GA Coronavirus Update: Deaths Reach 1,100, Cases Top 26K

GEORGIA — As of noon Thursday, the growing toll of the coronavirus outbreak in Georgia included 64 more deaths, the Georgia Department of Public Health released in its daily report. The updated numbers reflect an increase of 874 cases from noon on Wednesday, bringing the total to 26,033 coronavirus cases statewide, and a total of 1,107 deaths. Of that total, 5,110 are hospitalized.

Most of the top 10 counties with the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths are in the metro Atlanta area, with Fulton County still first for cases with 2,799. Dougherty County, though, which has the fifth highest number of cases at 1,499, has the highest death count at 119. Fulton County has 118 deaths as of Thursday afternoon.

Other counties in the top five are DeKalb at second, with 1,994 cases and 46 deaths; Gwinnett at third, with 1,766 cases and 55 deaths; and Cobb at fourth with 1,585 cases and 89 deaths.

Two counties still have yet to confirm a case of coronavirus: Taliaferro and Glascock.

"A confirmed case is defined as a person who has tested positive for 2019 novel coronavirus," the DPH said. "Healthcare providers diagnose patients with COVID-19 and they, along with laboratories, report the COVID-19 cases to the Georgia DPH. These numbers are preliminary and may change as more information is gathered on a person under investigation. Data during the period reported may be incomplete due to the lag in time between when the case was tested and/or reported and submitted to the Georgia DPH for reporting purposes. This delay can vary depending on the testing facility and/or jurisdiction."

Of Georgia's coronavirus cases, more African Americans have tested positive for the coronavirus, more than 9,500. Whites make up about 7,600 cases. More than 4,500 cases by race are still missing from the report.

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A redesigned website was released Tuesday by the Department of Public Health that showed more statistics and was easier to read. Among other things, the website showed clearly that more than 140,000 Georgians had been tested so far, and that nearly 1,100 had been admitted to intensive care units.

The website now includes the number of confirmed healthcare workers in Georgia, which shows more than 2,500 confirmed cases of coronavirus. However, the DPH said its data only includes when a person's profession is reported to DPH, and could be underreported.

More than 143,000 Georgians have been tested so far, and more than 1,100 have been admitted to intensive care units.

As of Thursday afternoon, there are more than 1 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 61,000 deaths total in the U.S., according to data collected by Johns Hopkins. Worldwide, there have been 3.2 million confirmed cases, and 228,000 deaths.

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