As of today’s noon COVID-19 status update from the Georgia Department of Public Health, Fulton County has surpassed 2,000 cases of coronavirus and Gwinnett County has become the fifth county in Georgia with more than 1,000 confirmed coronavirus cases.

Fulton is the first county in Georgia to reach the 2,000 case mark. It is also the first county to have a reported case of coronavirus and is Georgia’s largest county. Fulton has 2,025 confirmed cases and 73 deaths.

Gwinnett now has 1,017 confirmed cases and 36 deaths from the virus, making it the fifth county to reach the 1,000 case mark.

Statewide, Georgia has 17,194 confirmed cases of coronavirus with 3,324 hospitalizations. In Georgia, 650 people have died from the virus, making the state’s death rate 3.78%, slightly higher than the 3% rate first reported when COVID-19 began spreading internationally.

Georgia has now processed a total of 71,684 tests.

The five counties with more than 1,000 cases are Fulton with 2,025, Dougherty, with 1,381, DeKalb with 1,349, Cobb with 1,072 and Gwinnett with 1,017.

Below is the number of cases and deaths by county.

COVID-19 Confirmed Cases By County: No. Cases No. Deaths
Fulton 2025  73 
Dougherty 1381  91 
Dekalb 1349  23 
Cobb 1072  51 
Gwinnett 1017  36 
Hall 563  6 
Clayton 491  14 
Henry 344  5 
Sumter 302  14 
Lee 269  15 
Cherokee 266  8 
Carroll 260  7 
Bartow 242  22 
Richmond 238  10 
Douglas 220  6 
Muscogee 207  4 
Mitchell 203  22 
Bibb 188  1 
Forsyth 184  6 
Chatham 173  5 
Houston 164  10 
Early 163  8 
Upson 162  8 
Coweta 149  3 
Randolph 139  12 
Terrell 139  13 
Fayette 133  5 
Paulding 132  5 
Floyd 121  6 
Newton 121  3 
Spalding 119  5 
Rockdale 116  6 
Worth 116  4 
Colquitt 115  5 
Thomas 112  14 
Crisp 110  1 
Baldwin 109  2 
Clarke 106  12 
Columbia 90  1 
Barrow 84  3 
Tift 81  4 
Lowndes 80  3 
Troup 78  4 
Ware 77  5 
Coffee 73  3 
Dooly 66  4 
Habersham 64  2 
Calhoun 60  2 
Walton 59  3 
Decatur 55  0 
Gordon 53  5 
Turner 50  1 
Pierce 49  2 
Oconee 48  0 
Glynn 46  0 
Jackson 46  1 
Macon 44  0 
Dawson 42  2 
Butts 40  0 
Greene 40  1 
Whitfield 40  3 
Laurens 39  1 
Meriwether 39  0 
Burke 37  2 
Wilcox 36  0 
Harris 35  2 
Mcduffie 35  2 
Johnson 32  1 
Oglethorpe 32  1 
Bryan 31  2 
Liberty 31  0 
Peach 31  2 
Pike 29  1 
Polk 29  0 
Stephens 28  1 
Camden 27  0 
Grady 27  1 
Bulloch 26  1 
Effingham 25  1 
Marion 24  1 
Brooks 23  3 
Washington 23  0 
Lamar 21  0 
Lumpkin 20  0 
Miller 20  0 
White 20  0 
Baker 19  2 
Clay 19  2 
Dodge 19  0 
Haralson 19  1 
Morgan 19  0 
Seminole 19  2 
Wilkinson 19  1 
Appling 18  0 
Catoosa 18  0 
Murray 18  0 
Toombs 18  2 
Bacon 17  1 
Brantley 16  1 
Jones 16  0 
Pulaski 16  1 
Talbot 16  1 
Monroe 15  1 
Pickens 15  2 
Schley 15  1 
Fannin 14  0 
Jasper 14  0 
Madison 14  1 
Putnam 14  0 
Banks 13  0 
Ben Hill 13  0 
Crawford 13  0 
Irwin 13  0 
Stewart 13  0 
Telfair 13  0 
Walker 13  0 
Emanuel 12  0 
Jenkins 12  1 
Cook 11  1 
Jefferson 11  1 
Screven 11  1 
Wilkes 11  0 
Berrien 10  0 
Franklin 10  0 
Gilmer 10  0 
Taylor 10  2 
Towns 10  0 
Union 10  1 
Warren 10  0 
Chattooga 9  1 
Lincoln 9  0 
Clinch 7  0 
Dade 7  1 
Elbert 7  0 
Rabun 7  0 
Wayne 7  0 
Chattahoochee 6  0 
Hancock 6  0 
Lanier 6  1 
Atkinson 5  0 
Charlton 5  0 
Hart 5  0 
Heard 5  1 
Jeff Davis 5  0 
Tattnall 5  0 
Bleckley 4  0 
Candler 4  0 
Echols 4  0 
Mcintosh 4  0 
Twiggs 4  0 
Webster 4  0 
Quitman 3  1 
Wheeler 3  0 
Evans 2  0 
Long 2  0 
Montgomery 2  0 
Treutlen 1  0 
Unknown 255  0 
Non-Georgia Resident 780  7

Thom Chandler
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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.