GA Sets Record For Most Coronavirus Deaths In A Day

GEORGIA — Georgia set a new record on Tuesday when it recorded its highest single-day death toll from the coronavirus with 125 new deaths, the Department of Public Health reported.

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported a total of 222,588 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday. That's 3,563 more than was reported at the same time Monday.

Georgia also reported 4,351 deaths so far from COVID-19, 125 more than reported Monday. In addition, the state reported 21,031 hospitalizations — 355 more than the day before — and 3,832 total admissions to intensive care units.

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

This comes after Gov. Brian Kemp announced that a new COVID-19 mega-testing site opened Monday near Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

Georgia's coronavirus case counts continue to surge as the state sends students in some districts back to in-person classes. In-person school at North Paulding High School in Dallas was called off for Monday and Tuesday after six students and three staff members tested positive for the coronavirus after the first week of school. This came after the school made national headlines for student photos shared to social media that appeared to depict crowded hallways.

The school was to be "thoroughly cleaned and disinfected" while students and staff are out on Monday and Tuesday.

Counties in or near metro Atlanta continue to have the highest number of positive test results, with Fulton County continuing to lead the state.

• Fulton County: 20,874 cases
• Gwinnett County: 20,328 cases
• DeKalb County: 14,292 cases
• Cobb County: 14,006 cases
• Hall County: 6,206 cases

Counties in or near metro Atlanta also continue to have the most deaths from COVID-19. The lone exception is Dougherty County, the site of Georgia's first major outbreak.

• Fulton County: 445 deaths
• Cobb County: 323 deaths
• Gwinnett County: 272 deaths
• DeKalb County: 242 deaths
• Dougherty County: 172 deaths

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

Globally, more than 20 million people have been infected by the coronavirus, and more than 738,000 people have died, Johns Hopkins University reported Tuesday.

In the United States, more than 5.1 million people have been infected and more than 164,300 people have died from COVID-19 as of Tuesday. The U.S. has only about 4 percent of the world's population but more confirmed cases and deaths than any other country.