Middle GA COVID-19 by the numbers: The latest stats on vaccines, cases and more

While local health departments, private pharmacies and hospitals are vaccinating tens of thousands of Georgians each week against COVID-19, cases, deaths and hospitalizations continue to fluctuate in Middle Georgia as people’s habits change and new variants spread. The Telegraph will publish regular updates to track these changes with weekly and biweekly averages.

COVID-19 cases

• 3,244: The current 7-day moving average of new coronavirus cases in Georgia, down by 1,230 case from last week and a mid-January peak of more than 9,000 cases a day, according to data from the New York Times.
• 31: The average new COVID-19 cases in Bibb County over the past week, the second highest rate in Middle Georgia. This is down by 37 from last week. Houston County is highest with 44.
• 942,512: The number of coronavirus cases reported in Georgia since March. This is up by 23,512 from last week.

Coronavirus-related deaths

• 110.3: The daily average in deaths for the last seven days in Georgia. This is down by 12.3 from last week.
• 1.4: The daily average of deaths in Bibb County over the past week, the most in Middle Georgia, down by 1.6 from last week. Houston County averages a little less than one coronavirus-related death a day.
• 15,451: The cumulative total of deaths in Georgia since the beginning of the pandemic, up by 851 from last week.

Hospitalizations

• 3,181: The number of Georgians hospitalized with COVID-19 on Feb. 15, contributing to an average of 3,341 over the past week. The average is down by 779 people from last week.

• 28%: The decline in people hospitalized due to the coronavirus over the past two weeks, down from a mid-January high of more than 6,100 patients.

• 9.5%: The average number of COVID-19 tests coming back as positive over the past week, down by 2.3% from last week. According to the CDC, the goal should be less than 5%. This indicates that not enough people are being tested. Georgia tested an average of 30,474 people a day over the same time period. Bibb County’s is currently at 13.4%.

Vaccine updates

• 1.4 million: The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered by the state since December. This is up by over 200,000 from last week.
• 9,800: The number of vaccine doses requested by the Bibb County Health Department, an increase of 2,000 from last week. The department has only received 4,400 doses, according to the vaccine order list from the Georgia Department of Health. This is an increase of 800 doses from last week. Health departments in the North Central Health District, which covers 13 Middle Georgia counties, have routinely received fewer doses than requested since the vaccine was made available to the state’s over 2,100 enrolled providers.

• 18,672: The number of vaccines administered in Bibb County according to the Georgia Department of Health’s vaccine dashboard. There have been 13,021 first doses and 5,621 second doses.

This story was originally published February 17, 2021 at 1:40 PM.