Georgia’s coronavirus cases continue to escalate, with the state passing the 2,000 confirmed cases mark as of noon Friday.
The Georgia Department of Public Health reports there are now 2,001 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Georgia. There have now been 64 deaths from the virus and 566 patients have been hospitalized. The state’s death rate from the virus is 3.2% and the hospitalization rate is about 28%.
So far the state has processed 9,865 tests.
Dougherty County continues to be a hotbed for the virus, and now has 193 cases, up from 156 cases at noon yesterday. Fulton County still has the highest number of cases in the state with 307, up from 211 yesterday.
Below is the breakdown by county.
County
Cases
Fulton
307
Dougherty
193
Dekalb
181
Cobb
144
Gwinnett
102
Bartow
98
Carroll
55
Cherokee
46
Clayton
46
Henry
40
Lee
35
Clarke
32
Douglas
27
Hall
24
Floyd
20
Coweta
19
Fayette
19
Forsyth
19
Lowndes
16
Rockdale
16
Newton
15
Mitchell
14
Gordon
12
Paulding
12
Richmond
11
Spalding
11
Tift
11
Troup
11
Bibb
10
Chatham
10
Columbia
10
Early
10
Oconee
10
Polk
10
Sumter
10
Houston
9
Muscogee
8
Laurens
7
Worth
7
Barrow
6
Glynn
6
Peach
6
Terrell
6
Whitfield
6
Bryan
4
Colquitt
4
Crisp
4
Effingham
4
Lumpkin
4
Pickens
4
Burke
3
Butts
3
Coffee
3
Irwin
3
Lamar
3
Lincoln
3
Madison
3
Meriwether
3
Monroe
3
Randolph
3
Thomas
3
Baldwin
2
Ben Hill
2
Calhoun
2
Camden
2
Dawson
2
Decatur
2
Fannin
2
Jackson
2
Jasper
2
Jones
2
Miller
2
Seminole
2
Tattnall
2
Turner
2
Twiggs
2
Upson
2
Ware
2
Washington
2
Baker
1
Catoosa
1
Charlton
1
Chattooga
1
Clinch
1
Dodge
1
Franklin
1
Greene
1
Habersham
1
Haralson
1
Harris
1
Heard
1
Liberty
1
Long
1
Macon
1
Mcduffie
1
Morgan
1
Pierce
1
Pulaski
1
Stephens
1
Taylor
1
Toombs
1
White
1
Wilkes
1
Unknown
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