Muscogee County and surrounding areas report nearly 1,800 coronavirus cases. Here’s a list
Muscogee County and its surrounding counties reported 1,806 cases of the new coronavirus as of the 7:25 p.m. Friday update from the Georgia Department of Public Health, an increase of 11 cases since 12:25 p.m.
There were 106 COVID-19 related deaths reported in the 18-county area at 7:25 p.m., up from 101 at 12:25 p.m.
Here’s a breakdown by county of total cases, deaths and hospitalizations:
Sumter 391, 32, 105
Muscogee 363, 12, 75
Crisp 182, 6, 36
Troup 176, 5, 48
Randolph 167, 21, 28
Dooly 140, 12, 34
Macon 81, 4, 29
Harris 62, 2, 11
Meriwether 61, 1, 10
Marion 39, 1, 9
Stewart 30, 0, 8
Clay 27, 3, 5
Talbot 26, 1, 11
Taylor 18, 2, 8
Schley 15, 1, 7
Chattahoochee 12, 0, 4
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.
Alabama
The number of novel coronavirus cases in Alabama has now reached 9,375, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health’s 6:50 p.m. EST Friday update, an increase of 187 since 1:30 p.m.
The number of reported cases in Lee County stands at 419, while Russell County’s total stands at 73.
There have been 111,396 tests done statewide. Private labs are not required to report negative tests — meaning it’s possible that the actual number of tests conducted could be greater.
The state reports 383 COVID-19-related deaths Friday evening and 1,215 hospitalizations.
To view the full list of Alabama COVID-19 cases, click here.
This story was originally published May 8, 2020 at 3:00 PM.