Georgia reports 800 coronavirus cases and 26 deaths. Here’s a breakdown by county.

The Georgia Department of Public Health at 7 p.m. Monday confirmed 800 cases of COVID-19 in the state, up by 28 from noon. One new death was reported. Twenty-six people have died from the novel coronavirus in Georgia.

Nancy Nydam, spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Public Health, said in an email that the state is not tracking the number of people who have recovered from the coronavirus because “determining the number of individuals who recover from COVID-19 is too dynamic to be accurately captured and relied upon.”

The Georgia Public Health Laboratory and private labs have conducted a total of 5,069 COVID-19 tests as of 7 p.m. March 23. The state has tested 1,245 people. Private labs have tested 3,824, state officials said.

When asked to provide a breakdown of the residents tested for COVID-19 in each county, Nydam said the state was unable to provide that data.

The state is reporting the counties for 46 of these cases as unknown. A confirmed COVID-19 case is listed as “unknown” by the state if county data is not provided. The person may be homeless or medical professionals may not have entered the person’s county of residence into the state’s electronic database, Nydam said.

As of noon Monday, Georgia has the ninth most confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S., behind states such as New York, Florida and Louisiana.

Here is the county by county list:

• Fulton 152

• Cobb 79

• Dekalb 74

• Dougherty 69

• Bartow 61

• Gwinnett 35

• Cherokee 24

• Carroll 21

• Clayton 19

• Lee 19

• Clarke 14

• Richmond 11

• Fayette 11

• Floyd 10

• Hall 10

• Coweta 9

• Henry 9

• Lowndes 8

• Douglas 7

• Forsyth 7

• Gordon 6

• Paulding 5

• Rockdale 5

• Chatham 4

• Glynn 4

• Newton 4

• Polk 4

• Spalding 4

• Troup 4

• Columbia 3

• Lamar 3

• Oconee 3

• Peach 3

• Worth 3

• Pickens 3

• Baldwin 2

• Bibb 2

• Butts 2

• Early 2

• Effingham 2

• Laurens 2

• Lumpkin 2

• Muscogee 2

• Sumter 2

• Terrell 2

• Tift 2

• Whitfield 2

• Barrow 1

• Burke 1

• Catoosa 1

• Charlton 1

• Chattooga 1

• Clinch 1

• Coffee 1

• Dawson 1

• Harris 1

• Heard 1

• Houston 1

• Lincoln 1

• Liberty 1

• Madison 1

• Miller 1

• Monroe 1

• Morgan 1

• Pierce 1

• Randolph 1

• Tattnall 1

• Turner 1

• Twiggs 1

• Washington 1

• Unknown 46

This story was originally published March 23, 2020 at 12:23 PM with the headline "Georgia reports 800 coronavirus cases and 26 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.