990 coronavirus cases reported in Muscogee County, surrounding areas. Here’s a list
Muscogee County and its surrounding areas have 990 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, or COVID-19, as of the 7 p.m. Wednesday update from Georgia’s Department of Public Health. That’s an increase of 16 cases since the noon update.
Muscogee County now reports 182 confirmed cases following the noon 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 276 total cases.
Here’s a breakdown by county:
- Sumter 276
Muscogee 182
Randolph 131
Crisp 93
Troup 72
Dooly 55
Macon 37
Meriwether 28
Harris 27
Marion 17
- Clay 17
- Schley 13
Talbot 13
Taylor 9
Stewart 9
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 their proximity to Columbus, the Ledger-Enquirer will track those numbers as well.
This story was originally published April 15, 2020 at 12:20 PM.