ATLANTA — We're breaking down the trends and relaying information from across the state of Georgia as it comes in, bringing perspective to the data and context to the trends.
Georgia has seen a rise in daily death totals to COVID-19 following the peak of the omicron variant, with the Peach State now seeing approximately 90-100 deaths to the virus each day. As the Peach State recorded 29,726 total deaths since the pandemic began on Monday, Georgia is now statistically only days away from reaching the grim milestone of 30,000 total deaths to COVID-19.
The graph above represents the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in Georgia since Jan. 1, 2022.
The graph above represents the total number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in Georgia since Nov. 22, 2021.
Total hospitalizations to the virus, however, are on the decline. As death data remains a lagging indicator of the coronavirus, Georgia patient numbers are steadily approaching pre-Thanksgiving levels. As the pandemic's grip began to loosen around the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask guidelines for more than 70% of Americans last week.
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State and federal officials with the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are continually monitoring the spread of the virus. They are also working hand-in-hand with the World Health Organization to track the spread around the world.
THE LATEST DATA:
- As of 2:50 p.m., there have been 29,726 deaths in Georgia, an increase of 94 deaths since Friday's report. Over the last 14 days where numbers were reported by DPH, the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 109.64 deaths each day. Over the previous 14-day period where numbers were reported, the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 95.5.
- There have been 1,911,333 cases confirmed in Georgia, an increase of 1,738 since Friday's report. Over the last 14 days where numbers were reported by DPH, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases were 2,223 new cases a day. Over the previous 14-day period where numbers were reported, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases was 13,088.
- There have been 107,654 total patients hospitalized in Georgia during the pandemic, an increase of 229 since Friday, according to the Department of Public Health's cumulative total. Over the last 14 days where numbers were reported, the average daily increase in new patients was 208.86 new patients a day. Over the previous 14-day period where numbers were reported, the average daily increase in new patients was 329.21.
- The Georgia Emergency Management Agency began reporting current statewide hospitalizations on May 1. That day they reported 1,500 current hospitalizations. The agency discontinued its daily report on Sept. 5, 2020, pointing instead to the newly created Georgia COVID-19 Data Hub.
- According to Georgia's new database, as of Feb. 28, there were 1,485 current hospitalizations – a decrease of 135 hospitalizations since Friday.
- In addition, 55% of Georgians are now fully vaccinated, with 8% in-between doses, and 37% still unvaccinated.
COUNTY- CASES- DEATHS
Appling 3,529 105
Atkinson 1,525 36
Bacon 2,531 59
Baker 313 13
Baldwin 7,281 188
Banks 3,327 74
Barrow 19,423 235
Bartow 21,420 374
Ben Hill 2,162 72
Berrien 2,007 56
Bibb 28,674 662
Bleckley 1,458 42
Brantley 2,481 84
Brooks 1,876 61
Bryan 6,760 69
Bulloch 10,543 107
Burke 2,953 58
Butts 4,698 134
Calhoun 984 21
Camden 8,526 92
Candler 1,322 51
Carroll 14,366 176
Catoosa 12,333 120
Charlton 2,198 47
Chatham 52,596 754
Chattahoochee 5,908 16
Chattooga 5,239 109
Cherokee 45,005 543
Clarke 26,025 204
Clay 353 5
Clayton 57,256 839
Clinch 1,382 36
Cobb 133,556 1,547
Coffee 8,418 203
Colquitt 7,899 156
Columbia 20,197 293
Cook 2,055 54
Coweta 20,763 414
Crawford 1,188 43
Crisp 2,545 70
Dade 2,490 25
Dawson 6,099 93
DeKalb 126,419 1,431
Decatur 4,998 88
Dodge 2,105 67
Dooly 1,529 39
Dougherty 14,062 431
Douglas 28,027 302
Early 2,083 54
Echols 467 5
Effingham 10,183 161
Elbert 2,635 81
Emanuel 3,408 78
Evans 1,492 39
Fannin 4,135 118
Fayette 16,662 265
Floyd 22,851 399
Forsyth 43,366 343
Franklin 4,359 75
Fulton 182,283 1,946
Gilmer 4,632 138
Glascock 268 8
Glynn 18,012 347
Gordon 11,781 220
Grady 3,664 79
Greene 3,141 70
Gwinnett 172,905 1,664
Habersham 8,371 226
Hall 46,442 744
Hancock 1,364 80
Haralson 3,440 57
Harris 5,114 96
Hart 3,150 55
Heard 1,469 31
Henry 45,259 599
Houston 22,981 315
Irwin 1,034 23
Jackson 18,469 262
Jasper 1,659 36
Jeff Davis 2,313 45
Jefferson 2,231 77
Jenkins 1,070 45
Johnson 1,460 56
Jones 3,704 96
Lamar 3,275 96
Lanier 1,086 13
Laurens 8,568 229
Lee 3,833 88
Liberty 10,813 103
Lincoln 853 29
Long 2,213 24
Lowndes 15,102 258
Lumpkin 6,513 106
Macon 1,190 41
Madison 5,942 84
Marion 953 42
McDuffie 2,968 75
McIntosh 1,952 31
Meriwether 3,236 113
Miller 1,283 20
Mitchell 3,088 98
Monroe 3,874 128
Montgomery 1,445 45
Morgan 2,895 48
Murray 9,065 163
Muscogee 31,775 662
Newton 17,935 376
Non-GA Resident/Unknown State 62,823 924
Oconee 6,878 90
Oglethorpe 2,366 47
Paulding 25,820 305
Peach 3,657 100
Pickens 5,078 124
Pierce 2,781 99
Pike 2,728 64
Polk 9,216 157
Pulaski 1,212 43
Putnam 3,619 95
Quitman 228 3
Rabun 2,784 76
Randolph 853 42
Richmond 35,907 674
Rockdale 14,868 279
Schley 520 8
Screven 1,809 36
Seminole 1,629 24
Spalding 10,395 335
Stephens 5,879 124
Stewart 1,872 31
Sumter 3,895 145
Talbot 938 30
Taliaferro 181 3
Tattnall 3,400 80
Taylor 1,139 38
Telfair 1,242 58
Terrell 1,187 58
Thomas 8,801 178
Tift 6,257 160
Toombs 5,383 163
Towns 2,027 78
Treutlen 1,131 46
Troup 12,038 307
Turner 1,111 44
Twiggs 1,037 54
Union 4,258 128
Unknown 8,514 17
Upson 4,135 166
Walker 13,369 178
Walton 15,826 371
Ware 5,933 213
Warren 652 22
Washington 3,223 80
Wayne 5,647 177
Webster 252 7
Wheeler 926 34
White 6,235 134
Whitfield 27,243 375
Wilcox 825 33
Wilkes 1,118 33
Wilkinson 1,639 46
Worth 2,331 87