Coronavirus cases total 1,730 in Muscogee County and surrounding areas. Here’s a list.
Muscogee County and its surrounding areas have 1,728 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus as of the 7:25 p.m. update from Georgia’s Department of Public Health, up by 7 since 12:25 p.m.
There were 93 COVID-19-related deaths reported at noon in the 18-county area., an increase of seven from noon.
Muscogee County reports 337 confirmed cases and 7 deaths as of 7:25 p.m.
Here’s a breakdown by county of total cases and deaths:
- Sumter 391, 29
- Muscogee 337, 7
Crisp 171, 4
- Randolph 164, 19
- Troup 159, 5
- Dooly 133, 12
- Macon 81, 3
- Harris 59, 2
- Meriwether 56, 1
- Marion 39, 1
- Talbot 25, 1
- Clay 25, 3
- Stewart 25, 0
Taylor 18, 2
- Schley 16, 1
Chattahoochee 13, 0
Webster 10, 2
- Quitman 6,1
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.
This story was originally published May 4, 2020 at 1:28 PM.