In Georgia, 14% of coronavirus tests are positive

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.

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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.