Coronavirus in Columbus: News and numbers for the Chattahoochee Valley on June 26
We’re tracking the most up-to-date information and numbers regarding the coronavirus in the Chattahoochee Valley.
Georgia’s coronavirus case totals update each day at 3 p.m.
COVID-19 numbers in the area for June 26
GEORGIA
Muscogee County and its surrounding areas reported a total of 5,311 cases in the 3 p.m. Friday update from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
This is an increase of 131 cases since Thursday. 207 total deaths were reported in the area, with an increase of five since yesterday.
Here’s a breakdown by county of total cases, deaths and hospitalizations:
- Muscogee: 1454, 43, 220
Troup: 1277, 31, 137
- Sumter: 548, 50, 146
Chattahoochee: 393, 0, 6
- Crisp: 266, 12, 43
Harris: 296, 9, 37
- Dooly: 197, 12, 42
- Randolph: 197, 25, 36
Meriwether: 174, 2, 22
- Macon: 113, 9, 36
Stewart: 110, 3, 24
- Marion: 77, 2, 11
- Clay: 56, 2, 5
- Talbot: 67, 2, 14
- Taylor: 27, 2, 10
- Schley: 24, 1, 7
Webster: 20, 1, 5
- Quitman: 15, 1, 5
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 33,717, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health’s dashboard at 4 p.m. EST Friday.
The number of reported cases in Lee County stands at 1,026 while Russell County’s total stands at 409.
There have been 377,857 tests performed statewide. The state reported 887 total COVID-19-related deaths as of Friday.
The state of Alabama now reports the number of presumed recoveries from COVID-19 on a weekly basis. On June 24, the state reported 18,866 presumed recoveries throughout Alabama.
To view the full list of Alabama COVID-19 cases, click here.
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This story was originally published June 26, 2020 at 9:24 AM.
