GA Coronavirus Positives, Deaths Continue To Climb

ATLANTA, GA — The number of positive tests for COVID-19 in Georgia is continuing to trend in the wrong direction.

Statistics released Wednesday by Georgia’s health department showed more than 1,700 newly confirmed cases for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. On Tuesday, more than 1,600 newly confirmed cases were reported.

The state's seven-day moving average for positives — that is, the average of positives from the last week, which more accurately represents a trend — also continues to rise. At 1,653.3, it’s the highest it’s been since Sept. 21.

The number of deaths from COVID-19 reported in a single day, 34, is also up, although it’s not rising as quickly. Death counts typically lag somewhat behind an increase in positive tests for the coronavirus.

GEORGIA CORONAVIRUS STATISTICS FOR OCT. 28, 2020

The Georgia Department of Public Health in Atlanta reported a total of 355,025 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28. According to the health department’s website, that includes 1,734 newly confirmed cases over the last 24 hours.

Georgia also reported 7,876 deaths so far from COVID-19, with 34 more deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. In addition, the state reported 31,370 hospitalizations — 114 more than the day before — and 5,888 admissions so far to intensive-care units.

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: 31,220 cases — 182 new
2. Gwinnett County: 30,596 cases — 107 new
3. Cobb County: 21,977 cases — 110 new
4. DeKalb County: 21,231 cases — 110 new
5. Hall County: 10,694 cases — 36 new
6. Chatham County: 9,446 — 40 new
7. Clayton County: 8,253 — 53 new
8. Richmond County: 7,964 — 23 new
9. Cherokee County: 7,161 — 79 new
10. Bibb County: 6,618 — 14 new

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

• Fulton County: 620 deaths — 1 new
• Cobb County: 457 deaths — 3 new
• Gwinnett County: 445 deaths — 3 new
• DeKalb County: 398 deaths
• Bibb County: 197 deaths — 1 new
• Dougherty County: 191 deaths
• Chatham County: 187 deaths
• Richmond County: 183 deaths — 1 new
• Hall County: 178 — 2 new
• Clayton County: 175 deaths

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

Globally, nearly 44.3 million people have tested positive for COVID-19, and more than 1.1 million people have died from it, Johns Hopkins University reported Wednesday.

In the United States, more than 8.8 million people have been infected and more than 227,000 people have died from COVID-19 as of Wednesday. 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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