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COVID-19: How Georgia Compares To Other States In The South
Of the 17 Southern states, including the District of Columbia, Georgia has the seventh most COVID-19 cases per capita.
2021-04-07
Efforts to inoculate the U.S. population are well underway, and the Biden Administration has announced plans to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer. While this is encouraging news, the coronavirus pandemic is still raging and the already staggering public health toll will no doubt continue to rise. To date, 30,238,692 Americans have been infected with COVID-19 — and 547,884 of them have died as a result.
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The disease’s spread has not been even across the country, however, and some parts of the U.S. have been hit especially hard, while others have been spared some of the worst effects. In the South, an area comprising 16 states and the District of Columbia, stretching eastward from Oklahoma and Texas to the Atlantic Coast, there have been a total of 11,938,695 confirmed cases — or 9,570 per 100,000 people. For context, the national per capita infection rate stands at 9,243 cases per 100,000 people.
Of the 17 Southern states, including the District of Columbia, Georgia has the seventh most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,060,973 known infections in Georgia, or 10,086 for every 100,000 people.
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For its population size, Georgia has a proportionate number of COVID-19 infections in the region. Home to about 10,519,500 people, Georgia accounts for 8.4% of the total population in the South. Similarly, known cases in Georgia account for 8.9% of all known cases in the region.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of April 5, 2021.
| Rank: | State: | Geography: | Infections per 100,000 people: | Regional population in state: | Regional COVID cases in state: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee | Tennessee | 12,018 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 11,117 | 3.2% | 3.7% |
| 3 | Arkansas | Arkansas | 10,970 | 2.4% | 2.8% |
| 4 | South Carolina | South Carolina | 10,869 | 4.1% | 4.6% |
| 5 | Alabama | Alabama | 10,554 | 3.9% | 4.3% |
| 6 | Mississippi | Mississippi | 10,236 | 2.4% | 2.6% |
| 7 | Georgia | Georgia | 10,086 | 8.4% | 8.9% |
| 8 | Texas | Texas | 9,709 | 23.0% | 23.3% |
| 9 | Delaware | Delaware | 9,842 | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| 10 | Louisiana | Louisiana | 9,559 | 3.7% | 3.7% |
| 11 | Florida | Florida | 9,512 | 17.1% | 17.0% |
| 12 | Kentucky | Kentucky | 9,575 | 3.6% | 3.6% |
| 13 | North Carolina | North Carolina | 8,823 | 8.3% | 7.7% |
| 14 | West Virginia | West Virginia | 7,876 | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| 15 | Virginia | Virginia | 7,306 | 6.8% | 5.2% |
| 16 | Maryland | Maryland | 6,858 | 4.8% | 3.5% |
| 17 | Washington D.C. | Washington D.C. | 6,524 | 0.6% | 0.4% |
This story was originally published by 24/7 Wall St., a news organization that produces real-time business commentary and data-driven reporting for state and local markets across the country.