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
