Georgia surpasses 1,000 coronavirus cases, 30 deaths. Here’s a breakdown by county.

The Georgia Department of Public Health at 7 p.m. Tuesday confirmed 1,097 cases of COVID-19 in the state, up by 71 since noon.

Thirty-eight people have now died from the novel coronavirus in Georgia. Six new deaths were reported since noon on Tuesday.

The Georgia Public Health Laboratory and private labs have conducted a total of 5,484 COVID-19 tests as of 7 p.m. March 24. The state has tested 1,378 people. Private labs have tested 4,106, state officials said.

The case updates from Georgia now also contain data about the number of people hospitalized in the state with the coronavirus. As of 7 p.m. Tuesday, that count was 361.

When asked to provide a breakdown of the residents tested for COVID-19 in each county, the state was unable to provide that data. The state is also not tracking the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19, state health officials said.

The state is reporting the counties for 79 of these cases as unknown. The county of 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, health officials previously said.

Here’s the breakdown by county in Georgia:

• Fulton 191

• Dekalb 107

• Dougherty 101

• Cobb 90

• Bartow 76

• Gwinnett 46

• Cherokee 30

• Carroll 26

• Lee 24

• Clayton 21

• Clarke 17

• Hall 16

• Henry 13

• Fayette 12

• Douglas 12

• Floyd 11

• Lowndes 11

• Richmond 10

• Coweta 10

• Forsyth 8

• Gordon 8

• Polk 8

• Rockdale 8

• Chatham 7

• Columbia 6

• Paulding 6

• Laurens 6
  
  

• Newton 6

• Troup 6

• Glynn 5

• Houston 5

• Oconee 5

• Spalding 5

• Bibb 4

• Pickens 4

• Muscogee 4

• Mitchell 4

• Sumter 4

• Tift 4

• Worth 4

• Baker 3

• Crisp 3

• Effingham 3

• Lamar 3

• Lumpkin 3

• Monroe 3

• Peach 3

• Terrell 3

• Baldwin 2

• Barrow 2

• Bryan 2

• Butts 2

• Coffee 2

• Seminole 2

• Stephens 2

• Whitfield 2

• Ben Hill 1

• Burke 1

• Camden 1

• Catoosa 1

• Charlton 1

• Chattooga 1

• Clinch 1

• Colquitt 1

• Dawson 1

• Fannin 1

• Greene 1

• Harris 1

• Heard 1

• Irwin 1

• Jasper 1

• Liberty 1

• Lincoln 1

• Macon 1

• Madison 1

• Meriwether 1

• Miller 1

• Morgan 1

• Pierce 1

• Pulaski 1

• Randolph 1

• Tattnall 1

• Telfair 1

• Turner 1

• Twiggs 1

• Walton 1

• Washington 1

• Unknown 79

This story was originally published March 24, 2020 at 12:16 PM with the headline "Georgia surpasses 1,000 coronavirus cases, 30 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.