GA Coronavirus: 31 New Deaths, Nearly 1,000 Hospitalized

GEORGIA — New numbers released at noon Wednesday show that 31 more people have died of coronavirus in Georgia, the Georgia Department of Public Health said. The updated tally reflects an increase of more than 800 cases from noon on Tuesday, bringing the total to 4,638, and 31 additional deaths, bringing the total to 139. There are currently 952 people hospitalized from coronavirus.

"Today's significant increase in cases is in part due to additional laboratories reporting to Department of Public Health, and also improvements in electronic reporting from other laboratories," the department said on the report. "Patient information is often incomplete and Department of Public Health works to complete the records, so data will change over time."

As of Wednesday afternoon, Fulton County's 624 cases are the most of any Georgia locality. The next highest totals are 480 in Dougherty County, DeKalb with 365 cases, Cobb with 293 cases, Gwinnett with 250 cases, Bartow with 144 cases, Carroll with 131 cases and Clayton with 122 cases.

Of those counties, Dougherty has the most deaths in the state with 27. Fulton has had 19 deaths, Cobb had 15, Lee has had seven, Clarke had five, Gwinnett, DeKalb, Bartow, Cherokee, Fayette, and Houston each had four, Clayton had three, and Henry, Douglas, Coweta, Terrell, Rockdale, Floyd, Sumter, Chatham, and Barrow each had two deaths.

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The Georgia Department of Public Health is now including details of the deaths.

The oldest person to die in Georgia from coronavirus was a 95-year-old man from Baker County. It is unknown if he had underlying medical conditions, the report shows.

The youngest person was a 29-year-old woman from Peach County. It is also unknown if she had underlying health conditions.

Of Georgia's coronavirus cases, 58 percent are between ages 18 and 59, while those above the age of 60 make up 35 percent. People up to age 17 represent 1 percent of cases, and the remaining percentage of cases have unknown ages.

Commercial laboratories have conducted 18,226 tests, and 4,281 came back positive for COVID-19. Among the Georgia Department of Health's 2,100 completed tests, 357 came back positive.

More than 887,000 COVID-19 cases are confirmed worldwide and more than 44,000 people have died, Johns Hopkins reported Wednesday afternoon. The U.S. has over 190,000 cases, the most of any country as of Wednesday.

Over 4,100 deaths have been tied to the virus in the U.S. New York City has seen the most deaths from coronavirus, with more than 1,096 people dying from the virus.

President Donald Trump declared Sunday that a major disaster exists in Georgia. With it, he ordered federal assistance to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the coronavirus pandemic beginning on Jan. 20, and continuing.

The White House said in a press release that "federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments, and certain private nonprofit organizations for emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance, for all areas in the state of Georgia impacted by coronavirus."

Additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further assessments.

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