Georgia COVID Coronavirus data April 24, 2021

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 17,382 deaths in Georgia, an increase of 45 since the previous day. Over the last 14 days (4/11-4/24), the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 28.57 deaths each day. Over the previous 14-day period (3/28-4/10), the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 35.36.
• There have been 874,754 cases confirmed in Georgia, an increase of 1,085 since the previous day. Over the last 14 days, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases was 953 new cases a day. Over the previous 14-day period, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases was 897.
• There have been 61,068 total patients hospitalized in Georgia, cumulatively, during the pandemic, an increase of 78 from the previous day according to the Department of Public Health. Over the last 14 days, the average daily increase in new patients was 101.29 new patients a day. Over the previous 14-day period, the average daily increase in new patients was 83.86.
• 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 April 24, there were 1,178 current hospitalizations – a decrease of 27 hospitalizations from the previous day.

Appling    1906    66

Atkinson    779    18

Baldwin    3826    112

Barrow    8650    130

Bartow    11140    206

Ben Hill    1487    61

Berrien    1054    31

Bleckley    798    34

Brantley    925    32

Bulloch    5236    64

Carroll    7369    131

Catoosa    5612    63

Charlton    1057    25

Chatham    20021    415

Chattahoochee    3286    13

Chattooga    2218    60

Cherokee    22166    300

Clarke    12691    136

Clayton    23363    444

Coffee    4230    136

Colquitt    3509    75

Columbia    10977    159

Coweta    8598    204

Crawford    524    17

DeKalb    57191    911

Decatur    2139    55

Dougherty    5502    278

Douglas    11827    173

Effingham    3767    64

Emanuel    1729    53

Fayette    6587    152

Forsyth    17748    177

Franklin    2329    43

Fulton    81110    1258

Gordon    6453    101

Gwinnett    85821    1058

Habersham    4628    151

Haralson    1711    34

Henry    18978    291

Houston    9984    189

Jackson    8463    137

Jeff Davis    1290    37

Jefferson    1578    59

Laurens    3701    144

Liberty    3393    60

Lowndes    7726    140

Lumpkin    2778    62

Madison    2723    46

McDuffie    1660    41

McIntosh    693    14

Meriwether    1510    72

Mitchell    1526    74

Montgomery    717    21

Muscogee    14139    391

Newton    7426    215

Non-GA Resident/Unknown State    23482    470

Oglethorpe    1184    28

Paulding    10661    166

Pickens    2514    60

Randolph    467    32

Richmond    19737    406

Rockdale    5966    151

Seminole    747    17

Spalding    4016    153

Stephens    2961    79

Taliaferro    101    3

Tattnall    1838    45

Thomas    3533    113

Treutlen    624    24

Unknown    2384    11

Walton    8000    234

Washington    1604    60

Whitfield    14780    227

Wilkinson    727    28