Over 950 coronavirus cases reported in Muscogee County, surrounding areas. Here’s a list
Muscogee County and its surrounding areas have 954 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, or COVID-19, as of the 7 p.m. Tuesday update from Georgia’s Department of Public Health. That’s an increase of 22 cases since the noon update.
Muscogee County now reports 175 confirmed cases following the state’s 7 p.m. update.
Muscogee also ranks No. 15 statewide for total coronavirus cases. Sumter County is the only other local county that ranks higher (No. 9) with 269 total cases.
Here’s a breakdown by county:
- Sumter 269
Muscogee 175
Randolph 131
Crisp 83
Troup 68
Dooly 51
Macon 47
Meriwether 24
Harris 23
Marion 17
- Clay 16
- Schley 12
Talbot 10
Taylor 9
Stewart 8
Chattahoochee 5
Quitman 3
Webster 3
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 14, 2020 at 12:50 PM.