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
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