GA Sets Another Single-Day Record For New COVID-19 Cases

Jim Massara
Updated ·2 min read

ATLANTA, GA — Georgia set another single-day record Friday for new cases of COVID-19 when it reported nearly 4,500 positive tests — more than 1,000 more positives than the previous record.

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported a total of 111,211 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 2:50 p.m. Friday. That's 4,484 more than was reported at the same time Thursday, making this the biggest one-day increase in cases since the pandemic started. The previous record for most new COVID-19 cases in a day in Georgia was 3,472, reported on July 2.

Georgia also reported 2,965 deaths from COVID-19, 35 more than reported Thursday. In addition, the state reported 12,937 hospitalizations — 400 more than the day before — and 2,565 admissions to intensive-care units.

Counties in or near metro Atlanta continue to have the highest number of cases, with Gwinnett still in the lead. In addition, Fulton County crossed the 10,000-case milestone Friday.

  • Gwinnett County: 10,741 confirmed cases

  • Fulton County: 10,021 confirmed cases

  • DeKalb County: 7,973 confirmed cases

  • Cobb County: 6,708 confirmed cases

  • Hall County: 3,7133 confirmed cases

Counties in or near metro Atlanta also continue to have the highest number of deaths, with Gwinnett now ahead of DeKalb for third most deaths. The lone exception is Dougherty County in southwest Georgia, the site of the state's first major outbreak.

  • Fulton County: 321 deaths

  • Cobb County: 250 deaths

  • Gwinnett County: 178 deaths

  • DeKalb County: 177 deaths

  • Dougherty County: 155 deaths

As of Friday, more than 1.2 million Georgians have been tested for COVID-19, with about 22 percent of those tests the less reliable ones used to detect antibodies.

For the first time on July 8, Georgia's COVID-19 website reported separately the percentage of positive results for each type of test without reporting a cumulative percentage. For the more reliable test for the virus itself, 9.7 percent of tests came back positive. For the less reliable test for antibodies, 5.2 percent came back positive. The overall positive rate was about 9 percent.

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

Globally, more than 12.3 million people have been infected by COVID-19, and nearly 557,000 people have died, Johns Hopkins University reported Friday. In the United States, more than 3.1 million people have been infected and more than 133,000 people have died from COVID-19.

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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This article originally appeared on the Dallas-Hiram Patch