Coronavirus in Columbus: August 11 numbers for the Chattahoochee Valley
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.
Here are the updated COVID-19 numbers for our area:
GEORGIA
Muscogee County and its surrounding areas reported a total of 11,716 cases in the 3 p.m. Tuesday update from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
343 total deaths were reported in the area.
Here’s a breakdown by county of total cases, deaths and hospitalizations:
- Muscogee: 4826, 102, 487
Troup: 2312, 72, 264
- Sumter: 775, 56, 176
Chattahoochee: 767, 2, 10
Harris: 659, 17, 71
- Crisp: 391, 15, 56
Meriwether: 403, 6, 51
Randolph: 273, 26, 43
Stewart: 256, 7, 51
- Dooly: 258, 14, 47
Macon: 180, 10, 39
Marion: 152, 5, 15
Talbot: 140, 3, 20
- Clay: 91, 2, 7
- Taylor: 93, 2, 14
Schley: 69, 1, 8
Webster: 40, 2, 8
- Quitman: 31, 1, 6
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 99,926 according to the Alabama Department of Public Health’s dashboard at 3:30 p.m. EST Tuesday.
The number of reported cases in Lee County stands at 2,708 while Russell County’s total stands at 1,389.
There have been 779,764 tests performed statewide. The state reported 1,781 total COVID-19-related deaths as of Tuesday.
The state of Alabama reports the number of presumed recoveries from COVID-19 on a weekly basis. On Aug. 11, the state reported 37,923 presumed recoveries throughout Alabama.
To view the full list of Alabama COVID-19 cases, click here.