GA Coronavirus: New Case Total Tops 2,000 Eighth Time This Month

ATLANTA, GA — Georgia reported nearly 3,000 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thanksgiving Day, the eighth time in November that the daily total topped 2,000.

In addition, another roughly 800 antigen-positive tests were reported by Georgia separately on Thursday. Most states combine the two together when reporting new cases of COVID-19. Antigen-positive cases are considered to be probable positives for the coronavirus.

Thursday’s seven-day moving average of new COVID-19 cases was 2,509.3. That number has been above 2,000 since Nov. 15. Before that, the last time the moving average was above 2,000 was on Sept. 6, as the summer surge of new cases was winding down.

GEORGIA CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS FOR NOV. 26, 2020

The Georgia Department of Public Health in Atlanta reported a total of 413,909 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 2:50 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 26, Thanksgiving Day. According to the health department’s website, that includes 2,946 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours. In addition, Georgia reported 811 new antigen-positive cases over the last 24 hours, which are considered to be probable cases of COVID-19.

Georgia has reported 8,716 deaths so far from COVID-19, with 26 more confirmed deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. Georgia also reported 620 probable deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. These probable deaths include fatalities with indirect evidence of COVID-19.

Georgia reported 34,587 hospitalizations — 145 more than the day before — and 6,463 admissions so far to intensive-care units. The percentage of ICU beds in use statewide dropped to 75.5 percent of capacity, but not all of these beds are being used by COVID-19 patients. About 30 percent of total ventilators available in Georgia are currently in use, up 1 percent.

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 Fulton County still in the lead and the top four counties posting triple-digit increases.

1. Fulton County: 36,793 cases — 230 new
2. Gwinnett County: 35,955 cases — 284 new
3. Cobb County: 25,950 cases — 159 new
4. DeKalb County: 25,559 cases — 185 new
5. Hall County: 12,205 cases — 84 new
6. Chatham County: 10,527 — 79 new
7. Clayton County: 9,678— 57 new
8. Richmond County: 9,325 — 60 new
9. Cherokee County: 8,973 — 73 new
10. Henry County: 7,483 — 80 new

Counties in or near metro Atlanta also continue to have the most deaths from COVID-19. Also, Clayton County, on Atlanta’s south side, moved to ninth place ahead of Hall County, on Atlanta’s north side.

1. Fulton County: 661 deaths — 3 new
2. Cobb County: 492 deaths
3. Gwinnett County: 488 deaths — 1 new
4. DeKalb County: 434 deaths — 2 new
5. Bibb County: 217 deaths
6. Chatham County: 202 deaths
7. Dougherty County: 198 deaths
8. Richmond County: 195 deaths
9. Clayton County: 194 deaths
10. Hall County: 191 deaths

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

Globally, almost 60.8 million people have tested positive for COVID-19, and more than 1.42 million people have died from it, Johns Hopkins University reported Thursday.

In the United States, more than 12.8 million people have been infected and more than 263,000 people have died from COVID-19 as of Thursday. 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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