Georgia reports 100 new COVID-19 hospitalizations. Here are more 24-hour trends

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported more than 81,000 cumulative COVID-19 cases Tuesday.

Here are some key takeaways:

• Cases: 81,291 (+1,874 in 24 hours). McClatchy measures new cases by subtracting the total number of infections reported at 3 p.m. from the total number of infections reported the previous day at 3 p.m. This reflects when confirmed cases are reported to the state.
  
  
• Georgia’s seven-day average for COVID-19 cases continues to climb. The average as of June 30 is 1,945.14 cases per day, the highest to date, according to data analyzed by McClatchy.
  
  
• Deaths: 2,805 (+21 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: 991,501. This number includes 157,623 antibody tests and 833,878 viral tests (+10,761 new viral tests in 24 hours). These totals don’t account for tests that are not reported through the state’s electronic lab reporting system.
  
  
• Current Hospitalizations: 1,459. That’s an increase of 100 patients in 24 hours. This count does not include patients who are being investigated for possible infection by health officials.
• Current hospitalizations are at their highest total since May 1. The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency began publishing this data to the public on May 1 when 1,500 confirmed COVID-19 patients were in the hospital.
• Cases per 100,000: Echols (4,635.93), Chattahoochee (3,814.31), Randolph (2,916.79), Terrell (2,657.38) and Hancock (2,587.57) 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

• Both Columbus and Macon reported the largest single-day increases in confirmed COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
• Muscogee County reported 1,679 total cases Tuesday (up 143 cases in 24 hours). As of June 30, 47 coronavirus-related deaths have been confirmed in Muscogee, an increase of four in 24 hours.
  
  

• In Middle Georgia, Bibb County reported 848 cases, up 73 cases from Monday. As of June 30, 39 coronavirus-related deaths have been confirmed in Bibb, an increase of one in 24 hours.

• Gwinnett County reports the highest number of cases in the state at 8,082.

This story was originally published June 30, 2020 at 3:59 PM.

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.