Only three new coronavirus cases reported Sunday in Muscogee County and surrounding areas
Muscogee County and its surrounding counties reported 2,004 total cases of the new coronavirus, as of the 1 p.m. Sunday update from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
One new case was reported in Troup, Dooly and Marion counties for a total of three new cases. However one case was removed by the DPH in Harris County Sunday.
In Saturday’s 1 p.m. update, 2,002 total cases were reported.
A total of 122 deaths in the region were reported as of the 1 p.m. Sunday update, an increase of four in 24 hours.
Here’s a breakdown by county of total cases, deaths and hospitalizations:
- Muscogee: 424, 15, 84
- Sumter: 415, 39, 118
- Troup: 200, 6, 55
- Crisp: 193, 7, 37
- Randolph: 169, 21, 31
- Dooly: 157, 12, 34
- Macon: 90, 5, 32
- Harris: 74, 3, 14
- Meriwether: 72, 1, 11
- Marion: 40, 2, 8
- Stewart: 37, 0, 12
- Clay: 29, 3, 5
- Talbot: 28, 1, 11
- Taylor: 22, 2, 8
- Chattahoochee: 19, 0, 6
- Schley: 16, 1, 7
- Webster: 11, 1, 4
- Quitman: 8, 1, 4
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
As of 1:30 p.m. Sunday, a total of 11,742 novel coronavirus cases were reported in Alabama, according to the state’s Department of Public Health.
The number of reported cases in Lee County stands at 449, while Russell County’s total is now at 100.
There have been 156,350 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 485 COVID-19 related deaths Sunday afternoon and 1,391 hospitalizations related to the virus since March 13.
To view the full list of Alabama COVID-19 cases, click here.
This story was originally published May 17, 2020 at 1:45 PM.
