Georgia reported more than 2,440 coronavirus cases, 79 deaths. Here’s a breakdown by county
The Georgia Department of Public Health at 7 p.m. Saturday confirmed 2,446 cases of COVID-19 in the state, up by 80 from noon.
Statewide, 79 people have now died from the novel coronavirus, an increase of 10 since noon.
The Georgia Public Health Laboratory and private labs had conducted a total of 11,051 COVID-19 tests. The state has tested 1,866 people. Private labs have tested 9,185 state officials said.
The state health department reports 660 people have been hospitalized due to the virus.
State health officials have not provided a breakdown of the residents tested for COVID-19 in each county. The state is also not tracking the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19.
The state is reporting the counties for 229 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.
As of 7 p.m. March 27, the state is now reporting deaths by county. Here is a breakdown per county of cases and deaths:
- Fulton 378, 13
- Dekalb 246, 3
- Dougherty 224, 17
- Cobb 185, 9
- Gwinnett 131, 1
- Bartow 117, 1
- Carroll 64, 0
- Clayton 57, 1
- Cherokee 54, 1
- Henry 50, 1
- Lee 39, 6
- Clarke 35, 2
- Douglas 35, 1
- Hall 31, 0
- Floyd 27, 1
- Fayette 26, 3
- Forsyth 22, 1
Coweta 20, 2
Lowndes 20, 1
Paulding 20, 0
- Rockdale 17, 1
Early 16, 1
- Chatham 15, 0
Mitchell 15, 0
- Newton 15, 0
Gordon 14, 1
Bibb 13, 0
Houston 13, 1
Sumter 13, 1
Tift 13, 0
- Columbia 12, 0
Richmond 12, 0
- Spalding 11, 0
- Oconee 10, 0
- Polk 10, 0
Terrell 10, 2
Laurens 9, 0
- Troup 9, 1
- Muscogee 8, 0
Worth 8, 1
Barrow 7, 1
Bryan 7, 0
Coffee 7, 0
- Glynn 7, 0
Thomas 7, 0
Crisp 6, 0
- Peach 6, 0
- Whitfield 6, 0
- Butts 5, 0
- Colquitt 5, 0
Pickens 5, 1
Upson 5, 0
Ware 5, 0
Decatur 4, 0
- Effingham 4, 0
- Lumpkin 4, 0
Miller 4, 0
- Burke 3, 0
Calhoun 3, 0
Catoosa 3, 0
Fannin 3, 0
- Irwin 3, 0
Liberty 3, 0
Lincoln 3, 0
- Madison 3, 0
- Meriwether 3, 0
- Monroe 3, 0
Pulaski 2, 0
- Randolph 3, 0
Seminole 3, 0
Stephens 3, 0
- Baldwin 2, 0
- Ben Hill 2, 0
- Camden 2, 0
- Dawson 2, 0
Franklin 2, 0
Haralson 2, 0
Harris 2, 0
- Jackson 2, 0
- Jasper 2, 0
- Jones 2, 0
Lamar 2, 0
- Murray 2, 0
Pierce 2, 0
Tattnall 2, 0
- Turner 2, 0
- Twiggs 2, 0
- Walton 2, 0
- Washington 2, 0
- Baker 1, 1
- Bulloch 1, 0
- Charlton 1, 0
- Chattahoochee 1, 0
- Chattooga 1, 0
- Clinch 1, 0
- Dodge 1, 0
- Greene 1, 0
- Hart 1, 0
- Heard 1, 1
- Jenkins 1, 0
- Long 1, 0
- Macon 1, 0
- Mcduffie 1, 0
- Morgan 1, 0
- Pike 1, 0
- Taylor 1, 0
- Toombs 1, 0
- Wheeler 1,29
- White 1, 0
- Wilkes 1, 0
- Unknown 229, 2
This story was originally published March 28, 2020 at 12:23 PM.