The state of Georgia now has over 10,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus.
The total number of confirmed cases is 10,204, with 2,089 people hospitalized from the virus. That means 20% of everyone who has tested positive for the virus has been hospitalized. As of this evening, 370 Georgians have died from COVID-19. Testing for coronavirus has picked up in the state, with 38,797 tests being processed to date.
Also tonight, Dougherty County has hit the 1,000 case mark with 1,001 confirmed cases. The county also has the highest number of deaths from coronavirus at 62. Fulton County has also been hit hard with the virus and has the most confirmed cases at 1,261. According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, 42 people have died from the virus in Fulton County.
In Cobb County, 29 people have died and 608 cases have been confirmed, in Gwinnett County 17 people have died and 586 cases have been confirmed and in DeKalb County 12 people have died and 732 cases have been confirmed.
While the virus has proven to be more deadly in senior citizens, the majority of confirmed cases are found in people under the age of 60. Those 60 and over make up just 30% of the total number of cases.
Below is the list of cases and deaths by county.
COVID-19 Confirmed Cases By County: No. Cases No. Deaths Fulton 1261 42 Dougherty 1001 62 Dekalb 732 12 Cobb 608 29 Gwinnett 586 17 Clayton 289 10 Hall 233 0 Henry 219 3 Lee 210 14 Bartow 195 12 Carroll 184 4 Sumter 180 5 Cherokee 155 6 Chatham 124 4 Douglas 124 5 Mitchell 113 12 Houston 99 7 Forsyth 98 2 Early 97 5 Floyd 97 3 Terrell 95 9 Muscogee 94 2 Fayette 90 4 Randolph 87 3 Rockdale 85 2 Coweta 82 2 Clarke 81 9 Colquitt 79 5 Richmond 79 3 Newton 67 3 Paulding 66 1 Worth 65 3 Spalding 56 4 Thomas 56 2 Crisp 52 0 Tift 52 1 Bibb 51 1 Columbia 50 0 Lowndes 49 1 Troup 49 3 Barrow 46 3 Coffee 46 2 Ware 43 3 Pierce 39 1 Upson 39 0 Calhoun 35 2 Oconee 33 1 Glynn 32 0 Baldwin 30 1 Dooly 28 1 Laurens 27 0 Walton 27 2 Gordon 26 3 Bryan 25 2 Butts 23 0 Dawson 23 1 Greene 23 1 Jackson 23 1 Decatur 22 0 Polk 22 0 Turner 22 0 Burke 19 0 Camden 19 0 Effingham 19 1 Peach 19 2 Whitfield 19 3 Meriwether 18 0 Mcduffie 17 1 Brooks 16 1 Washington 16 0 Haralson 15 0 Harris 15 0 Lamar 15 0 Stephens 15 0 Bacon 13 0 Clay 13 1 Johnson 13 0 Liberty 13 0 Seminole 13 0 Bulloch 12 0 Macon 12 0 Monroe 12 1 Morgan 12 0 Murray 12 0 Irwin 11 0 Pike 11 0 White 11 0 Madison 10 1 Pickens 10 2 Schley 10 1 Baker 9 2 Dodge 9 0 Fannin 9 0 Lumpkin 9 0 Miller 9 0 Pulaski 9 0 Catoosa 8 0 Grady 8 0 Habersham 8 0 Toombs 8 1 Wilkinson 8 0 Appling 7 0 Jenkins 7 1 Jones 7 0 Marion 7 0 Talbot 7 1 Ben Hill 6 0 Lincoln 6 0 Rabun 6 0 Telfair 6 0 Warren 6 0 Brantley 5 1 Emanuel 5 0 Jasper 5 0 Lanier 5 0 Putnam 5 0 Taylor 5 2 Union 5 0 Wilkes 5 0 Atkinson 4 0 Banks 4 0 Berrien 4 0 Candler 4 0 Chattooga 4 1 Cook 4 0 Gilmer 4 0 Jefferson 4 0 Quitman 4 0 Screven 4 0 Stewart 4 0 Walker 4 0 Charlton 3 0 Clinch 3 0 Crawford 3 0 Elbert 3 0 Franklin 3 0 Hart 3 0 Mcintosh 3 0 Tattnall 3 0 Wayne 3 0 Webster 3 0 Chattahoochee 2 0 Dade 2 1 Echols 2 0 Heard 2 0 Oglethorpe 2 1 Towns 2 0 Twiggs 2 0 Wilcox 2 0 Bleckley 1 0 Hancock 1 0 Jeff Davis 1 0 Long 1 0 Treutlen 1 0 Wheeler 1 0 Unknown 871 9
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.
