Muscogee County and surrounding areas surpass 800 coronavirus cases. Here’s a list.
Muscogee County and its surrounding areas have 809 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, as of Sunday, according to data from Georgia’s Department of Public Health.
Muscogee County now reports 156 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 239
Muscogee 156
Randolph 110
Crisp 69
Troup 60
Dooly 43
Meriwether 23
Macon 23
Harris 20
Clay 15
- Schley 12
Marion 10
Talbot 9
Taylor 7
Stewart 7
Quitman 3
Webster 3
Chattahoochee 3
A fourth COVID-19 death in Muscogee County was reported in the state’s 7 p.m. update on Saturday. An 85-year-old man, a 73-year-old man a 65-year old woman and 22-year-old woman have died in the county, according to state data.
However, Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan said he does not believe the 22-year-old woman died from COVID-19, although she did test positive. The woman delivered a baby via C-section and possibly developed complications from the surgery, Bryan said.
“I’d bet my house and all the money I have in the bank that the girl didn’t die from coronavirus. ...I don’t believe the cause of death is going to be the coronavirus. Now, they might list it as second and third. But the main cause of death is going to be different. I promise you,” Bryan said Saturday.
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 12, 2020 at 12:50 PM.
