156 coronavirus cases reported in Columbus, surrounding counties. Here’s a breakdown.
Muscogee County and its surrounding areas saw 14 new coronavirus, or COVID-19, cases Thursday according to data from Georgia’s Department of Public Health.
A total of 156 cases were reported in our immediate area, according to the noon update from DPH.
Here’s a breakdown by county:
- Sumter 45
Muscogee 25
Crisp 21
Troup 20
Dooly 11
Meriwether 8
Clay 5
Harris 5
- Randolph 4
- Schley 3
Chattahoochee 2
Macon 2
Taylor 2
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.