Georgia reports 485 coronavirus cases and 14 deaths. Here’s a breakdown by county

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Georgia Department of Health’s COVID-19 status update for Friday night was in error and listed two confirmed cases for Houston County when there is only one, the North Central Health District said. The case should have been attributed to Baldwin County.

The Georgia Department of Public Health on Friday at 7 p.m. confirmed 485 cases of COVID-19 in the state, up by 65 from noon Friday. Fourteen people have now died from the novel coronavirus in Georgia.

The Georgia Public Health Laboratory and private labs have conducted a total of 2,386 COVID-19 tests as of 7 p.m. March 20. The state has tested 704 people. Private labs have tested 1,682, state officials said. Those numbers have not changed since noon.

Here is a county-by-county breakdown of the confirmed cases:

• Fulton 88

• Bartow 54

• Cobb 47

• Dougherty 44

• DeKalb 36

• Gwinnett 23

• Cherokee 16

• Lee 13

• Clarke 10

• Clayton 10

• Fayette 9

• Richmond 8

• Carroll 7

• Floyd 7

• Lowndes 7

• Coweta 6

• Hall 6

• Henry 6

• Newton 4

• Forsyth 3

• Gordon 3

• Paulding 3

• Polk 3

• Chatham 2

• Early 2

• Glynn 2

• Laurens 2

• Pickens 2

• Spalding 2

• Sumter2

• Terrell 2

• Troup 2

• Worth 2

• Barrow 1

• Bibb 1

• Baldwin 1

• Houston 1

• Charlton 1

• Columbia 1

• Dawson 1

• Douglas 1

• Effingham 1

• Heard 1

• Lamar 1

• Miller 1

• Monroe 1

• Muscogee 1

• Oconee 1

• Peach 1

• Randolph 1

• Rockdale 1

• Tift 1

• Turner 1

• Whitfield 1

• Unknown 31

This story was originally published March 20, 2020 at 12:12 PM with the headline "Georgia reports 485 coronavirus cases and 14 deaths. Here’s a breakdown by county."

Nick Wooten

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Nick Wooten is the Accountability/Investigative reporter for the Ledger-Enquirer where he is responsible for covering several topics, including Georgia politics. His work may also appear in the Macon Telegraph. Nick was given the Georgia Press Association’s 2021 Emerging Journalist award for his coverage of elections, COVID-19 and Columbus’ LGBTQ+ community. Before joining McClatchy, he worked for The (Shreveport La.) Times covering city government and investigations. He is a graduate of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.