Georgia Reports Its 2nd Highest Number of COVID-19 Cases In A Day

ATLANTA, GA — Georgia reported Tuesday its second highest daily increase in COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started, according to the state health department.

At 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, the Georgia Department of Public Health reported 67,678 confirmed cases of COVID-19. That’s 1,750 more confirmed cases than the state had reported at the same time on Monday. The health department also reported more than 23,000 new tests since Monday.

The biggest one-day jump in COVID-19 cases was on Saturday, when Georgia reported 1,800 new confirmed cases. Before that, the biggest one-day increase had been 1,525 on April 17.

The state also reported 2,688 deaths from COVID-19, 40 more than the previous day. More than 10,000 Georgians were reported hospitalized, with 2,174 in the intensive care unit.

Testing to date includes 731,261 viral tests, and 142,862 antibody or serology tests, which are considered less reliable. Of 874,123 total tests administered so far, about 8 percent have been positive, a percentage that’s been largely consistent for the last few weeks.

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

Counties in or near metro Atlanta continue to have the highest number of cases, with Gwinnett still in the lead. In addition, DeKalb County exceeded 5,000 cases on Tuesday for the first time, and Cobb County exceeded 4,000.

• Gwinnett County: 6,636 confirmed cases
• Fulton County: 5,885 confirmed cases
• DeKalb County: 5,042 confirmed cases
• Cobb County: 4,134 confirmed cases
• Hall County: 2,982 confirmed cases

Counties in or near metro Atlanta also continue to have the highest number of deaths, with DeKalb County now edging out Gwinnett for third place. The lone exception is Dougherty County, the site of Georgia's first major outbreak.

• Fulton County: 302 deaths
• Cobb County: 234 deaths
• DeKalb County: 166 deaths
• Gwinnett County: 163 deaths
• Dougherty County: 153 deaths

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

Globally, more than 9 million people have been infected by COVID-19, and nearly 474,000 people have died, Johns Hopkins University reported Tuesday. In the United States, more than 2.3 million people have been infected and nearly 121,000 people have died from COVID-19.

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