(Cleveland)- The number of confirmed COVID cases in White County has been going up steadily in the last few weeks with the case numbers more than quadrupling in less than a month. As of Sunday, the number of confirmed cases in the county was 281 for the past two weeks. 

According to data from the Georgia Department of Public Health, the total number of confirmed cases in White County is 4,911, with 422 requiring hospitalization and 118 deaths have been connected to the virus.