Columbus, surrounding counties now have over 300 coronavirus cases. Here’s a list

Muscogee County and its surrounding areas combined have surpassed 300 coronavirus cases, according to data from Georgia’s Department of Public Health.

A total of 336 cases were reported in our immediate area, according to the noon Monday update from DPH.

Here’s a breakdown by county:

• Sumter 90
  
  

• Muscogee 47

• Crisp 46

• Troup 36

• Dooly 27

• Randolph 26

• Meriwether 15

• Harris 10

• Clay 7

• Schley 7

• Talbot 5

• Macon 5

• Webster 4

• Stewart 3

• Taylor 3

• Chattahoochee 2

• Marion 2

• Quitman 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 6, 2020 at 12:37 PM.

Lauren Gorla

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

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Lauren Gorla is the senior editor of the Ledger-Enquirer. She joined the newsroom in 2016 as a digital producer and has also done local reporting in Columbus. She graduated with a journalism degree from Georgia Southern University, where she also worked for the student newspaper. In 2019, she helped oversee coverage of multiple award-winning stories including the Beauregard tornadoes, community features and other breaking news. Support my work with a digital subscription