Cobb County reaches 1,000 coronavirus case mark

Cobb County is the latest county in Georgia to surpass 1,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus.

Cobb now has 1,014 confirmed cases and 49 deaths, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. The county has the fourth highest number of cases in the state and the third highest number of deaths. Fulton County still has the most confirmed cases with 1,945 and the second most deaths at 66. Dougherty County leads the state in deaths from the virus with 88 and has 1,358 cases. DeKalb County has the third highest number of confirmed cases at 1,260, but has only had 21 deaths, making it an outlier among metro Atlanta counties in terms of its ratio of deaths to cases.

Cobb County has about 131 cases of coronavirus per 100,000 people, putting it in the moderate range in terms of spread of the disease. Neighboring Cherokee County has about 94 cases per 100,000 people. Fulton County has a spread of about 178 cases per 100,000 people and Bartow, which has had a high rate of spread for coronavirus has a spread rate of about 222 cases per 100,000 people.

There are only two counties in Georgia that have yet to have a confirmed case of coronavirus. They are Glascock County and Taliaferro County.

Statewide, Georgia has 16,368 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 617 deaths.

Below is the list of cases and deaths by county.

COVID-19 Confirmed Cases By County:	No. Cases	No. Deaths
Fulton	1945	66
Dougherty	1358	88
Dekalb	1260	21
Cobb	1014	49
Gwinnett	917	32
Hall	526	5
Clayton	473	13
Henry	330	5
Sumter	292	14
Lee	267	15
Carroll	258	7
Cherokee	245	8
Bartow	240	22
Richmond	231	9
Douglas	209	6
Muscogee	200	4
Mitchell	193	22
Bibb	179	1
Chatham	170	5
Forsyth	169	5
Houston	158	9
Early	148	8
Upson	143	6
Coweta	142	3
Terrell	137	12
Randolph	135	11
Fayette	126	5
Paulding	123	5
Floyd	122	6
Spalding	122	5
Newton	115	3
Worth	114	4
Thomas	112	14
Rockdale	111	6
Colquitt	105	5
Crisp	104	1
Clarke	102	12
Baldwin	100	2
Columbia	87	0
Barrow	81	3
Lowndes	79	3
Tift	79	4
Troup	77	4
Ware	76	5
Coffee	72	3
Dooly	64	4
Calhoun	59	2
Habersham	57	2
Walton	56	3
Decatur	55	0
Gordon	50	5
Pierce	49	2
Turner	49	1
Glynn	45	0
Oconee	45	0
Jackson	43	1
Macon	42	0
Greene	40	1
Dawson	39	2
Butts	38	0
Laurens	38	1
Burke	35	2
Mcduffie	35	2
Meriwether	35	0
Harris	34	1
Whitfield	34	3
Wilcox	34	0
Johnson	33	1
Oglethorpe	32	1
Bryan	30	2
Peach	30	2
Pike	28	1
Polk	28	0
Stephens	28	0
Camden	26	0
Grady	26	1
Liberty	26	0
Effingham	24	1
Bulloch	23	1
Washington	23	0
Brooks	22	2
Lamar	21	0
Seminole	21	1
Marion	20	0
Miller	20	0
White	20	0
Clay	19	2
Dodge	19	0
Haralson	19	1
Lumpkin	19	0
Morgan	19	0
Baker	18	2
Catoosa	18	0
Wilkinson	18	1
Appling	17	0
Bacon	17	1
Murray	17	0
Toombs	17	2
Brantley	16	1
Pulaski	16	1
Jones	15	0
Monroe	15	1
Pickens	15	2
Talbot	15	1
Fannin	14	0
Madison	14	1
Putnam	14	0
Schley	14	1
Banks	13	0
Irwin	13	0
Telfair	13	0
Walker	13	0
Crawford	12	0
Emanuel	12	0
Jenkins	12	1
Stewart	12	0
Cook	11	1
Jefferson	11	1
Screven	11	1
Taylor	11	3
Wilkes	11	0
Ben Hill	10	0
Berrien	10	0
Franklin	10	0
Jasper	10	0
Towns	10	0
Warren	10	0
Chattooga	9	1
Lincoln	9	0
Gilmer	8	0
Union	8	1
Clinch	7	0
Dade	7	1
Elbert	7	0
Rabun	7	0
Wayne	7	0
Chattahoochee	6	0
Hancock	6	0
Lanier	6	1
Charlton	5	0
Hart	5	0
Heard	5	1
Tattnall	5	0
Atkinson	4	0
Candler	4	0
Mcintosh	4	0
Twiggs	4	0
Webster	4	0
Bleckley	3	0
Echols	3	0
Jeff Davis	3	0
Quitman	3	1
Wheeler	3	0
Evans	2	0
Long	2	0
Montgomery	2	0
Treutlen	1	0
Unknown	212	0
Non-Georgia Resident	724	6
*Based on patient county of residence when known