GA Coronavirus: Number Of ICU Beds In Use Almost 84 Percent

ATLANTA, GA — The Georgia Department of Public Health in Atlanta reported a total of 377,694 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11.

According to the health department’s website, that includes 2,012 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours. In addition, Georgia reported 677 new antigen-positive cases over the last 24 hours, which are considered to be probable cases of COVID-19.

Georgia has reported 8,333 deaths so far from COVID-19, with 69 more deaths recorded in the last 24 hours.

Georgia reported 32,806 hospitalizations for COVID-19 — 175 more than the day before — and 6,171 admissions so far to intensive-care units. The percentage of ICU beds in use statewide rose almost a whole percentage point to 83.6 percent, but not all of these beds are being used by COVID-19 patients.

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: 33,099 cases — 174 new
2. Gwinnett County: 32,648 cases — 186 new
3. Cobb County: 23,401 cases — 115 new
4. DeKalb County: 22,927 cases — 140 new
5. Hall County: 11,291 cases — 26 new
6. Chatham County: 9,834 — 29 new
7. Clayton County: 8,884 — 42 new
8. Richmond County: 8,558 — 40 new
9. Cherokee County: 7,828 — 51 new
10. Bibb County: 6,882 — 28 new

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

1. Fulton County: 644 deaths — 2 new
2. Cobb County: 479 deaths — 2 new
3. Gwinnett County: 465 deaths — 4 new
4. DeKalb County: 418 deaths — 7 new
5. Bibb County: 210 deaths
6. Chatham County: 195 deaths — 1 new
7. Dougherty County: 194 deaths
8. Richmond County: 189 deaths
9. Hall County: 185 deaths — 1 new
10. Clayton County: 184 deaths — 1 new

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

Globally, more than 51.8 million people have tested positive for COVID-19, and more than 1.28 million people have died from it, Johns Hopkins University reported Wednesday.

In the United States, more than 10.3 million people have been infected and more than 240,000 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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