older with symptoms of coronavirus must contact their healthcare provider to be screened and entered into the Public Health Referral System. They will receive an appointment time and Person Under Investigation number. Those without a Person Under Investigation number will not be tested. The testing site will be at the Cherokee County Government Complex, 7545 Main St. in Woodstock.

The current hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday-Thursday, and 9 a.m. to noon on Fridays. As of Sunday morning, there are 17 cases of coronavirus in Cherokee County, the DPH said.

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The number of confirmed and presumed positive cases of COVID-19 rose from 420 positive cases in the state, with 14 deaths, on Friday, to 555 cases and 20 deaths Saturday night.

Fulton County has the most cases in the state with 99, followed by Bartow with 56, Cobb County with 50, Dougherty with 47, DeKalb with 41, Gwinnett with 23, Cherokee with 17, Carroll and Lee with 14, Clayton with 13, Richmond with 10, and Clarke, Fayette and Hall with nine.