Muscogee County has first death related to COVID-19, coroner confirms
A local official has confirmed first death in Muscogee County related to the new coronavirus.
Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan told the Ledger-Enquirer on Sunday that an 85-year-old man died at 4:13 p.m. in the intensive care unit of Piedmont Columbus Regional’s Midtown campus. The man had previously tested positive for the virus.
The man was a Columbus resident, according to the coroner.
Bryan could not say whether the individual had any underlying medical conditions, but did confirm that the death was related to COVID-19.
Piedmont Columbus Regional spokesperson Jessica Roberts could not provide any further information on the individual.
Muscogee County has 9 cases confirmed as of noon Sunday.
The Georgia Public Health Laboratory and private labs had conducted a total of 12,564 COVID-19 tests. The state has tested 1,895 people. Private labs have tested 10,669 state officials said.
The state health department reports 666 people have been hospitalized due to the virus.
State health officials have not provided a breakdown of the residents tested for COVID-19 in each county. The state is also not tracking the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19.
This story was originally published March 29, 2020 at 6:12 PM.
