Georgia reports more than 11,800 coronavirus cases, 425 deaths. Here’s a county breakdown.

The Georgia Department of Public Health at 7 p.m. Friday confirmed 11,859 cases of COVID-19 in the state, up by 376 from the noon update.

Statewide, 425 people have now died from the novel coronavirus, an increase of nine confirmed deaths from the noon report.

The Georgia Public Health Laboratory and private labs have conducted a total of 46,147 COVID-19 tests. The state has tested 2,991 people. Private labs have tested 43,156, state officials said.

The state health department reports 2,454 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 1,226 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.

Breakdown by County

This story was originally published April 10, 2020 at 12:06 PM with the headline "Georgia reports more than 11,800 coronavirus cases, 425 deaths. Here’s a county breakdown.."

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.