Georgia reports more than 9,100 cases, 348 deaths. Here’s a breakdown by county

The Georgia Department of Public Health at 7 p.m. Tuesday confirmed 9,156 cases of COVID-19 in the state, up 338 from the last update at noon Tuesday.

Statewide, 348 people have now died from the novel coronavirus, an increase of 19 confirmed deaths since noon.

The Georgia Public Health Laboratory and private labs have conducted a total of 33,713 COVID-19 tests. The state has tested 2,720 people. Private labs have tested 30,993 state officials said.

The state health department reports 1,899 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.

For 441 cases, the state is reporting the counties as “unknown.” 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 have previously said.

The Georgia DPH released a statement encouraging people to continue to implement ways of slowing down the spread of COVID-19 after the rise in numbers over the last 24 hours.

“We know that increased testing means the number of positive cases will increase. But along with that, we are also seeing further spread of COVID-19 throughout Georgia,” DPH commissioner Kathleen Toomey said in the release. “We can stop the spread of COVID-19 in Georgia, but every Georgian must take personal responsibility now and follow the prevention guidance to keep this deadly virus from taking any more precious lives.”

Breakdown by County

This story was originally published April 7, 2020 at 12:08 PM.