Middle Georgia tops 10,000 cumulative COVID-19 cases

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported 10,970 cumulative COVID-19 cases in Middle Georgia in its 3 p.m. update Wednesday.

Here are other key takeaways:

Cases: 10,970 (+1,449 reported since Wednesday, Aug. 5). Bibb County has recorded the most positive cases with 3,353. Peach County saw a sharp rise to more than 350 cases.

Deaths: 284 (+53 reported since Wednesday, Aug. 5). 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: Bibb County has the most cases per 100,000 with 2,494. Next in Middle Georgia is Baldwin County with 2,464. Crawford County has the fewest with 801.

The health department is not reporting how many Georgians have recovered.

A breakdown of cases and deaths by county

• Bibb 3,795, 73

• Houston 2,048, 62

• Baldwin 1,095, 42

• Laurens 1,064, 17

• Washington 497, 2

• Monroe 473, 28

• Peach 402, 15

• Jones 326, 4

• Bleckley 261, 10
  
  

• Dodge 243, 3

• Wilkinson 221, 11

• Macon 181, 10

• Pulaski 133, 3

• Twiggs 124, 4

• Crawford 107, 0

At 3 p.m. Wednesday, the state reported 226,153 confirmed cases and 4,456 deaths.