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

Thom Chandler
Website

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.