Coronavirus

Muscogee County and surrounding areas report 1,274 coronavirus cases. Here’s a list.

Muscogee County and its surrounding areas have 1,274 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus as of the 12 p.m. Tuesday update from Georgia’s Department of Public Health.

There are now 60 coronavirus-related deaths in the 18-county area.

Muscogee County reports 229 confirmed cases and four deaths, as of 7 p.m. Monday.

Muscogee ranks No. 16 statewide for total coronavirus cases. Sumter County is the only other local county that ranks higher (No. 9) with 333 total cases.

Here’s a breakdown by county of total cases and deaths:

  • Sumter 333, 18
  • Muscogee 234, 4

  • Randolph 146, 16

  • Crisp 125, 2

  • Troup 105, 4

  • Dooly 73, 5

  • Macon 55, 1

  • Meriwether 47, 0

  • Harris 44, 2

  • Marion 29, 1

  • Clay 20, 2
  • Talbot 20, 1

  • Stewart 17, 0

  • Schley 16, 1
  • Taylor 13, 2

  • Chattahoochee 7, 0

  • Webster 7, 0

  • Quitman 3, 1

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.

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Tandra Smith
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Tandra Smith is the Ledger-Enquirer’s newest reporter. A Georgia Southern University graduate, she’s covered everything from protests to hurricanes and more. Here in Columbus and the Chattahoochee Valley, she will focus on breaking and trending news.
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