Georgia reports 555 coronavirus cases and 20 deaths. Here’s a breakdown by county
The Georgia Department of Public Health at 7 p.m. Saturday confirmed 555 cases of COVID-19 in the state, up by 48 from noon Saturday. Twenty people have died from the novel coronavirus in Georgia.
The Georgia Public Health Laboratory and private labs have conducted a total of 3,616 COVID-19 tests as of 7 p.m. March 21. The state has tested 818 people. Private labs have tested 2,798, state officials said.
Here is a county-by-county breakdown of the confirmed cases:
- Fulton 99
- Bartow 56
- Cobb 50
- Dougherty 47
- DeKalb 41
- Gwinnett 23
- Cherokee 17
- Carroll 14
- Lee 14
- Clayton 13
Richmond 10
- Clarke 9
- Fayette 9
Hall 9
- Floyd 8
- Coweta 8
- Lowndes 7
- Henry 6
- Newton 4
Chatham 4
- Forsyth 4
Douglas 4
- Gordon 4
- Paulding 4
- Polk 4
- Troup 4
Columbia 3
- Baldwin 2
- Early 2
- Laurens 2
- Glynn 2
- Peach 2
- Pickens 2
- Spalding 2
- Sumter 2
- Terrell 2
- Worth 2
Muscogee 2
Rockdale 2
Tift 2
- Barrow 1
- Bibb 1
- Charlton 1
- Dawson 1
- Effingham 1
- Heard 1
- Houston 1
- Lamar 1
- Lincoln 1
- Miller 1
- Monroe 1
- Oconee 1
- Raldoph 1
- Turner 1
- Whitfield 1
- County unknown 37
This story was originally published March 21, 2020 at 1:31 PM.
Joshua Mixon
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer