GA Coronavirus: Deaths Near 90, Cases Top 2.8K, 700 Hospitalized

GEORGIA — As of Monday afternoon, there have been nearly 90 deaths from the coronavirus in Georgia, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. The agency has updated its coronavirus website to now include the age, county and if a person had an underlying condition of those who have died so far from the respiratory virus.

New numbers released at noon on Monday show 2,809 total confirmed coronavirus cases in Georgia, 707 hospitalized and 87 deaths. The updated tally reflects an increase of about 150 cases from noon on Sunday, and seven additional deaths.

As of Sunday afternoon, Fulton County's 407 cases are the most of any Georgia locality. The next highest totals are 272 in DeKalb County

As the number of coronavirus cases in Georgia climbed by more than 150 in the past 24 hours, House Speaker David Ralston again asked to postpone Georgia's primaries because of the coronavirus state of emergency.

President Donald Trump declared Sunday that a major disaster exists in Georgia. With it, he ordered federal assistance to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the coronavirus pandemic beginning on Jan. 20, and continuing.

The White House said in a press release that "federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments, and certain private nonprofit organizations for emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance, for all areas in the state of Georgia impacted by coronavirus."

Additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further assessments.

Gov. Brian Kemp declared a public health emergency effective March 14, the first of its kind for the state.

"Based on President Trump's emergency declaration, I will declare a public health emergency for the State of Georgia tomorrow morning," Kemp said on March 13. "This declaration will greatly assist health and emergency management officials across Georgia by deploying all available resources for the mitigation and treatment of COVID-19."

As of Monday afternoon, Fulton County's 463 cases are the most of any Georgia locality. The next highest totals are 281 in DeKalb County, 267 in Dougherty County, 245 in Cobb County, 158 in Gwinnett County and 121 in Bartow County.

Of those counties, Dougherty has the most deaths in the state with 17. Fulton has had 14 deaths, Cobb had nine, Lee has had six, Clarke had five, DeKalb and Fayette each had three, and Henry, Coweta, Floyd, Barrow, and Terrell each had two deaths.

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The Georgia Department of Public Health is now including details of those deaths.

The oldest person to die in Georgia from coronavirus was a 95-year-old man from Baker County. It is unknown if he had underlying medical conditions, the report shows.

The youngest person was a 29-year-old woman from Peach County. It is also unknown if she had underlying health conditions.

Of Georgia's coronavirus cases, 57 percent are between ages 18 and 59, while those above the age of 60 make up 35 percent. People up to age 17 represent 1 percent of cases, and the remaining percentage of cases have unknown ages.

Commercial laboratories have conducted 10,671 tests, and 2,507 came back positive for COVID-19. Among the Georgia Department of Health's 1,895 completed tests, 302 came back positive.

More than 745,000 COVID-19 cases are confirmed worldwide and more than 35,000 people have died, Johns Hopkins reported Monday afternoon. The U.S. has over 144,000 cases, the most of any country as of Monday.

Over 2,500 deaths have been tied to the virus in the U.S. New York has seen the most deaths from coronavirus, with more than 776 people dying from the virus.

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