GA Coronavirus: Lower Numbers Coming Out of Weekend

ATLANTA, GA — The Georgia Department of Public Health in Atlanta reported a total of 387,930 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 2:50 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16. According to the health department’s website, that includes 990 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours. In addition, Georgia reported 293 new antigen-positive cases over the last 24 hours, which are considered to be probable cases of COVID-19.

Georgia has reported 8,471 deaths so far from COVID-19, with nine more confirmed deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. Georgia also reported 496 probable deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic. These probable deaths include fatalities with indirect evidence of COVID-19.

Georgia reported 33,265 hospitalizations — 24 more than the day before — and 6,229 admissions so far to intensive-care units. The percentage of ICU beds in use statewide dropped slightly to 78.4 percent of capacity, but not all of these beds are being used by COVID-19 patients. About 28 percent of total ventilators available in Georgia are currently in use.

Coronavirus statistics posted over the weekend are typically lower than they might be otherwise because of lags in reporting.

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.

1. Fulton County: 33,980 cases — 45 new
2. Gwinnett County: 33,597 cases — 88 new
3. Cobb County: 24,055 cases — 48 new
4. DeKalb County: 23,672 cases — 38 new
5. Hall County: 11,493 cases — 12 new
6. Chatham County: 10,008 — 14 new
7. Clayton County: 9,110— 16 new
8. Richmond County: 8,828 — 45 new
9. Cherokee County: 8,169 — 36 new
10. Bibb County: 7,011 — 5 new

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

1. Fulton County: 651 deaths
2. Cobb County: 482 deaths
3. Gwinnett County: 474 deaths — 1 new
4. DeKalb County: 425 deaths
5. Bibb County: 213 deaths
6. Chatham County: 199 deaths — 1 new
7. Dougherty County: 197 deaths — 1 new
8. Richmond County: 192 deaths
9. Hall County: 188 deaths
10. Clayton County: 188 deaths

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

Globally, more than 54.7 million people have tested positive for COVID-19, and more than 1.32 million people have died from it, Johns Hopkins University reported Monday.

In the United States, more than 11 million people have been infected and nearly 247,000 people have died from COVID-19 as of Monday. The U.S. has only about 4 percent of the world's population but more confirmed cases and deaths than any other country.

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