GA Sets Another One-Day Record For New Coronavirus Infections

ATLANTA, GA — Georgia set another record Tuesday for new coronavirus infections, reporting 6,242 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 3,067 antigen-positive tests. The previous one-day record for confirmed cases was 6,144, set on Dec. 18.

Tuesday’s numbers also pushed the moving seven-day average above 5,000 new COVID-19 cases for the first time. The highest seven-day average during the summer surge was only 3,731.6, posted on July 24.

Georgia Coronavirus Numbers For Dec. 22, 2020

The Georgia Department of Public Health in Atlanta reported a total of 518,902 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22. According to the health department’s website, that includes 6,242 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours. In addition, Georgia reported 3,067 new antigen-positive cases over the last 24 hours, which are considered to be probable cases of COVID-19.

Georgia has reported 9,503 deaths so far from COVID-19, with 52 more confirmed deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. Georgia also reported 960 probable deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. These probable deaths include fatalities with indirect evidence of COVID-19.

Georgia reported 39,836 hospitalizations — 334 more than the day before — and 7,103 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 COVID-19 positives, with Fulton County back in the lead after posting 815 newly confirmed cases in a single day. These statistics do not include antigen-positive cases.

1. Fulton County: 46,666 cases — 815 new
2. Gwinnett County: 46,537 cases — 673 new
3. Cobb County: 33,330 cases — 379 new
4. DeKalb County: 32,217 cases — 430 new
5. Hall County: 16,008 cases — 272 new
6. Clayton County: 12,191 — 122 new
7. Chatham County: 12,096 — 88 new
8. Richmond County: 11,777 — 146 new
9. Cherokee County: 11,469 — 176 new
10. Whitfield County: 9,993 — 75 new

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

1. Fulton County: 718 deaths
2. Gwinnett County: 543 deaths —4 new
3. Cobb County: 537 deaths — 6 new
4. DeKalb County: 470 deaths — 1 new
5. Bibb County: 234 deaths
6. Chatham County: 223 deaths — 2 new
7. Richmond County: 213 deaths
8. Clayton County: 209 deaths
9. Hall County: 209 deaths — 3 deaths
10. Dougherty County: 202 deaths — 2 new

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

Globally, nearly 77.8 million people have tested positive for COVID-19, and more than 1.7 million people have died from it, Johns Hopkins University reported Tuesday.

In the United States, more than 18.1 million people have been infected and more than 321,000 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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