Georgia’s battle with coronavirus took a deadly turn Saturday as the Georgia Department of Health reported 10 deaths since noon, bringing the state’s total number of coronavirus deaths to 79.
In total, Georgia has had 14 new deaths reported in 24 hours.
Four of the new deaths reported Saturday evening came from Dougherty County, which has become a hotspot for the virus after it spread through two highly attended funerals in Albany.
Georgia’s death rate, which had dipped below 3% at noon, is now back over that number and stands at 3.2% The total number of cases in Georgia is now 2,446 with 660 people hospitalized.
Below is the breakdown of coronavirus cases and deaths by county.
COVID-19 Confirmed Cases By County:
No. Cases
No. Deaths
Fulton
378
13
Dekalb
246
3
Dougherty
224
17
Cobb
185
9
Gwinnett
131
1
Bartow
117
1
Carroll
64
0
Clayton
57
1
Cherokee
54
1
Henry
50
1
Lee
39
6
Clarke
35
2
Douglas
35
1
Hall
31
0
Floyd
27
1
Fayette
26
3
Forsyth
22
1
Coweta
20
2
Lowndes
20
1
Paulding
20
0
Rockdale
17
1
Early
16
1
Chatham
15
0
Mitchell
15
0
Newton
15
0
Gordon
14
1
Bibb
13
0
Houston
13
1
Sumter
13
1
Tift
13
0
Columbia
12
0
Richmond
12
0
Spalding
11
0
Oconee
10
0
Polk
10
0
Terrell
10
2
Laurens
9
0
Troup
9
1
Muscogee
8
0
Worth
8
1
Barrow
7
1
Bryan
7
0
Coffee
7
0
Glynn
7
0
Thomas
7
0
Crisp
6
0
Peach
6
0
Whitfield
6
0
Butts
5
0
Colquitt
5
0
Pickens
5
1
Upson
5
0
Ware
5
0
Decatur
4
0
Effingham
4
0
Lumpkin
4
0
Miller
4
0
Burke
3
0
Calhoun
3
0
Catoosa
3
0
Fannin
3
0
Irwin
3
0
Liberty
3
0
Lincoln
3
0
Madison
3
0
Meriwether
3
0
Monroe
3
0
Pulaski
3
0
Randolph
3
0
Seminole
3
0
Stephens
3
0
Baldwin
2
0
Ben Hill
2
0
Camden
2
0
Dawson
2
0
Franklin
2
0
Haralson
2
0
Harris
2
0
Jackson
2
0
Jasper
2
0
Jones
2
0
Lamar
2
0
Murray
2
0
Pierce
2
0
Tattnall
2
0
Turner
2
0
Twiggs
2
0
Walton
2
0
Washington
2
0
Baker
1
1
Bulloch
1
0
Charlton
1
0
Chattahoochee
1
0
Chattooga
1
0
Clinch
1
0
Dodge
1
0
Greene
1
0
Hart
1
0
Heard
1
1
Jenkins
1
0
Long
1
0
Macon
1
0
Mcduffie
1
0
Morgan
1
0
Pike
1
0
Taylor
1
0
Toombs
1
0
Wheeler
1
0
White
1
0
Wilkes
1
0
Unknown
229
2

