Georgia reports over 650 new cases Tuesday. Here are the 24-hour trends.

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported more than 59,000 cumulative COVID-19 cases in its 3 p.m. update Tuesday.

Here are some key takeaways:

• Cases: 59,078 (+664 in 24 hours).
  
  
• Deaths: 2,529 (+35 deaths in 24 hours). It’s important to note that these numbers indicate when deaths are reported to the Georgia Department of Public Health. It does not reflect when these deaths occurred.
  
  
• Tests: 747,348. This number includes 118,075 antibody tests and 629,273 viral tests (+4,218 new viral tests in 24 hours). Georgia reported twice as many new viral tests on Monday. These totals don’t account for tests that are not reported through the state’s electronic lab reporting system.
  
  
• Current Hospitalizations: 875. That’s an increase of 10 patients in 24 hours. This count does not include patients who are being investigated for possible infections by health officials. The number of current hospitalizations also increased Monday.
• Cases per 100,000: Echols (4081.63), Randolph (2827.95), Terrell (2574.7), Chattahoochee (2530.47) and Early (2513.31) counties have the highest coronavirus rates per 100,000 people in the state.
  
  
• The health department is not reporting how many Georgians have recovered.

For a complete county-by-county list, visit the Georgia Department of Public Health’s website.

Regional updates

• Cases in the Columbus area continue to rise. Muscogee County reported 1,078 cases Tuesday (up 56 cases in 24 hours). Columbus topped 1,000 COVID-19 cases Sunday. As of June 16, 29 coronavirus-related deaths have been confirmed in Muscogee, an increase of one in 24 hours.
  
  

• Troup County reported 805 cases Monday, an increase of 13 in 24 hours. Since June 9, 329 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Troup.
  
  
• Bibb County reported 560 cases, up 18 cases from Monday. Houston County reported 456 cases, an increase of 10 cases.
• Gwinnett County reports the highest number of cases in the state, at 5,451.
  
  

Nick Wooten

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Nick Wooten is the Accountability/Investigative reporter for the Ledger-Enquirer where he is responsible for covering several topics, including Georgia politics. His work may also appear in the Macon Telegraph. Nick was given the Georgia Press Association’s 2021 Emerging Journalist award for his coverage of elections, COVID-19 and Columbus’ LGBTQ+ community. Before joining McClatchy, he worked for The (Shreveport La.) Times covering city government and investigations. He is a graduate of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.