Georgia passed the 20,000 mark for confirmed cases of coronavirus Tuesday night according to numbers released by the Georgia Department of Public Health.
As of Tuesday night, Georgia had 20,166 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 818 people statewide had died from the illness.
Five of Georgia’s counties have seen more than 1,000 cases and eight counties have seen more than 20 people die.
As of tonight, Dougherty County — which is a hotspot for COVID-19 — now has more than 100 deaths from the virus with 103 deaths total.
Below is the breakdown of cases and deaths by county.
COVID-19 Confirmed Cases By County: No. Cases No. Deaths Fulton 2206 83 Dekalb 1563 30 Dougherty 1456 103 Gwinnett 1238 44 Cobb 1230 60 Hall 756 9 Clayton 547 21 Henry 384 10 Sumter 334 20 Cherokee 324 10 Carroll 313 11 Richmond 294 12 Lee 277 17 Bartow 256 27 Mitchell 254 23 Douglas 246 7 Muscogee 235 4 Forsyth 216 8 Bibb 207 4 Chatham 185 6 Houston 184 12 Upson 180 11 Early 174 10 Coweta 169 4 Colquitt 156 6 Terrell 156 18 Randolph 146 16 Fayette 144 8 Thomas 143 14 Newton 142 4 Paulding 141 7 Rockdale 141 6 Worth 140 9 Spalding 136 8 Baldwin 135 4 Floyd 127 8 Crisp 125 2 Columbia 122 2 Clarke 116 13 Lowndes 113 3 Habersham 112 2 Troup 107 4 Barrow 101 3 Ware 93 7 Tift 92 4 Coffee 83 4 Butts 81 1 Calhoun 75 2 Dooly 73 6 Gordon 67 7 Walton 63 3 Turner 58 4 Jackson 57 1 Macon 55 1 Decatur 53 1 Oconee 53 0 Burke 51 3 Pierce 51 2 Greene 50 1 Glynn 49 0 Meriwether 47 0 Whitfield 46 4 Dawson 45 1 Wilcox 45 6 Harris 44 2 Laurens 43 1 Stephens 41 1 Grady 38 2 Mcduffie 37 3 Polk 36 0 Walker 36 0 Johnson 35 1 Peach 35 2 Bryan 34 2 Liberty 34 0 Oglethorpe 34 3 Pike 34 2 Brooks 33 6 Bulloch 32 2 White 32 0 Effingham 29 1 Lamar 29 0 Marion 29 1 Catoosa 28 0 Washington 28 1 Camden 27 0 Lumpkin 26 0 Putnam 26 2 Seminole 26 2 Haralson 25 1 Miller 23 0 Morgan 23 0 Wilkinson 22 2 Appling 21 1 Jones 21 0 Toombs 21 3 Baker 20 2 Brantley 20 2 Clay 20 2 Talbot 20 1 Bacon 19 1 Ben Hill 19 0 Dodge 19 0 Fannin 19 1 Gilmer 19 0 Murray 19 0 Wilkes 19 0 Jasper 18 0 Pickens 18 2 Madison 17 1 Pulaski 17 1 Stewart 17 0 Banks 16 0 Schley 16 1 Emanuel 15 0 Irwin 15 0 Monroe 15 1 Telfair 15 0 Towns 15 0 Union 15 1 Crawford 14 0 Screven 14 1 Cook 13 1 Dade 13 1 Jenkins 13 1 Taylor 13 2 Franklin 12 0 Jefferson 11 1 Berrien 10 0 Chattooga 10 1 Hancock 10 0 Lincoln 10 0 Warren 10 0 Wayne 9 0 Heard 8 1 Rabun 8 0 Candler 7 0 Charlton 7 0 Chattahoochee 7 0 Clinch 7 0 Elbert 7 0 Jeff Davis 7 1 Lanier 7 1 Webster 7 0 Hart 6 0 Atkinson 5 0 Bleckley 5 0 Echols 5 0 Tattnall 5 0 Evans 4 0 Mcintosh 4 0 Twiggs 4 0 Quitman 3 1 Wheeler 3 0 Long 2 0 Montgomery 2 0 Treutlen 2 0 Unknown 483 0 Non-Georgia Resident 977 8
Thom Chandler
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.
