More than half of Georgia’s coronavirus deaths have been among African Americans

As of the Georgia Department of Public Health’s noon report, the state of Georgia has had a total of 799 deaths from coronavirus. Over half of those deaths have been African Americans.

According to the Department of Public Health, African American deaths account for 421 of the state’s total number of deaths. Whites make up 300 of the deaths and hispanics make up 16 of the state’s total deaths.

In terms of number of cases, African Americans make up 5,402 of the confirmed cases, while whites make up 3,746 confirmed cases.

The racial and ethnic background of 8,945 confirmed cases remains unknown. Among the cases with unknown racial and ethnic backgrounds are 32 deaths.

Statewide, Georgia now has 19,881 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 3,779 hospitalizations and 799 deaths.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced yesterday that Bowling Alleys, tattoo parlors and hair salons were free to open up for business on Friday and dining areas at restaurants, theaters and private social clubs are free to open Monday.

Albany Mayor Bo Dorough, says that is the ‘wrong decision’ and said he will be asking the governor to make an exception for Dougherty County, which was the hardest hit area in the state.

Below is a look at the racial and ethnic breakdown of COVID-19 cases in Georgia.

Race	Ethnicity	Cases	Deaths
Black Or African American	Hispanic/Latino	112	3
Black Or African American	Non-Hispanic/Latino	4463	406
Black Or African American	Unknown	939	15
White	Hispanic/Latino	423	13
White	Non-Hispanic/Latino	3180	292
White	Unknown	566	8
American Indian/Native American	Hispanic/Latino	1	0
American Indian/Native American	Non-Hispanic/Latino	16	1
American Indian/Native American	Unknown	1	0
Asian	Hispanic/Latino	0	0
Asian	Non-Hispanic/Latino	157	9
Asian	Unknown	35	0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Hispanic/Latino	6	0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Non-Hispanic/Latino	7	1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Unknown	2	0
Other	Hispanic/Latino	311	7
Other	Non-Hispanic/Latino	88	2
Other	Unknown	106	1
Unknown	Hispanic/Latino	184	2
Unknown	Non-Hispanic/Latino	339	7
Unknown	Unknown	8945	32