27 New Hospital Cases, 892 New Coronavirus Cases In GA

ATLANTA, GA — After a delay of about three hours, updated coronavirus statistics release Sunday by the state showed there are more than 800 new cases of the coronavirus in Georgia since Saturday. The state's health department, bringing the state's total to 64,701, up by 892.

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that as of Sunday afternoon, 9,864 Georgians have been hospitalized, with 71 percent of the state's critical care beds in use. Out of the state's total ventilator capacity of 2,812, officials said 893 or 32 percent are in use.

The testing done to date includes 698,307 viral tests, and 698,307 antibody or serology tests (designed to detect antibodies in people previously infected with the virus that causes COVID-19).

No information is available from Georgia about how many patients have recovered.

Georgia has tested 839,001 people so far, including both viral and antibody testing. So far, 66,945— or about 8 percent — have tested positive.

Counties in or near metro Atlanta continue to have the highest number of cases:

• Gwinnett County: 6,151 confirmed cases
• Fulton County: 5,496 confirmed cases
• DeKalb County: 4,694 confirmed cases
• Cobb County: 3,893 confirmed cases
• Hall County: 2,935 confirmed cases

Counties in or near metro Atlanta also continue to have the highest number of deaths, with the exception of Dougherty County, the site of the state's first major outbreak and where Albany is the county seat.

• Fulton County: 304 deaths
• Cobb County: 230 deaths
• Gwinnett County: 162 deaths
• DeKalb County: 165 deaths
• Dougherty County: 151 deaths

Globally, more than 8.9 million people have been infected by COVID-19, and over 467,000 people have died, Johns Hopkins University reported Sunday evening. In the United States, more than 2.2 million people have been infected and over 119,000 people have died from COVID-19.