GA Coronavirus: 21 New Deaths, Over 1.1K In Hospital, Stay Home

CORRECTION

Georgia Department of Public Health officials mistakenly said that an 11-year-old boy from DeKalb County was Georgia's youngest coronavirus death. The report was later retracted.

ATLANTA, GA — The growing toll of the new coronavirus outbreak in Georgia as of noon Friday included 21 more deaths, the Georgia Department of Public Health said. The updated numbers reflect an increase of 483 cases from noon on Thursday, bringing the total to 5,831 coronavirus cases statewide, and a total of 184 deaths. There are currently 1,158 people hospitalized from coronavirus.

As coronavirus cases climbed, Gov. Brian Kemp ordered a statewide shelter-in-place order to go into effect beginning Friday through April 13. This date is in line with the state's public health emergency order. He also ordered Georgia public schools to stay closed for the rest of the 2019-2020 school year.

Related: What You Can, Can't Do Under Georgia's Stay At Home Order

As of Friday morning, Fulton County's 882 cases are the most of any Georgia locality. The next highest totals are 560 in Dougherty County, DeKalb with 448 cases, Cobb with 381 cases, Gwinnett with 329 cases, Bartow with 154 cases, Carroll with 143 cases and Clayton with 195 cases.
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Of those counties, Dougherty has the most deaths in the state with 30. Fulton has had 23 deaths, Cobb had 18, Lee and Clarke eight. Gwinnett and DeKalb, eight, Bartow, three Cherokee, five and Fayette, four. Houston, five and Clayton had six, and Henry, three, Coweta, Terrell and Rockdale had two, Chatham, three, and Floyd and Barrow each had two deaths. Douglas had four and Sumter had three.

Of Georgia's coronavirus cases, 59 percent are between ages 18 and 59, while those above the age of 60 make up 36 percent. People up to age 17 represent 1 percent of cases, and the remaining percentage of cases have unknown ages.

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now including details of the 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 second youngest person to die from the virus was a 29-year-old woman from Peach County.

Of Georgia's coronavirus cases, 58 percent are between ages 18 and 59, while those above the age of 60 make up 36 percent. People up to age 17 represent 1 percent of cases, and the remaining percentage of cases have unknown ages.

More than 1 million COVID-19 cases are confirmed worldwide and more than 55,700 people have died, Johns Hopkins reported Friday. The U.S. has over 245,000 cases, the most of any country as of Friday.

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.

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