Muscogee County area reports over 750 coronavirus cases. Here are totals for April 11.
Muscogee County and its surrounding areas have 759 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, as of Saturday, according to data from Georgia’s Department of Public Health.
Muscogee County now reports 144 confirmed cases following the state’s 12 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 222
Muscogee 144
Randolph 103
Crisp 67
Troup 55
Dooly 40
Meriwether 22
Harris 19
Macon 19
- 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 11, 2020 at 12:19 PM.