Georgia reports over 750 new COVID-19 cases. How have numbers changed in 24 hours?
The Georgia Department of Public Health reported over 50,000 COVID-19 cases in its 3 p.m. update Friday. Here are some key takeaways:
- Cases: 50,621 (+774 new cases in 24 hours)
- Deaths: 2,174 (+27 deaths in 24 hours)
- Current hospitalizations: 807 (-8 from Wednesday)
- Tests: 605,082. This number includes 97,294 antibody tests and 507,788 viral tests. However, these totals do not account for tests that are not reported through the state’s electronic lab reporting system.
Muscogee County reported 750 cases Thursday (+53 in 24 hours). Bibb County reported 502 (+8) cases Friday. Fulton County (4,790) reports the highest number of cases in the state.
- Cases per person: Echols (3426.56), Randolph (2679.89), Terrell (2562.89), Early (2434.46) and Hancock (2392.29) counties have the highest number of coronavirus cases per person in the state.
- The health department is not reporting how many Georgians have recovered.
Georgia’s new COVID-19 cases were increasing before statewide protests
Public Health Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey told reporters this week there’s a risk COVID-19 cases could rise in the wake of statewide protests against police brutality and racism.
But newly reported coronavirus cases in the state were rising before protests began. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported new coronavirus cases for the week ending May 24 rose 26%, compared to numbers the week before. Kemp attributed that increase to a private lab entering old test results.
For a full county-by-county breakdown, visit the state health department’s website.