Muscogee County reports over 140 coronavirus cases. Here are other cases in area

Muscogee County and its surrounding areas have 740 confirmed coronavirus, or COVID-19, cases Friday according to data from Georgia’s Department of Public Health.

Muscogee County now reports 142 confirmed cases following the state’s 7 p.m. update.

The numbers are expected to continue to increase with each update, according to a press release sent from the DPH this week. 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 216
  
  

• Muscogee 142

• Randolph 102

• Crisp 63

• Troup 56

• Dooly 37

• Meriwether 19

• Harris 19

• Macon 18

• Clay 15
• Schley 12

• Marion 10

• Talbot 9

• Taylor 7

• Stewart 6

• Quitman 3

• Webster 3

• Chattahoochee 3

A third COVID-19 death in Muscogee County was reported in the state’s 7 p.m. update on Thursday. An 85-year-old man, a 73-year-old man and a 65-year old woman have died in the county, according to state data.

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 10, 2020 at 12:28 PM.