GA Coronavirus: New Data Showing 'Significant Increase' In Cases

GEORGIA — Cases of the new coronavirus in Georgia continue to increase, with Monday's numbers showing more than 170 additional positive cases overnight, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

As of Monday, there have been 772 positive coronavirus cases and 25 deaths in Georgia. The number of confirmed and presumed positive cases of COVID-19 rose from 420 positive cases and 13 deaths on Friday to 600 cases and 23 deaths across 58 counties on Sunday morning.

"Today’s significant increase in cases is in part reflective of improvement in electronic reporting efficiency from commercial laboratories," the Georgia Department of Public Health said Monday. "These reports often have sparse patient data and DPH will be working to complete these records, so data will change over time."

The DPH released the numbers of tests taken across the state, which totaled more than 5,000.

There have been 3,824 tests done in a commercial lab, with 608 coming in with positive results. The Department of Public Health Lab has done 1,245 tests and had 164 positives.

Fulton County has the most cases in the state with 145, followed by Cobb County with 79, DeKalb with 75, Dougherty with 64, Bartow with 61, Gwinnett with 34, Carroll with 21, Cherokee with 20, Clayton with 18, Lee with 16, Clarke with 14, Richmond with 11, and Fayette, Floyd and Hall with 10 each.

Presumed positive coronavirus cases in Georgia's counties as of Monday morning include:

• Fulton: 145
• Cobb: 79
• DeKalb: 75
• Dougherty: 64
• Bartow: 61
• Gwinnett: 34
• Carroll: 21
• Cherokee: 20
• Clayton: 18
• Lee: 16
• Clarke: 14
• Richmond: 11
• Fayette, Floyd, Hall: 10
• Coweta, Henry: 9
• Lowndes: 8
• Douglas, Forsyth: 7
• Unknown: 6
• Gordon, Paulding: 5
• Chatham, Glynn, Newton, Polk, Rockdale, Spalding, Troup: 4
• Columbia, Lamar, Oconee, Peach, Worth: 3
• Baldwin, Bibb, Butts, Early, Effingham, Laurens, Lumpkin, Muscogee, Pickens, Sumter, Terrell, Tift, Whitfield: 2
• Barrow, Catoosa, Charlton, Chattooga, Clinch, Coffee, Dawson, Heard, Houston, Lincoln, Madison, Miller, Monroe, Morgan, Pierce, Randolph, Tattnall, Turner, Twiggs, Washington: 1

Those in the 18-59 age group account for 59 percent of these cases. People 60 and older comprise 36 percent of cases.

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Globally, more than 354,000 people have been infected and more than 15,000 people have died from the new coronavirus, Johns Hopkins reported Monday morning. Of that total, more than 35,500 confirmed cases are in the United States. More than 470 deaths in the U.S. have been tied to the virus outbreak, as of Monday morning.