115 coronavirus cases reported in Columbus, surrounding counties. Here’s a breakdown.
Muscogee County and its surrounding areas saw 38 new coronavirus, or COVID-19, cases Tuesday according to data from Georgia’s Department of Public Health.
A total of 115 cases were reported in our immediate area, according to the noon update from DPH and data from Georgia’s West Central Health District.
Here’s a breakdown by county:
- Sumter 32
Muscogee 19
Troup 15
Crisp 14
Dooly 6
Meriwether 6
- Randolph 5
- Schley 5
Harris 4
Macon 2
Taylor 2
Chattahoochee 1
Clay 1
Stewart 1
Talbot 1
Webster 1
A full county-by-county breakdown from the Georgia Department of Public Health can be found here.
Georgia’s West-Central Health District covers 16 counties: Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor and Webster.
Troup and Meriwether counties are not in the West-Central Health District but because of proximity to Columbus, the Ledger-Enquirer will track those numbers as well.
This story was originally published March 31, 2020 at 12:17 PM.