Georgia COVID Coronavirus data February 22, 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 14,689 deaths in Georgia, an increase of 56 since the previous day. Over the last 14 days (2/9-2/22), the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 94.86 deaths each day. Over the previous 14-day period (1/26-2/8), the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 107.64.
• There have been 806,119 cases confirmed in Georgia, an increase of 1,307 since the previous day. Over the last 14 days, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases was 2,189.5 new cases a day. Over the previous 14-day period, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases was 3,815.
• There have been 54,883 total patients hospitalized in Georgia during the pandemic, an increase of 130 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 211.07 new patients a day. Over the previous 14-day period, the average daily increase in new patients was 245.
• 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 Feb. 22, there were 2,316 current hospitalizations – a decrease of 37 hospitalizations from the previous day.

Appling    1795    56

Atkinson    757    18

Baldwin    3679    100

Barrow    7864    113

Bartow    9955    178

Ben Hill    1453    55

Berrien    1001    28

Bleckley    776    32

Brantley    856    26

Bulloch    4982    47

Carroll    6898    117

Catoosa    4982    58

Charlton    1008    18

Chatham    18160    337

Chattahoochee    2646    9

Chattooga    2062    58

Cherokee    19754    244

Clarke    11853    107

Clayton    20592    357

Coffee    4119    120

Colquitt    3238    65

Columbia    10384    145

Coweta    7797    143

Crawford    498    14

DeKalb    50807    736

Decatur    2032    52

Dougherty    5220    263

Douglas    10685    147

Effingham    3492    54

Emanuel    1678    51

Fayette    5854    124

Forsyth    15828    138

Franklin    2242    36

Fulton    73137    1025

Gwinnett    79278    871

Habersham    4518    136

Haralson    1592    31

Henry    16801    236

Houston    9237    158

Jackson    7887    117

Jeff Davis    1214    35

Jefferson    1528    50

Laurens    3571    134

Liberty    2657    47

Lowndes    7192    126

Lumpkin    2638    52

Madison    2539    37

McDuffie    1558    37

McIntosh    586    13

Meriwether    1407    43

Mitchell    1464    70

Montgomery    696    19

Muscogee    12586    310

Newton    6766    178

Oglethorpe    1103    25

Paulding    9562    143

Pickens    2304    48

Randolph    445    31

Richmond    18385    339

Rockdale    5377    122

Seminole    708    15

Spalding    3559    124

Stephens    2834    70

Taliaferro    94    2

Tattnall    1762    36

Thomas    3386    105

Treutlen    613    19

Walton    7224    196

Washington    1557    47

Whitfield    14055    200

Wilkinson    691    23