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: 701,308 statewide
BY COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
This is based on the patient's last-known county of residence.
- Bibb: 11,188 cases, 274 deaths (+2)
- Houston: 8100 cases, 134 deaths (+2)
- Baldwin: 3294 cases, 79 deaths (+1)
- Laurens: 3211 cases, 121 deaths (+1)
- Monroe: 1518 cases, 70 deaths
- Peach: 1477 cases, 34 deaths
- Putnam: 1423 cases, 36 deaths
- Washington: 1397 cases, 30 deaths
- Jones: 1287 cases, 23 deaths
- Dodge: 998 cases, 50 deaths (+1)
- Hancock: 735 cases, 50 deaths (+1)
- Bleckley: 721 cases, 32 deaths
- Johnson: 668 cases, 31 deaths
- Dooly: 643 cases, 24 deaths
- Telfair: 642 cases, 36 deaths (+1)
- Wilkinson: 638 cases, 20 deaths
- Treutlen: 537 cases, 15 deaths
- Pulaski: 515 cases, 26 deaths
- Macon: 474 cases, 15 deaths
- Twiggs: 449 cases, 21 deaths (+1)
- Crawford: 430 cases, 9 deaths
- Wheeler: 425 cases, 19 deaths
- Wilcox: 422 cases, 25 deaths
- Taylor: 422 cases, 17 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 6,072,614 tests total.
Hospitalized Across Georgia: 47,680
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: 8,092 as of 3 p.m. Thursday.
Deaths statewide: 11,511
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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