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Six more confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, from Forsyth County was reported on Sunday, bringing the county's total to 28 as the number of infections in Georgia topped 2,600.

While the Georgia Department of Public Health reported a total of 2,446 total cases in Georgia at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 28, including 22 in Forsyth County, the statewide number grew to 2,683 by the same time on Sunday, March 29. The number of deaths has now reached 83 statewide, including one in Forsyth, with 678 hospitalizations.

The department is updating totals at noon and 7 p.m. daily.

More than 12,500 tests have been conducted statewide, according to the DPH, and nearly three quarters of counties in Georgia now have a confirmed case of COVID-19, led by Fulton with 425 known cases. A total of 226 cases are still listed in unknown counties by the GDPH.