Georgia continued to battle alarming numbers of COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths Saturday, reporting 3,190 new cases, 31 deaths and 268 hospitalizations.

The total number of cases statewide is 114,401. The death toll has risen to 2,996 and there have been 13,205 hospitalizations and 2,610 ICU admissions.

Why it Matters: Contrary to popular belief, Georgia’s surge in cases is not a result of more testing. According to medical professionals, if this spike were a result of testing alone, only the number of confirmed cases would be spiking. However, the increase in hospitalizations and ICU admissions indicates that this is a surge in the spread of the virus.

Two Georgia counties have crossed the 10,000 confirmed cases mark. Gwinnett County leads the state in COVID-19 cases with 11,074 cases and Fulton County has 10,354 cases. 182 people have died in Gwinnett County and 324 have died in Fulton.