Coronavirus in Columbus: Harris County votes to overturn football cancellation, plus more news
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. Check back for more information.
Here are the updated COVID-19 numbers for our area:
GEORGIA
Muscogee County and its surrounding areas reported a total of 11,938 cases in the 3 p.m. Thursday update from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
350 total deaths were reported in the area.
Here’s a breakdown by county of total cases, deaths and hospitalizations:
- Muscogee: 4930, 105, 500
Troup: 2354, 73, 267
- Sumter: 768, 56, 175
Chattahoochee: 778, 2, 11
Harris: 674, 17, 72
Meriwether: 411, 6, 51
- Crisp: 401, 15, 57
Randolph: 276, 26, 43
Dooly: 262, 14, 47
Stewart: 257, 9, 51
- Macon: 185, 10, 39
Marion: 157, 5, 15
Talbot: 143, 3, 21
Taylor: 99, 3, 15
- Clay: 96, 2, 7
- Schley: 77, 1, 8
Webster: 39, 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 101,496 according to the Alabama Department of Public Health’s dashboard at 3:30 p.m. EST Thursday.
The number of reported cases in Lee County stands at 2,736 while Russell County’s total stands at 1,391.
There have been 798,501 tests performed statewide. The state reported 1,821 total COVID-19-related deaths as of Thursday.
The state of Alabama reports the number of presumed recoveries from COVID-19 on a weekly basis. On Aug. 13, the state reported 41,523 presumed recoveries throughout Alabama.
To view the full list of Alabama COVID-19 cases, click here.
Harris County board votes to have youth football after COVID-19 cancellation
Harris County youth football players and cheerleaders might be allowed to have their 2020 season after all.
Two weeks after the Harris County Recreation board tabled the director’s appeal over the season’s cancellation, members overturned the decision Wednesday with a 5-2 vote.
Not so fast, Harris County Parks and Recreation director Stephen Waskey told the Ledger-Enquirer in a phone interview Thursday morning.
The rec board’s authority is only advisory, Waskey said. He still is empowered to keep the season canceled.
This story was originally published August 13, 2020 at 10:11 AM.
