Georgia COVID Coronavirus data February 23, 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 14,761 deaths in Georgia, an increase of 72 since the previous day. Over the last 14 days (2/10-2/23), the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 91.43 deaths each day. Over the previous 14-day period (1/27-2/9), the average daily increase in newly reported deaths was 106.07.
• There have been 808,416 cases confirmed in Georgia, an increase of 2,297 since the previous day. Over the last 14 days, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases was 2,169.07 new cases a day. Over the previous 14-day period, the average daily increase in newly confirmed cases was 3,593.
• There have been 55,167 total patients hospitalized in Georgia during the pandemic, an increase of 284 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 207.5 new patients a day. Over the previous 14-day period, the average daily increase in new patients was 239.07.
• 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. 23, there were 2,262 current hospitalizations – a decrease of 54 hospitalizations from the previous day.

Appling    1795    56

Atkinson    757    18

Baldwin    3692    101

Barrow    7892    114

Bartow    10011    178

Ben Hill    1453    55

Berrien    1003    28

Bleckley    777    32

Brantley    858    26

Bulloch    4996    47

Carroll    6918    117

Catoosa    5015    58

Charlton    1012    18

Chatham    18244    339

Chattahoochee    2646    9

Chattooga    2070    58

Cherokee    19866    247

Clarke    11871    109

Clayton    20688    360

Coffee    4123    121

Colquitt    3253    65

Columbia    10407    146

Coweta    7821    145

Crawford    499    14

DeKalb    51002    743

Decatur    2036    52

Dougherty    5227    263

Douglas    10726    147

Effingham    3506    55

Emanuel    1680    51

Fayette    5881    126

Forsyth    15888    138

Franklin    2247    36

Fulton    73336    1020

Gwinnett    79439    873

Habersham    4523    136

Haralson    1595    31

Henry    16857    237

Houston    9285    160

Jackson    7903    117

Jeff Davis    1214    35

Jefferson    1532    51

Laurens    3573    134

Liberty    2668    48

Lowndes    7218    126

Lumpkin    2641    53

Madison    2545    37

McDuffie    1564    38

McIntosh    588    13

Meriwether    1410    45

Mitchell    1465    70

Montgomery    699    19

Muscogee    12612    310

Newton    6779    178

Oglethorpe    1105    25

Paulding    9599    143

Pickens    2316    48

Randolph    447    31

Richmond    18475    344

Rockdale    5394    122

Seminole    710    16

Spalding    3569    125

Stephens    2838    70

Taliaferro    94    2

Tattnall    1762    36

Thomas    3395    105

Treutlen    615    19

Walton    7245    197

Washington    1562    47

Whitfield    14078    201

Wilkinson    692    23