GA Tops 100 Coronavirus Deaths, Cases Pass 1,000 A Day

GEORGIA — The number of coronavirus deaths and confirmed cases in Georgia spiked over the past 24 hours. The updated tally, released at noon on Tuesday, reflects an increase of more than 1,000 cases from noon on Monday, and 21 additional deaths, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

Numbers released Tuesday at noon show 108 deaths, 818 hospitalized and 3,817 confirmed cases in Georgia.

"Today’s significant increase in cases is in part due to additional laboratories reporting to Department of Public Health, and also improvements in electronic reporting from other laboratories," the department said on the report. "Patient information is often incomplete and Department of Public Health works to complete the records, so data will change over time."

As of Tuesday afternoon, Fulton County's 547 cases are the most of any Georgia locality. The next highest totals are 455 in Dougherty County, DeKalb with 325 cases, Cobb with 272 cases, Gwinnett with 233 cases, Bartow with 129 cases and Carroll with 122 cases.

Of those counties, Dougherty has the most deaths in the state with 18. Fulton has had 17 deaths, Cobb had 11, Lee has had six, Clarke had five, Fayette had four, DeKalb and Clayton each had three, and Gwinnett, Bartow, Henry, Cherokee, Coweta, Terrell, Rockdale, Floyd, Sumter, Houston, Chatham, and Barrow each had two deaths.

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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.

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 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, 58 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 14,260 tests, and 3,491 came back positive for COVID-19. Among the Georgia Department of Health's 1,921 completed tests, 326 came back positive.

More than 809,000 COVID-19 cases are confirmed worldwide and more than 39,000 people have died, Johns Hopkins reported Tuesday afternoon. The U.S. has over 165,000 cases, the most of any country as of Tuesday.

Over 3,100 deaths have been tied to the virus in the U.S. New York City has seen the most deaths from coronavirus, with more than 914 people dying from the virus.

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