Georgia coronavirus data for Thursday, May 6

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.

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• As of 3 p.m., there have been 17,644 deaths in Georgia, meaning an increase of 19 since the previous day. Over the last 14 days (4/23-5/6), the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 24.29 deaths each day. Over the previous 14-day period (4/9-4/22), the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 29.86. 
• There have been 884,283 cases confirmed in Georgia, an increase of 865 since the previous day. Over the last 14 days, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases was 849.07 new cases a day. Over the previous 14-day period, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases was 929.
• There have been 62,010 total patients hospitalized in Georgia during the pandemic, an increase of 113 since the previous day according to the Department of Public Health’s cumulative total. Over the last 14 days, the average daily increase in new patients was 80.64 new patients a day. Over the previous 14-day period, the average daily increase in new patients was 100.
• 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 pointing instead to the newly created Georgia COVID-19 Data Hub.
• According to Georgia’s new database, as of May 6, there were 1,066 current hospitalizations – a decrease of 14 hospitalization from the previous day.

Appling    1921    66

Atkinson    785    18

Baldwin    3843    113

Barrow    8754    132

Bartow    11230    207

Ben Hill    1491    61

Berrien    1059    32

Bleckley    801    34

Brantley    933    32

Bulloch    5266    64

Carroll    7418    131

Catoosa    5697    64

Charlton    1096    25

Chatham    20211    428

Chattahoochee    3370    13

Chattooga    2247    63

Cherokee    22395    305

Clarke    12783    137

Clayton    23805    451

Coffee    4236    137

Colquitt    3529    79

Columbia    11070    160

Coweta    8685    206

Crawford    526    17

DeKalb    57898    931

Decatur    2151    55

Dougherty    5558    281

Douglas    11996    176

Effingham    3808    65

Emanuel    1737    53

Fayette    6683    153

Floyd    10000    185

Forsyth    17941    181

Franklin    2349    43

Fulton    82276    1276

Gordon    6500    104

Gwinnett    86619    1080

Habersham    4653    153

Haralson    1716    35

Henry    19245    298

Houston    10099    194

Jackson    8520    140

Jeff Davis    1298    36

Jefferson    1581    59

Laurens    3716    144

Liberty    3454    61

Lowndes    7810    143

Lumpkin    2800    62

Madison    2749    46

McDuffie    1690    41

McIntosh    696    14

Meriwether    1525    73

Mitchell    1539    74

Montgomery    723    21

Muscogee    14383    399

Newton    7533    219

Non-GA Resident/Unknown State    23720    476

Oglethorpe    1193    28

Paulding    10801    167

Pickens    2537    64

Randolph    469    33

Richmond    20030    416

Rockdale    6058    152

Seminole    751    18

Spalding    4076    155

Stephens    2987    80

Taliaferro    101    3

Tattnall    1848    46

Thomas    3569    113

Treutlen    625    24

Unknown    2368    12

Walton    8090    235

Washington    1631    62

Whitfield    14850    229

Wilkinson    731    28