Almost 40 new coronavirus cases reported in Muscogee County, surrounding areas Tuesday
Muscogee County and its surrounding counties reported 2,065 total cases of the new coronavirus as of the 1 p.m. Tuesday update from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
Between 1 p.m. Monday and 1 p.m. Tuesday, 39 new cases were reported.
There are now a total of 122 coronavirus-related deaths in the area.
Here’s a breakdown by county of total cases, deaths and hospitalizations:
- Muscogee: 444, 16, 84
- Sumter: 420, 39, 124
- Troup: 208, 6, 55
- Crisp: 200, 7, 37
- Randolph: 169, 21, 31
- Dooly: 162, 12, 35
- Macon: 93, 6, 33
- Harris: 75, 3, 15
- Meriwether: 70, 1, 11
- Marion: 47, 2, 8
- Stewart: 40, 0, 12
- Clay: 30, 3, 6
- Talbot: 30, 1, 11
- Taylor: 22, 2, 8
- Chattahoochee: 19, 0, 6
- Schley: 17, 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
The number of novel coronavirus cases in Alabama has now reached 12,376, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health’s 3 p.m. EST Tuesday update.
The number of reported cases in Lee County stands at 450, while Russell County’s total stands at 109.
There have been 157,566 tests done statewide. Private labs are not required to report negative tests — meaning it’s possible that the actual number of tests conducted is greater.
The state reports 504 COVID-19-related deaths Friday evening and 1,453 hospitalizations.
To view the full list of Alabama COVID-19 cases, click here.