GA Coronavirus: Cases Rise, Deaths Remain Few In Tuesday's Report

ATLANTA, GA — The Georgia Department of Public Health in Atlanta reported a total of 342,438 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20. According to the health department’s website, that includes 1,174 newly confirmed cases over the last 24 hours.

Georgia also reported 7,674 deaths so far from COVID-19, with 18 more deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. In addition, the state reported 30,541 hospitalizations — 153 more than the day before — and 5,701 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: 29,996 cases — 111 new
2. Gwinnett County: 29,866 cases — 118 new
3. Cobb County: 21,255 cases — 59 new
4. DeKalb County: 20,394 cases — 88 new
5. Hall County: 10,415 cases — 70 new
6. Chatham County: 9,175 — 50 new
7. Clayton County: 7,897 — 38 new
8. Richmond County: 7,754 — 26 new
9. Cherokee County: 6,778 — 22 new
10. Bibb County: 6,483 — 9 new

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

1. Fulton County: 608 deaths — 1 new
2. Cobb County: 448 deaths
3. Gwinnett County: 436 deaths — 2 new
4. DeKalb County: 390 deaths
5. Dougherty County: 190 deaths
6. Bibb County: 188 deaths
7. Chatham County: 183 deaths — 1 new
8. Clayton County: 174 deaths
9. Richmond County: 174 deaths
10. Muscogee County: 173 deaths

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

Globally, more than 40.6 million people have tested positive for COVID-19, and more than 1.1 million people have died from it, Johns Hopkins University reported Tuesday.

In the United States, more than 8.2 million people have been infected and more than 220,000 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.

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