In Georgia, 14% of coronavirus tests are positive

May 7, 2020
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In Georgia, 14% of coronavirus tests are positive

Georgia has 31,309 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of noon Thursday. A total of 217,303 coronavirus tests have been processed. In terms of percentage, that means that just over 14% of all coronavirus tests are positive in Georgia.

Breaking down the rest of the numbers, the peach state has had 5,816 hospitalizations for coronavirus, though according to the Georgia Department of Public Health that number only includes cases where the patient was hospitalized at the time of reporting the positive test result. It does not include the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases hospitalized after they were confirmed elsewhere. There have been 1,366 ICU admissions for coronavirus and 1,336 deaths statewide.

Fulton County, Georgia’s most populated county, has now crossed the 3,000 mark for confirmed cases with 3,250 cases. Three other counties have crossed the 2,000 case threshold. DeKalb County has 2,391 confirmed cases, Gwinnett has 2,236 and Cobb has 2,011.

Hall County has now surpassed Dougherty County’s case numbers. Hall has 1,933 confirmed cases and Dougherty County has 1,555 cases.

In terms of deaths from the virus, Fulton County has seen more deaths from the virus than any other county in the state with 137 deaths. Dougherty County, which is a hotspot for the virus has 126 deaths. Cobb County is the only other county in Georgia with over 100 deaths at 107.

Below is the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths for each county.

CountyCasesDeathsHospitalized
Fulton3,250136601
DeKalb2,39061434
Gwinnett2,23382406
Cobb2,006107509
Hall1,92427243
Dougherty1,555126317
Non-Georgia Resident1,0871968
Clayton87633143
Unknown837041
Cherokee5501697
Henry5481471
Richmond43015120
Carroll3891578
Sumter38529103
Habersham3781257
Bibb36614102
Douglas36511105
Bartow35932124
Forsyth3591045
Muscogee3511271
Lee3382247
Mitchell3363171
Chatham2831274
Houston2771481
Baldwin2641052
Coweta246439
Upson2452325
Newton235839
Early2242613
Rockdale224753
Spalding2221138
Thomas2202248
Paulding2121053
Colquitt1981013
Barrow195553
Terrell1932134
Fayette1871136
Crisp179636
Worth1781333
Clarke1741331
Lowndes172431
Columbia170529
Randolph1672028
Troup167545
Butts1641717
Coffee160847
Floyd1521240
Ware1461341
Walton143522
Tift139637
Whitfield135618
Dooly1341334
Gordon1201429
Jackson117322
Hancock112212
Calhoun10947
Decatur105211
Stephens91122
Wilcox901215
Burke89318
White83119
Gilmer83014
Macon81329
Appling791015
Grady77422
Lumpkin74113
Turner731011
Dawson72113
Laurens70114
Glynn68110
Oconee67010
Brooks6476
Johnson64210
Polk63010
Peach61216
Walker6101
Harris60210
Meriwether59110
Pierce58316
Bryan57418
Greene55517
Catoosa5205
Putnam51510
Oglethorpe51310
McDuffie50416
Washington4614
Bulloch4229
Pike4127
Wilkinson40214
Liberty39011
Lamar3814
Effingham38111
Toombs3739
Marion3719
Murray3615
Ben Hill3603
Camden3416
Elbert3403
Monroe3347
Pulaski3317
Fannin3315
Seminole3227
Union32110
Banks3208
Haralson3128
Pickens3128
Cook3115
Dodge3117
Jones3104
Miller3001
Morgan3003
Baker2929
Bacon2914
Telfair2805
Clay2735
Madison2715
Stewart2708
Wilkes2605
Jasper2604
Franklin2515
Talbot24111
Brantley2221
Jeff Davis2214
Emanuel2203
Bleckley2100
Irwin2012
Towns2017
Crawford1904
Berrien1901
Taylor1828
Atkinson1816
Jenkins1714
Jefferson1713
Dade1713
Screven1617
Clinch1602
Chattooga1523
Schley1517
Hart1500
Heard1414
Rabun1315
Warren1303
Charlton1303
Wayne1302
Lincoln1205
Chattahoochee1205
Webster1025
Lanier1014
Tattnall901
Twiggs803
Candler701
Quitman613
Echols500
Wheeler500
Evans500
McIntosh502
Long502
Treutlen400
Montgomery201
Taliaferro100

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