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
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