Coronavirus: Georgia Adds 397 New Cases, 2 More Deaths

GEORGIA — The Georgia Health Department on Sunday reported two more coronavirus deaths and 397 new cases, bringing the state's death toll to 2,180 and the total number of cases to 51,898.

COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019 and has since infected more than 6,939,800 people and killed more than 400,600 around the world, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University.

Georgia reported its first coronavirus case on March 2. As of Sunday, 8,685 have been hospitalized. Of those, 1,909 were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), according to state data.

Counties in or near metro Atlanta continue to have the highest number of cases, with Fulton County in first with 4,820 confirmed positives. It also has the highest number of deaths in the state, with 252.

Gwinnett is now second with 4,440 cases, while DeKalb is third with 4,012, Cobb is fourth with 3,249, and Hall is fifth with 2,616.

Starting Tuesday, changes were made to the COVID-19 daily status report on the Georgia Department of Public Health's website. These changes are designed to make the dashboard more user-friendly while providing an accurate picture of COVID-19 in Georgia, health officials said.

The changes to the daily status report include:

• Once daily updates at 3 p.m. to allow time to process and validate laboratory and case reports.
• Reordering the display of key summary metrics as follows: Confirmed COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, deaths, ICU admissions.
• A breakdown of the total number of molecular tests, the total number of serology tests, and the number of positives and percentage of positives for each test type.
• Revised charts of key demographics that more clearly present data.
• Improved usability of charts and refinements to labelling and supporting documentation of the data.