GA Coronavirus: Stats Stay Steady With 1,021 New Cases, 27 Deaths

ATLANTA, GA — The Georgia Department of Public Health in Atlanta reported a total of 333,304 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13. According to the health department’s website, that includes 1,021 newly confirmed cases over the last 24 hours.

Georgia also reported 7,454 deaths so far from COVID-19, with 27 more deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. In addition, the state reported 29,762 hospitalizations — 106 more than the day before — and 5,523 admissions so far to intensive-care units.

Coronavirus numbers reported after weekends are typically lower because of lags in reporting and don’t necessarily represent trends.

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

Counties in or near metro Atlanta and other metropolitan areas continue to have the highest number of positives, with Fulton County still in the lead. Second-place Gwinnett County exceeded 29,000 cases on Tuesday, and Hall County surpassed 10,000 cases. Also, Clayton County rose to seventh place among Georgia’s 159 counties for newly confirmed COVID-19 cases.

1. Fulton County: 29,274 cases — 104 new
2. Gwinnett County: 29,015 cases — 154 new
3. Cobb County: 20,679 cases — 69 new
4. DeKalb County: 19,797 cases — 54 new
5. Hall County: 10,028 cases — 43 new
6. Chatham County: 8,927 — 39 new
7. Clayton County: 7,569 — 60 new
8. Richmond County: 7,549 — 16 new
9. Cherokee County: 6,518 — 21 new
10. Bibb County: 6,335 — 24 new

Counties in or near metro Atlanta also continue to have the most deaths from COVID-19.

1. Fulton County: 594 deaths — 2 new
2. Cobb County: 442 deaths — 1 removed
3. Gwinnett County: 425 deaths — 1 new
4. DeKalb County: 382 deaths — 2 new
5. Dougherty County: 188 deaths
6. Bibb County: 188 deaths
7. Chatham County: 177 deaths — 1 new
8. Muscogee County: 173 deaths
9. Richmond County: 173 deaths
10. Clayton County: 170 deaths

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

Globally, nearly 38 million people have tested positive for COVID-19, and more than 1 million people have died from it, Johns Hopkins University reported Tuesday.

In the United States, more than 7.8 million people have been infected and more than 215,000 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.