Muscogee County reports 345 coronavirus cases. Here are totals for our area
Muscogee County and its surrounding areas have 1,754 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus as of the 7:25 p.m. update from Georgia’s Department of Public Health, up by 10 from 12:25 p.m.
There were 100 COVID-19-related deaths reported in the 18-county area at 7:25 p.m.
Muscogee County reports 348 confirmed cases and 12 deaths as of 7:25 p.m., an increase of three deaths since this afternoon.
Here’s a breakdown by county of total cases, deaths and hospitalizations:
- Sumter 385, 29, 103
- Muscogee 348, 12, 70
Crisp 178, 6, 36
Troup 168, 5, 44
- Randolph 167, 20, 28
- Dooly 133, 11, 34
- Macon 81, 3, 29
- Harris 60, 2, 10
- Meriwether 59, 1, 10
- Marion 37, 1, 9
Clay 27, 3, 5
Stewart 26, 0, 8
- Talbot 24, 1, 11
- Taylor 18, 2, 8
- Schley 15, 1, 7
Chattahoochee 12, 0, 5
Webster 10, 2, 5
- Quitman 6, 1, 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 May 6, 2020 at 1:00 PM.