Middle Georgia counties report more than 2,300 new COVID-19 cases over the past week

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported 6,759 cumulative COVID-19 cases in Middle Georgia in its 3 p.m. update Wednesday.

Here are other key takeaways:

• Cases: 6,759 (+1,134 reported since Wednesday, July 15).

• Bibb County reported the most cases of COVID-19 in the Middle Georgia area with 2,390 (+418 reported since Wednesday, July 15). Bibb also has the most deaths with 47.

• Deaths: 178 (+11 reported since Wednesday, July 15). It’s important to note that these numbers indicate when deaths are reported to the Georgia Department of Public Health. It does not reflect when these deaths occurred.
• Cases per person: Baldwin County has the most cases per 100,000 with 1,737. Next in Middle Georgia is Wilkinson County with 1,625. Crawford County has the fewest with 556.
• The health department is not reporting how many Georgians have recovered.

A breakdown of cases and deaths by county

• Bibb 2,390, 47

• Houston 1,297, 36

• Baldwin 770, 37

• Laurens 537, 1

• Monroe 324, 20

• Washington 254, 1

• Peach 209, 9

• Jones 199, 1

• Dodge 179, 2

• Macon 153, 10

• Wilkinson 145, 10

• Bleckley 103, 1

• Pulaski 70, 2

• Crawford 68, 0

• Twiggs 61, 1

At 3 p.m. Wednesday, the state reported 152,302 confirmed cases and 3,335 deaths.