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

Muscogee County and its surrounding areas saw 148 new coronavirus, or COVID-19, cases Tuesday according to data from Georgia’s Department of Public Health.

A total of 484 cases were reported in our immediate area, according to the noon update from DPH.

The numbers are expected to continue to increase with each update, according to a press release sent from the DPH on Tuesday. This is attributed to testing becoming more and more widespread across the state, said Kathleen Toomey, DPH commissioner.

Here’s a breakdown by county:

• Sumter 147
  
  

• Randolph 81

• Muscogee 53

• Troup 46

• Crisp 46

• Dooly 28

• Meriwether 17

• Harris 12

• Clay 10

• Schley 10
  
  

• Macon 8

• Talbot 6

• Taylor 5

• Webster 4

• Marion 3

• Stewart 3

• Quitman 3

• Chattahoochee 2

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 7, 2020 at 12:27 PM.