MACON, Ga. — As updates on COVID-19 continue to come in, 13WMAZ is dedicated to tracking cases across Georgia. During this time, we hope to provide you with facts and not fear.
Cases reported on Robins Air Force Base are not counted in Houston County's total from the Georgia Department of Health.
Governor Brian Kemp and the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) are releasing updated case numbers for the virus on their website.
13WMAZ is updating this story once a day -- at 3 p.m.
Breakdown of Cases: 870,517 statewide
BY COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
This is based on the patient's last-known county of residence.
- Bibb: 13231 cases, 401 deaths
- Houston: 9923 cases, 188 deaths
- Baldwin: 3814 cases, 111 deaths
- Laurens: 3690 cases, 143 deaths (+1)
- Monroe: 1854 cases, 86 deaths
- Peach: 1826 cases, 52 deaths
- Putnam: 1772 cases, 57 deaths
- Washington: 1602 cases, 60 deaths
- Jones: 1565 cases, 53 deaths
- Dodge: 1079 cases, 55 deaths
- Hancock: 831 cases, 62 deaths
- Bleckley: 796 cases, 34 deaths
- Johnson: 784 cases, 42 deaths
- Dooly: 784 cases, 32 deaths
- Wilkinson: 726 cases, 28 deaths
- Telfair: 713 cases, 45 deaths
- Treutlen: 623 cases, 24 deaths
- Pulaski: 607 cases, 32 deaths
- Macon: 605 cases, 25 deaths
- Crawford: 520 cases, 17 deaths
- Twiggs: 508 cases, 36 deaths
- Taylor: 508 cases, 22 deaths
- Wilcox: 473 cases, 29 deaths
- Wheeler: 457 cases, 21 deaths
Statewide Testing Numbers
Testing is being conducted by commercial labs as well as the state lab. The Georgia Department of Public Health started releasing testing numbers on March 18.
Commercial labs and state labs have conducted 8,130,869 tests total.
Hospitalized Across Georgia: 60,652
The state has now added numbers for ICU hospitalizations, but says the number could be under-reported, because it only includes ICU admissions at the time the case was reported to the Department of Public Health.
ICU Admissions: 9,920 as of 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Deaths statewide: 17,250
The first death in Georgia was a 67-year-old patient who had been hospitalized at WellStar Kennestone. He tested positive for coronavirus on March 7.
"This individual had an underlying medical condition," Kemp said.
The Georgia Department of Public Health reported a 64-year-old man with underlying conditions died in Houston County.
Warner Robins American Little League later confirmed this to be one of their umpires on March 24. He was the first COVID-19-related death in Central Georgia.
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