GA Coronavirus: 5,496 New Cases, 3,737 Antigen-Positives, 49 Dead

ATLANTA, GA — Georgia reported another day of high coronavirus numbers Wednesday: 5,496 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, along with 3,737 new antigen-positive tests. Together, the two add up to 9,233 new cases in a one-day period.

Georgia’s seven-day moving average for newly confirmed COVID cases — not including antigen-positive tests — is 4,902.7. That number is been above 4,000 since Dec. 10.

The state health department also reported 49 more deaths and 375 more hospitalizations.

Georgia Coronavirus Numbers For Dec. 30, 2020

The Georgia Department of Public Health in Atlanta reported a total of 558,177 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30. According to the health department’s website, that includes 5,496 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours. In addition, Georgia reported 3,737 new antigen-positive cases over the last 24 hours, which are considered to be probable cases of COVID-19.

Georgia has reported 9,808 deaths so far from COVID-19, with 49 more confirmed deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. Georgia also reported 1,038 probable deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. These probable deaths include fatalities with indirect evidence of COVID-19.

Georgia reported 41,778 hospitalizations — 375 more than the day before — and 7,375 admissions so far to intensive-care units.

No information is available from Georgia about how many patients have recovered.

Counties in or near metro Atlanta and other metropolitan areas continue to have the highest number of COVID-19 positives, with Gwinnett County back in the lead and Fulton County close behind it. These statistics do not include antigen-positive cases.

1. Gwinnett County: 50,631 cases — 568 new
2. Fulton County: 50,176 cases — 269 new
3. Cobb County: 36,240 cases — 479 new
4. DeKalb County: 34,904 cases — 413 new
5. Hall County: 17,233 cases — 161 new
6. Clayton County: 13,010 — 109 new
7. Chatham County: 12,691 — 91 new
8. Cherokee County: 12,582 — 186 new
9. Richmond County: 12,463 — 120 new
10. Henry County: 10,834 — 104 new

Counties in or near metro Atlanta also continue to have the most deaths from COVID-19.

1. Fulton County: 736 deaths — 4 new
2. Gwinnett County: 558 — 2 new
3. Cobb County: 549 deaths — 2 new
4. DeKalb County: 491 deaths — 1 new
5. Bibb County: 239 deaths — 2 new
6. Chatham County: 229 deaths — 1 new
7. Clayton County: 219 deaths — 1 new
8. Richmond County: 219 deaths — 1 new
9. Hall County: 217 deaths — 1 new
10. Dougherty County: 204 deaths

All Georgia statistics are available on the state's COVID-19 website.

Globally, more than 82.4 million people have tested positive for COVID-19, and nearly 1.8 million people have died from it, Johns Hopkins University reported Wednesday.

In the United States, more than 19.6 million people have been infected and more than 340,000 people have died from COVID-19 as of Wednesday. The U.S. has only about 4 percent of the world's population but more confirmed cases and deaths than any other country.

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