Dougherty, Fulton and Cobb Counties have the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Georgia

Dougherty, Fulton and Cobb Counties have had the most deaths in Georgia from coronavirus, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

Dougherty County, where the virus spread through two large funerals in Albany leads the state in COVID-19 deaths with 69. The total number of confirmed cases in Dougherty is 1,076. Fulton County has had 50 people die from COVID-19 and has the highest number of confirmed cases in the state with 1,422.

Cobb County has had the third highest number of deaths in the state, but the fourth highest number of confirmed cases, with 33 people dead and 696 confirmed cases. DeKalb County has had more cases than Cobb with 835, but has had 13 deaths from the virus.

Statewide, the number of cases now stands at 12,159. Of those, 2,479 people have been hospitalized, meaning that about 20% of people who test positive for coronavirus in Georgia have been hospitalized. The state has had 428 people die from COVID-19.

The amount of testing has picked up in Georgia this week and 51,715 tests have been processed.

Other details released this week include the racial and ethnic breakdown of coronavirus patients. While the ethnicity of the majority of cases is unknown, the current trends do show that coronavirus is more prevalent among African-Americans.

Below is the number of cases based on race and ethnicity provided by the Georgia Department of Public Health.

Race	Ethnicity	Cases
Black Or African American	Hispanic/Latino	16
Black Or African American	Non-Hispanic/Latino	2,149
Black Or African American	Unknown	462
White	Hispanic/Latino	126
White	Non-Hispanic/Latino	1,548
White	Unknown	252
American Indian/Native American	Hispanic/Latino	1
American Indian/Native American	Non-Hispanic/Latino	8
American Indian/Native American	Unknown	1
Asian	Hispanic/Latino	0
Asian	Non-Hispanic/Latino	66
Asian	Unknown	16
Multiracial	Hispanic/Latino	25
Multiracial	Non-Hispanic/Latino	2
Multiracial	Unknown	2
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Hispanic/Latino	1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Non-Hispanic/Latino	4
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Unknown	2
Other	Hispanic/Latino	117
Other	Non-Hispanic/Latino	40
Other	Unknown	25
Unknown	Hispanic/Latino	68
Unknown	Non-Hispanic/Latino	295
Unknown	Unknown	6,933