According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, 14 people in Georgia have died since 7 p.m. last night from coronavirus. The total number of deaths statewide is now 139, up from 125 last night. Georgia’s death rate from the virus stands at 3%.
The total number of cases in Georgia is 4,638. Georgia’s hospitalization rate for COVID-19 is about 20%.
The majority of cases of COVID-19 in Georgia are still found in residents age 18 to 59. Those 60 and older make up 35% of the total number of cases.
Georgia continues to increase the amount of testing. As of noon, 20,326 total tests had been processed.
Below is the breakdown of cases and deaths by county.
| COVID-19 Confirmed Cases By County: | No. Cases | No. Deaths |
| Fulton | 624 | 19 |
| Dougherty | 480 | 27 |
| Dekalb | 365 | 4 |
| Cobb | 293 | 15 |
| Gwinnett | 250 | 4 |
| Bartow | 144 | 4 |
| Carroll | 131 | 1 |
| Clayton | 122 | 3 |
| Lee | 94 | 7 |
| Henry | 90 | 2 |
| Cherokee | 83 | 4 |
| Hall | 69 | 0 |
| Floyd | 60 | 2 |
| Douglas | 55 | 2 |
| Clarke | 51 | 5 |
| Fayette | 48 | 4 |
| Forsyth | 48 | 1 |
| Terrell | 46 | 2 |
| Rockdale | 45 | 2 |
| Coweta | 42 | 2 |
| Richmond | 41 | 0 |
| Mitchell | 38 | 1 |
| Sumter | 37 | 2 |
| Chatham | 36 | 2 |
| Houston | 35 | 4 |
| Early | 34 | 1 |
| Newton | 32 | 0 |
| Paulding | 32 | 0 |
| Worth | 28 | 1 |
| Columbia | 24 | 0 |
| Lowndes | 24 | 1 |
| Tift | 24 | 0 |
| Bibb | 22 | 0 |
| Muscogee | 21 | 0 |
| Barrow | 20 | 2 |
| Colquitt | 20 | 1 |
| Troup | 19 | 1 |
| Glynn | 18 | 0 |
| Gordon | 18 | 1 |
| Crisp | 17 | 0 |
| Oconee | 17 | 0 |
| Polk | 16 | 0 |
| Spalding | 16 | 0 |
| Laurens | 14 | 0 |
| Walton | 12 | 0 |
| Dawson | 11 | 0 |
| Thomas | 11 | 0 |
| Calhoun | 10 | 1 |
| Dooly | 10 | 0 |
| Ware | 10 | 1 |
| Whitfield | 10 | 1 |
| Coffee | 9 | 0 |
| Jackson | 9 | 0 |
| Bryan | 8 | 1 |
| Burke | 8 | 0 |
| Butts | 8 | 0 |
| Decatur | 8 | 0 |
| Greene | 8 | 0 |
| Lumpkin | 7 | 0 |
| Meriwether | 7 | 0 |
| Peach | 7 | 1 |
| Pickens | 7 | 1 |
| Bacon | 6 | 0 |
| Baldwin | 6 | 1 |
| Monroe | 6 | 0 |
| Seminole | 6 | 0 |
| Clay | 5 | 0 |
| Effingham | 5 | 0 |
| Fannin | 5 | 0 |
| Franklin | 5 | 0 |
| Haralson | 5 | 0 |
| Liberty | 5 | 0 |
| Murray | 5 | 0 |
| Pierce | 5 | 0 |
| Randolph | 5 | 0 |
| Stephens | 5 | 0 |
| Upson | 5 | 0 |
| Baker | 4 | 1 |
| Camden | 4 | 0 |
| Catoosa | 4 | 0 |
| Hart | 4 | 0 |
| Jones | 4 | 0 |
| Lamar | 4 | 0 |
| Lincoln | 4 | 0 |
| Miller | 4 | 0 |
| Pulaski | 4 | 0 |
| Schley | 4 | 0 |
| Turner | 4 | 0 |
| Warren | 4 | 0 |
| Washington | 4 | 0 |
| Banks | 3 | 0 |
| Ben Hill | 3 | 0 |
| Chattooga | 3 | 0 |
| Dodge | 3 | 0 |
| Harris | 3 | 0 |
| Heard | 3 | 1 |
| Irwin | 3 | 0 |
| Madison | 3 | 1 |
| Mcduffie | 3 | 0 |
| White | 3 | 0 |
| Berrien | 2 | 0 |
| Brooks | 2 | 0 |
| Bulloch | 2 | 0 |
| Chattahoochee | 2 | 0 |
| Habersham | 2 | 0 |
| Jasper | 2 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 2 | 0 |
| Macon | 2 | 0 |
| Morgan | 2 | 0 |
| Pike | 2 | 0 |
| Rabun | 2 | 0 |
| Screven | 2 | 0 |
| Tattnall | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor | 2 | 0 |
| Toombs | 2 | 0 |
| Twiggs | 2 | 0 |
| Walker | 2 | 0 |
| Wilkes | 2 | 0 |
| Wilkinson | 2 | 0 |
| Appling | 1 | 0 |
| Bleckley | 1 | 0 |
| Candler | 1 | 0 |
| Charlton | 1 | 0 |
| Clinch | 1 | 0 |
| Cook | 1 | 0 |
| Dade | 1 | 0 |
| Emanuel | 1 | 0 |
| Gilmer | 1 | 0 |
| Grady | 1 | 0 |
| Jenkins | 1 | 0 |
| Johnson | 1 | 0 |
| Long | 1 | 0 |
| Mcintosh | 1 | 0 |
| Oglethorpe | 1 | 0 |
| Stewart | 1 | 0 |
| Talbot | 1 | 0 |
| Webster | 1 | 0 |
| Wheeler | 1 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 1 | 0 |
| Unknown | 516 | 2 |
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.
