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March 24th GDPH COVID-19 Daily Status Report

March 24th, 2020 -12:15 PM

Georgia Department of Public Health –

Today’s significant increase in cases is in part reflective of improvement in electronic reporting efficiency from commercial laboratories. These reports often have sparse patient data and DPH will be working to complete these records, so data will change over time.

Report For: 03/24/2020 (12:00 pm)

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To ensure that the numbers being provided through the COVID-19 data tool are the most current numbers available, the updates are done at NOON and 7:00 pm every day.

These data represent confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported to the Georgia Department of Public Health as of 12:00pm 03/24/2020. A confirmed case is defined as a person who has tested positive for 2019 novel coronavirus.

This map of Georgia shows the distribution of confirmed COVID-19 cases by county. The highest rates are in and around the metro Atlanta area, with 184 confirmed cases in Fulton County, 94 confirmed cases in DeKalb and 86 confirmed cases in Cobb County.

 

Confirmed cases and deaths in Georgia.
COVID-19 Confirmed Cases No. Cases (%)
Total 1026 (100%)
Deaths 32 (3.12%)
This chart shows confirmed cases by age group: ages 0-17 make up 1% of cases, ages 18-59 make up 56% of cases, ages 60+ make up 36% of cases, and the remaining 7% of cases are of an unknown age. By sex: females make up 50% of cases, and males make up 48% of cases; 2% of cases are of an unknown sex.

 

COVID-19 Testing by Lab
Lab Number of Positive Tests Total Tests
Commercial Lab 837 4106
GPHL 189 1378

 

COVID-19 Confirmed Cases by County
County Cases
Fulton 184
Dekalb 94
Dougherty 90
Cobb 86
Bartow 75
Gwinnett 45
Cherokee 28
Carroll 26
Clayton 21
Lee 20
Clarke 16
Hall 14
Henry 13
Fayette 12
Douglas 11
Floyd 11
Richmond 11
Coweta 10
Lowndes 10
Forsyth 8
Polk 8
Chatham 7
Gordon 7
Rockdale 7
Paulding 6
Troup 6
Glynn 5
Laurens 5
Newton 5
Oconee 5
Spalding 5
Bibb 4
Columbia 4
Pickens 4
Worth 4
Crisp 3
Houston 3
Lamar 3
Lumpkin 3
Mitchell 3
Monroe 3
Muscogee 3
Peach 3
Terrell 3
Baker 2
Baldwin 2
Bryan 2
Butts 2
Coffee 2
Early 2
Effingham 2
Sumter 2
Tift 2
Whitfield 2
Barrow 1
Ben Hill 1
Burke 1
Camden 1
Catoosa 1
Charlton 1
Chattooga 1
Clinch 1
Colquitt 1
Dawson 1
Greene 1
Harris 1
Heard 1
Irwin 1
Jasper 1
Liberty 1
Lincoln 1
Macon 1
Madison 1
Meriwether 1
Miller 1
Morgan 1
Pierce 1
Pulaski 1
Randolph 1
Stephens 1
Tattnall 1
Turner 1
Twiggs 1
Walton 1
Washington 1
Unknown 81

*Based on patient county of residence when known

Report generated on: 03/24/2020 11:18:44