Georgia has 31,309 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of noon Thursday. A total of 217,303 coronavirus tests have been processed. In terms of percentage, that means that just over 14% of all coronavirus tests are positive in Georgia.
Breaking down the rest of the numbers, the peach state has had 5,816 hospitalizations for coronavirus, though according to the Georgia Department of Public Health that number only includes cases where the patient was hospitalized at the time of reporting the positive test result. It does not include the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases hospitalized after they were confirmed elsewhere. There have been 1,366 ICU admissions for coronavirus and 1,336 deaths statewide.
Fulton County, Georgia’s most populated county, has now crossed the 3,000 mark for confirmed cases with 3,250 cases. Three other counties have crossed the 2,000 case threshold. DeKalb County has 2,391 confirmed cases, Gwinnett has 2,236 and Cobb has 2,011.
Hall County has now surpassed Dougherty County’s case numbers. Hall has 1,933 confirmed cases and Dougherty County has 1,555 cases.
In terms of deaths from the virus, Fulton County has seen more deaths from the virus than any other county in the state with 137 deaths. Dougherty County, which is a hotspot for the virus has 126 deaths. Cobb County is the only other county in Georgia with over 100 deaths at 107.
Below is the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths for each county.
County Cases Deaths Hospitalized Fulton 3,250 136 601 DeKalb 2,390 61 434 Gwinnett 2,233 82 406 Cobb 2,006 107 509 Hall 1,924 27 243 Dougherty 1,555 126 317 Non-Georgia Resident 1,087 19 68 Clayton 876 33 143 Unknown 837 0 41 Cherokee 550 16 97 Henry 548 14 71 Richmond 430 15 120 Carroll 389 15 78 Sumter 385 29 103 Habersham 378 12 57 Bibb 366 14 102 Douglas 365 11 105 Bartow 359 32 124 Forsyth 359 10 45 Muscogee 351 12 71 Lee 338 22 47 Mitchell 336 31 71 Chatham 283 12 74 Houston 277 14 81 Baldwin 264 10 52 Coweta 246 4 39 Upson 245 23 25 Newton 235 8 39 Early 224 26 13 Rockdale 224 7 53 Spalding 222 11 38 Thomas 220 22 48 Paulding 212 10 53 Colquitt 198 10 13 Barrow 195 5 53 Terrell 193 21 34 Fayette 187 11 36 Crisp 179 6 36 Worth 178 13 33 Clarke 174 13 31 Lowndes 172 4 31 Columbia 170 5 29 Randolph 167 20 28 Troup 167 5 45 Butts 164 17 17 Coffee 160 8 47 Floyd 152 12 40 Ware 146 13 41 Walton 143 5 22 Tift 139 6 37 Whitfield 135 6 18 Dooly 134 13 34 Gordon 120 14 29 Jackson 117 3 22 Hancock 112 2 12 Calhoun 109 4 7 Decatur 105 2 11 Stephens 91 1 22 Wilcox 90 12 15 Burke 89 3 18 White 83 1 19 Gilmer 83 0 14 Macon 81 3 29 Appling 79 10 15 Grady 77 4 22 Lumpkin 74 1 13 Turner 73 10 11 Dawson 72 1 13 Laurens 70 1 14 Glynn 68 1 10 Oconee 67 0 10 Brooks 64 7 6 Johnson 64 2 10 Polk 63 0 10 Peach 61 2 16 Walker 61 0 1 Harris 60 2 10 Meriwether 59 1 10 Pierce 58 3 16 Bryan 57 4 18 Greene 55 5 17 Catoosa 52 0 5 Putnam 51 5 10 Oglethorpe 51 3 10 McDuffie 50 4 16 Washington 46 1 4 Bulloch 42 2 9 Pike 41 2 7 Wilkinson 40 2 14 Liberty 39 0 11 Lamar 38 1 4 Effingham 38 1 11 Toombs 37 3 9 Marion 37 1 9 Murray 36 1 5 Ben Hill 36 0 3 Camden 34 1 6 Elbert 34 0 3 Monroe 33 4 7 Pulaski 33 1 7 Fannin 33 1 5 Seminole 32 2 7 Union 32 1 10 Banks 32 0 8 Haralson 31 2 8 Pickens 31 2 8 Cook 31 1 5 Dodge 31 1 7 Jones 31 0 4 Miller 30 0 1 Morgan 30 0 3 Baker 29 2 9 Bacon 29 1 4 Telfair 28 0 5 Clay 27 3 5 Madison 27 1 5 Stewart 27 0 8 Wilkes 26 0 5 Jasper 26 0 4 Franklin 25 1 5 Talbot 24 1 11 Brantley 22 2 1 Jeff Davis 22 1 4 Emanuel 22 0 3 Bleckley 21 0 0 Irwin 20 1 2 Towns 20 1 7 Crawford 19 0 4 Berrien 19 0 1 Taylor 18 2 8 Atkinson 18 1 6 Jenkins 17 1 4 Jefferson 17 1 3 Dade 17 1 3 Screven 16 1 7 Clinch 16 0 2 Chattooga 15 2 3 Schley 15 1 7 Hart 15 0 0 Heard 14 1 4 Rabun 13 1 5 Warren 13 0 3 Charlton 13 0 3 Wayne 13 0 2 Lincoln 12 0 5 Chattahoochee 12 0 5 Webster 10 2 5 Lanier 10 1 4 Tattnall 9 0 1 Twiggs 8 0 3 Candler 7 0 1 Quitman 6 1 3 Echols 5 0 0 Wheeler 5 0 0 Evans 5 0 0 McIntosh 5 0 2 Long 5 0 2 Treutlen 4 0 0 Montgomery 2 0 1 Taliaferro 1 0 0
Thom Chandler
Thom Chandler is the editor of The Georgia Sun and has been writing, editing and managing websites and blogs since 1995. He is a lifelong Georgian and one of those increasingly rare Atlanta natives.
