GA Coronavirus: Gwinnett Now First For Total COVID-19 Cases

ATLANTA, GA — Gwinnett County has now reported more cases of COVID-19 than any other county in Georgia.

In Saturday’s daily report from state’s health department, Gwinnett pulled ahead of Fulton County for the first time since the pandemic began, reporting 45,092 cases of COVID-19 confirmed since the coronavirus pandemic began. Fulton reported 45,082.

Of Georgia’s 159 counties, Gwinnett is the second most populous with about 936,000 residents as of 2019. Fulton County, where the City of Atlanta is located, has just more than 1 million residents.

Georgia Coronavirus Numbers For Dec. 19, 2020

The Georgia Department of Public Health in Atlanta reported a total of 504,501 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 2:50 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19. According to the health department’s website, that includes 4,298 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours. In addition, Georgia reported 1,731 new antigen-positive cases over the last 24 hours, which are considered to be probable cases of COVID-19.

Georgia has reported 9,435 deaths so far from COVID-19, with 40 more confirmed deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. Georgia also reported 946 probable deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. These probable deaths include fatalities with indirect evidence of COVID-19.

Georgia reported 39,310 hospitalizations — 246 more than the day before — and 7,045 admissions so far to intensive-care units.

No information is available from Georgia about how many patients have recovered.

Counties in or near metro Atlanta and other metropolitan areas continue to have the highest number of COVID-19 positives, with Gwinnett County now in the lead and Fulton County very close behind it. These statistics do not include antigen-positive cases.

1. Gwinnett County: 45,092 cases — 389 new
2. Fulton County: 45,082 cases — 271 new
3. Cobb County: 32,399 cases — 383 new
4. DeKalb County: 31,364 cases — 318 new
5. Hall County: 15,535 cases — 229 new
6. Clayton County: 11,922 — 81 new
7. Chatham County: 11,888 — 44 new
8. Richmond County: 11,513 — 130 new
9. Cherokee County: 11,105 — 116 new
10. Whitfield County: 9,697 — 108 new

Counties in or near metro Atlanta also continue to have the most deaths from COVID-19.

1. Fulton County: 718 deaths — 1 new
2. Gwinnett County: 537 deaths —2 new
3. Cobb County: 530 deaths — 3 new
4. DeKalb County: 468 deaths — 1 new
5. Bibb County: 234 deaths — 1 new
6. Chatham County: 220 deaths — 1 new
7. Richmond County: 213 deaths — 3 new
8. Clayton County: 209 deaths — 2 new
9. Hall County: 206 deaths — 2 new
10. Dougherty County: 200 deaths

All Georgia statistics are available on the state's COVID-19 website.

Globally, more than 76 million people have tested positive for COVID-19, and more than 1.68 million people have died from it, Johns Hopkins University reported Saturday.

In the United States, more than 17.5 million people have been infected and nearly 315,000 people have died from COVID-19 as of Saturday. The U.S. has only about 4 percent of the world's population but more confirmed cases and deaths than any other country.

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