Georgia Department of Public Health COVID-19 Update

Published 7:19 pm Sunday, March 22, 2020

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From: Georgia Department of Public Health

Report For: 03/22/2020 (7:00 pm)

To ensure that the numbers being provided through the COVID-19 data tool are the most current numbers available, the updates will be 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 7:00pm 03/22/2020. 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 111 confirmed cases in Fulton County, 67 confirmed cases in Cobb County and 56 confirmed cases in Bartow County.

Confirmed cases and deaths in Georgia.
COVID-19 Confirmed Cases	No. Cases (%)
Total	620 (100%)
Deaths	25 (4.03%)

This chart shows confirmed cases by age group: ages 0-17 make up 1% of cases, ages 18-59 make up 60% of cases, ages 60+ make up 36% of cases, and the remaining 3% of cases are of an unknown age. By sex: females make up 50% of cases, and males make up 48% of cases; 1% of cases are of an unknown sex.

COVID-19 Testing by Lab
Lab	Number of Positive Tests	Total Tests
Commercial Lab	465	3099
GPHL	155	921

COVID-19 Confirmed Cases by County
County	Cases
Fulton	111
Cobb	67
Bartow	56
DeKalb	53
Dougherty	52
Gwinnett	27
Cherokee	18
Lee	16
Carroll	16
Clayton	13
Richmond	10
Clarke	10
Coweta	9
Fayette	9
Floyd	9
Hall	9
Lowndes	8
Henry	7
Forsyth	5
Chatham	4
Douglas	4
Glynn	4
Gordon	4
Newton	4
Paulding	4
Polk	4
Troup	4
Columbia	3
Lamar	3
Peach	3
Baldwin	2
Butts	2
Early	2
Effingham	2
Laurens	2
Muscogee	2
Oconee	2
Pickens	2
Rockdale	2
Spalding	2
Sumter	2
Terrell	2
Tift	2
Whitfield	2
Worth	2
Barrow	1
Bibb	1
Charlton	1
Chattooga	1
Clinch	1
Coffee	1
Dawson	1
Heard	1
Houston	1
Lincoln	1
Lumpkin	1
Miller	1
Monroe	1
Randolph	1
Tattnall	1
Turner	1
Twiggs	1
Unknown	27