258 coronavirus cases reported in Columbus, surrounding counties. Here’s a breakdown.

Muscogee County and its surrounding areas saw 60 new coronavirus, or COVID-19, cases Saturday according to data from Georgia’s Department of Public Health.

A total of 258 cases were reported in our immediate area, according to the noon update from DPH.

Here’s a breakdown by county:

• Sumter 83
  
  

• Muscogee 35

• Troup 33

• Crisp 28

• Randolph 18

• Dooly 15

• Meriwether 11

• Clay 7

• Harris 6

• Schley 6
  
  

• Macon 4

• Talbot 3

• Chattahoochee 2

• Taylor 2

• Marion 2

• Stewart 1

• Quitman 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 April 4, 2020 at 12:16 PM.