Coronavirus In Georgia: More Than 59,000 Cases

GEORGIA — Gwinnett County now has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the state with 5,451 confirmed cases, according to the latest report from the Georgia Department of Health, as the number of coronavirus cases in Georgia surpasses 59,000.

As of Tuesday, there have been 2,529 coronavirus-related deaths in Georgia. More than 9,400 people have been hospitalized with the disease, with 2,065 patients in the intensive care unit.

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

Georgia has tested 747,348 people so far, including both viral and antibody testing, with just more than 60,000 people, or 8.1 percent, testing positive.

Counties in or near metro Atlanta continue to have the highest number of cases. Following Gwinnett County, Fulton County is second with 5,148 confirmed positives, DeKalb is third witth 4,411 cases, Cobb is fourth with 3,679 cases and Hall is fifth 2,787 cases. Today's statistics also identify 1,470 cases of COVID-19 as from "unknown" counties, with 2,776 cases counted as "Non-Georgia Resident."

Fulton County has reported the most deaths, with 295, followed by Cobb County with 218 deaths. Gwinnett County has 156 deaths, DeKalb County has 152 deaths and Clayton County has 73 deaths.

Here's the breakdown in deaths across the state by age group:

• 10-17: 1 death
• 18-29: 10 deaths
• 30-39: 44 deaths
• 40-49: 91 deaths
• 50-59: 208 deaths
• 60-69: 477 deaths
• 70-79: 680 deaths
• 80+: 1,018 deaths

Globally, more than 8 million cases of coronavirus have been confirmed, with 438,453 deaths, according numbers tallied Tuesday afternoon by Johns Hopkins. In the U.S., more than 2.1 million people have been confirmed to have COVID-19, with 116,000 deaths confirmed as of Tuesday.

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