GA Coronavirus: ICU Beds Statewide Almost 80 Percent Full

ATLANTA, GA — The Georgia Department of Public Health in Atlanta reported a total of 374,181 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 2:50 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. According to the health department’s website, that includes 1,111 newly confirmed cases over the last 24 hours.

Georgia also reported 8,223 deaths so far from COVID-19, with 29 more deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. In addition, the state reported 32,483 hospitalizations — 15 more than the day before — and 6,097 admissions so far to intensive-care units. The percentage of ICU beds statewide in use continues to hover at about 80 percent.

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: 32,786 cases — 92 new
2. Gwinnett County: 32,267 cases — 100 new
3. Cobb County: 23,155 cases — 65 new
4. DeKalb County: 22,650 cases — 75 new
5. Hall County: 11,201 cases — 29 new
6. Chatham County: 9,772 — 40 new
7. Clayton County: 8,788 — 29 new
8. Richmond County: 8,397 — 11 new
9. Cherokee County: 7,751 — 50 new
10. Bibb County: 6,835 — 11 new

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

1. Fulton County: 636 deaths — 2 new
2. Cobb County: 470 deaths — 2 new
3. Gwinnett County: 459 deaths
4. DeKalb County: 411 deaths — 3 new
5. Bibb County: 206 deaths — 2 new
6. Chatham County: 194 deaths
7. Dougherty County: 194 deaths — 1 new
8. Richmond County: 189 deaths
9. Hall County: 184 deaths
10. Clayton County: 183 deaths

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

Globally, more than 50.7 million people have tested positive for COVID-19, and more than 1.26 million people have died from it, Johns Hopkins University reported Monday.

In the United States, more than 10 million people have been infected and nearly 238,000 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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