More than 1,300 COVID-19 cases, 31 deaths reported in the last week in Middle Georgia

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported 8,141 cumulative COVID-19 cases in Middle Georgia in its 3 p.m. update Wednesday.

Here are other key takeaways:

• Cases: 8,141 (+1,382 reported since Wednesday, July 23).

• Bibb County reported the most cases of COVID-19 in the Middle Georgia area with 2,894 (+504 reported since Wednesday, July 23). Bibb also has the most deaths with 58.

• Deaths: 209 (+31 reported since Wednesday, July 23). 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 1,989. Next in Middle Georgia is Washington County with 1,852. Crawford County has the fewest with 703.
• The health department is not reporting how many Georgians have recovered.

A breakdown of cases and deaths by county

• Bibb 2,894, 58

• Houston 1,572, 42

• Baldwin 884, 38

• Laurens 637, 3

• Monroe 399, 23

• Washington 376, 1

• Peach 280, 12

• Jones 235, 1

• Dodge 178, 2

• Macon 166, 10

• Wilkinson 162, 10

• Bleckley 118, 3

• Crawford 86, 0

• Pulaski 78, 3

• Twiggs 76, 3

At 3 p.m. Wednesday, the state reported 178,323 confirmed cases and 3,642 deaths.